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Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I'm glad that I have already had my Inside Passage cruising experience in Alaska before I read this book. I have read all of the Kirk McGarvey series written by this author and I have enjoyed them all. During the previous seven books McGarvey has filled a number of roles, howwever he always seems to come back to the role he likes best, i. Having now risen to the post of CIA Director, one would think that his killing days should be behind them, but if you hold that thought you would be wrong.
As the story starts to unwind, McGarvey and his wife, Kate are boarding a cruise ship in Juneau, Alaska along with former Secretary of Defense, Donald Shaw and his wife. As the ship steams through the night, Kahlil and others board the ship and join up with other terrorists who have infiltratred the ships crew and set about taking over control of the vessel. That accomplished with much bloodshed, they then find the SecDef in the ships night club Grand Salon and are planning to kidnap him. McGarvey had left the club shortly before the terrorists entered to return to his cabin to retrive an item for his wife.
His fortunate absence leads to his aborting the terrorists plan and earning himself a new enemy in the process. Shortly after, a tape of Osama bin Laden appears warning of another terrorist attack on the United States. It is a particularly chilling message which essentially says there is no way to stop the attack, that the people who will carry it out are already in place and that no one is safe.
Some believe that the kidnapping of the former SecDef was intended to distract the US from dealing with the terrorist threat. McGarvey is also becoming convinced that the terrorist Kahlil whose face was covered with a balaclava during the raid is in fact Prince Salman, a Saudi, who while an international playboy, is also a friend of the President and an important member of the Saudi royal family. The evidence is entirely circumstancial, however it is also entirely compelling. To find out "the rest of the story" you will need to let David Hagberg tell it to you.
He does it very well, although I felt that a few of the actions of McGarvey were a bit over the top and were uncharacteristic of his expected behavior. I also thought the American reaction to the bin Laden tape was a bit "off. Early in the novel you mention that the cruise ship had set sail from Fairbanks, AK. I assure you that while there is a river that runs through Fairbanks, it is incapable of permitting passage of any cruise ship and in fact its shifting glacial silt makes for difficult navigation of very small boats.
Mass Market Paperback Verified Purchase. Excitement starts out quickly when McGarvey and his wife are going on a quiet Alaskan cruise. Terrorists attempt to kidnap the former Secretary of Defense, who also happens to be a passenger on the cruise. That attack is thwarted by McGarvey after a number of deaths were sustained.
It's interesting as to how the terrorists managed to insert operatives into the cruise ship crew which supposedly had been carefully reviewed by the FBI. Was this attack just a diversion?
There is an interesting synergy between two characters, the Saudi playboy Prince Salman and the terrorist leader Khalil. From the Alaskan waters to Colorado and Washington, D. In this latest edition of the Kirk McGarvey series, Hagberg presents the reader with another action-packed page turner. The story itself starts out with Kirk McGarvey, current CIA director and former assassin, on an Alaskan cruise vacation with his wife and a former Secretary of Defense and his wife.
McGarvey is forced to rely on his former skills to thwart a terrorist attack aboard the cruise ship. Without support from the President or the US government, McGarvey vows to track down and kill the terrorist known as Khalil.
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McGarvey portrays a cool, confident, cerebral agent, yet also displays emotion sufficient to indicate that more than ice water runs through his veins. Hagberg effectively weaves events and characters from previous books to add depth and context. The story moved along at a fast pace, with Hagberg's usual abundance of action and suspense. Give this a read Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I'm a huge fan of David Hagberg regardless of the pen name used. I find most of his books to be very well written and exciting to read. With "Soldier of God" Hagberg has outdone himself!
It isn't very often that I have read a book that I literally found it hard to put down, but this one definitely falls in that category.
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I almost couldn't read it fast enough, but then when it was over I wished it kept going! The action was fast-paced throughout almost the entire book and it definitely keeps you guessing, who is who, what will happen next, etc. I highly recommend this book! Hagberg, 5 outstanding, well deserved stars!
