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Act Of Treason (2011)

by Jack Coughlin(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0330537016 (ISBN13: 9780330537018)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Pan Publishing

series

Kyle Swanson Sniper

review 1: Marine Sniper Kyle Swanson is betrayed by his friend and mentor Jim Hall. Jim is set to retire from the CIA (after 12 years in the Marine Corps) and betrays his country for a big payday to finance his retirement. He sets up Kyle to take the fall for a terrorist bombing he engineered to cover his exit and frame Kyle. Released from jail in Pakistan, Kyle allies himself with a lovely CIA agent he trusts and supported by the Trident Group, they pursue Jim Hall around the world by following the money. They eventually meet and only one prevails. There is much more to the plot but you get the idea. Suffice it to say, this is another excellent military thriller in Jack Coughlin's outstanding Marine Sniper series. Semper Fi Jack!
review 2: The fourth book in the series... more and the best so far. A massive improvement on the previous one to which I gave a tepid three stars.This hits a few high points with only one significant low point. Our sniper hero, Kyle Swanson, is betrayed by a former mentor (also a sniper, what were you expecting?) and left framed for an attack in Pakistan. Helped by his chums in the Trident black ops team, he escapes capture and takes the fight to his former mentor.I enjoyed this, the balance of plot and action is a massive improvement on the previous two books, there are a few interesting characters (and no caricature Muslims or gung ho right wing US politics thank Goodness) and I liked the scenes and individuals from Trident. The sniper stuff is not too invasive (as it has been in previous books) and the blend and logic felt right most of the time. Swanson is not an absolute all action hero able to jump tall building with a single bound and it was nice to see him needing support.The down side is an AWFUL love interest with a female CIA agent. She and Swanson fall for each-other at first sight, and it feels wrong and it feels clumsy and was totally unnecessary. Apart from that, it does what it says on the tin, and does it pretty well. less

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