Grey Wolves Howling: A Novel of Chechnya

by Peter O'Neill

Garyk Ivramovich Gadeyev is an Islamic Chechen with a talent for computers and communications technology. Noticed by Soviet Officials, he is conscripted into the Soviet Army for special training to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885003587
• ISBN13: 9781885003584
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Grey Wolves Howling, Chechen crisis thriller

A thriller of international crisis and adventure, Peter O'Neill's Grey Wolves Howling builds a personal epic amidst the struggle of the Chechen people against the Russian empire. It tracks Garyk Ivramovich Gadayev's personal life as he joins the Russian Army, fights and is wounded in Afghanistan, and joins with opposition forces in Russia and Chechnya. His nation and people crushed by the Russian invasion, he reaches out to the Muslim freedom fighters to plot a terrifying act of revenge. Grey Wolves Howling is set against a background of regional history and current headlines, and is informed with a feeling for the bitterness and desperation of defeat. It transcends the typical thriller genre, of glamorous backgrounds and preset heroes and villains, to provide insight into the struggle of nationalism against a dying empire. And, oh yes, it does build to a shattering finale.

Depth, detail and an all too real threat

Thoroughly enjoy the story. Although a work of fiction, the setting, characters and story line give an all too chilling look at the world of the dissolving Soviet Union. It points out to me that our biggest dangers in the world today may not originate in the technologies in the US, but rather in the often times unpronouncable new countries of the world.Highly recommend this work.