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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I'm glad that I have already had my Inside Passage cruising experience in Alaska before I read this book. I have read all of the Kirk McGarvey series written by this author and I have enjoyed them all. During the previous seven books McGarvey has filled a number of roles, howwever he always seems to come back to the role he likes best, i.
Having now risen to the post of CIA Director, one would think that his killing days should be behind them, but if you hold that thought you would be wrong. As the story starts to unwind, McGarvey and his wife, Kate are boarding a cruise ship in Juneau, Alaska along with former Secretary of Defense, Donald Shaw and his wife.
As the ship steams through the night, Kahlil and others board the ship and join up with other terrorists who have infiltratred the ships crew and set about taking over control of the vessel. That accomplished with much bloodshed, they then find the SecDef in the ships night club Grand Salon and are planning to kidnap him. McGarvey had left the club shortly before the terrorists entered to return to his cabin to retrive an item for his wife. His fortunate absence leads to his aborting the terrorists plan and earning himself a new enemy in the process.
Shortly after, a tape of Osama bin Laden appears warning of another terrorist attack on the United States. It is a particularly chilling message which essentially says there is no way to stop the attack, that the people who will carry it out are already in place and that no one is safe. Some believe that the kidnapping of the former SecDef was intended to distract the US from dealing with the terrorist threat. McGarvey is also becoming convinced that the terrorist Kahlil whose face was covered with a balaclava during the raid is in fact Prince Salman, a Saudi, who while an international playboy, is also a friend of the President and an important member of the Saudi royal family.
The evidence is entirely circumstancial, however it is also entirely compelling. To find out "the rest of the story" you will need to let David Hagberg tell it to you.
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He does it very well, although I felt that a few of the actions of McGarvey were a bit over the top and were uncharacteristic of his expected behavior. I also thought the American reaction to the bin Laden tape was a bit "off. Early in the novel you mention that the cruise ship had set sail from Fairbanks, AK. I assure you that while there is a river that runs through Fairbanks, it is incapable of permitting passage of any cruise ship and in fact its shifting glacial silt makes for difficult navigation of very small boats.
Mass Market Paperback Verified Purchase. Excitement starts out quickly when McGarvey and his wife are going on a quiet Alaskan cruise. Terrorists attempt to kidnap the former Secretary of Defense, who also happens to be a passenger on the cruise. That attack is thwarted by McGarvey after a number of deaths were sustained. It's interesting as to how the terrorists managed to insert operatives into the cruise ship crew which supposedly had been carefully reviewed by the FBI. Was this attack just a diversion?
There is an interesting synergy between two characters, the Saudi playboy Prince Salman and the terrorist leader Khalil. From the Alaskan waters to Colorado and Washington, D. In this latest edition of the Kirk McGarvey series, Hagberg presents the reader with another action-packed page turner. The story itself starts out with Kirk McGarvey, current CIA director and former assassin, on an Alaskan cruise vacation with his wife and a former Secretary of Defense and his wife. McGarvey is forced to rely on his former skills to thwart a terrorist attack aboard the cruise ship.
Without support from the President or the US government, McGarvey vows to track down and kill the terrorist known as Khalil. McGarvey portrays a cool, confident, cerebral agent, yet also displays emotion sufficient to indicate that more than ice water runs through his veins. Hagberg effectively weaves events and characters from previous books to add depth and context. The story moved along at a fast pace, with Hagberg's usual abundance of action and suspense.
Give this a read Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I'm a huge fan of David Hagberg regardless of the pen name used. I find most of his books to be very well written and exciting to read. With "Soldier of God" Hagberg has outdone himself! It isn't very often that I have read a book that I literally found it hard to put down, but this one definitely falls in that category.
Questions?
I almost couldn't read it fast enough, but then when it was over I wished it kept going! The action was fast-paced throughout almost the entire book and it definitely keeps you guessing, who is who, what will happen next, etc. I highly recommend this book! Hagberg, 5 outstanding, well deserved stars! I don't know when this book was written, but it is right up to date. I think we all share a sense of helplessness concerning the suicide bombers and other religious killers.
Soldiers of God is about all the things that we are wrestling with today.