Force Protection

by Gordon Kent

Book Overview

From Rules of Engagement to Hostile Contact, Gordon Kent has captivated readers with novels that combine authentic portrayals of global secret operations with the passions that go with them: the yearning for family and peace, the deceptions of agents in the field, and the extraordinary risks the bravest and best will take for a cause. His new suspense novel is vintage Kent: a heart-stopping tale of a terrorist strike, its explosive aftermath, and...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440237505
• ISBN13: 9780440237501
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Dell
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Just One More Page

Yeah, that says it all really. It's one of those books where you always want to read just one more page before you put it down. It drags you along almost from the first word and it won't let you go until the end. Be prepared for a late night when you start reading it! It got me just as strongly even on the second reading. I'm not going to bore with another review of the plot. It works. The necessary coincidences and intuitions without which most novels would be very short and inconclusive are not overdone; nor are they too wild for credibility. It doesn't jar when things fall into place. This was the first Gordon Kent I read. It wasn't the last. I now have the full set and there are not many authors of military/espionage books that have become permanent residents on my bookshelves. The earlier books are good too but I would say this is the first one where the writing team really started to rock with the right mix of depth and adrenaline. If you like this type of story, it stands tall alongside Clancy and a very small handful of others.

I didn't buy the ending

This book picks you and moves you along. There is action and great plotting. You keep turning the pages, because this is a great great read. So what happened to the ending? Basically, you have someone who pulled an Osama bin Laden against the United States Navy. Now, the bad guy is unmasked and his location is known. Can you say a cruise missile is flying through the bad guys bedroom window? I can. Unfortunately, that's not the ending for this book, and quite frankly I cannot envision any other type of ending for the book. We're talking pay back here, and it never happens.

Great Read

Although this book was obviously written by a former naval aviator, people who are (sometimes) affectionately known as Airdales, since no one in the "real navy" would ever call a ship a "boat", this was a fun read. I'm not competent to discuss the book's literary merits so I'll only say it had a logical and fast paced narrative and was hard to put down. The frequent switch of focus from Houston to Mombassa to Washington, etc., took a bit of getting used to but became less noticeable as the story progressed. Note to Airdales: a boat is a vessel carried on a ship (except for submarines but that's another story).