Blister (Soft Target Series) - Brossura

Conrad Jones

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0956103448 ISBN 13: 9780956103444

Casa editrice: GeriCon Books Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

The plot follows John Tankersley, AKA, `Tank` and the Terrorist Task Force, as they try to intercept the recovery of a chemical weapons cache from shipwrecks off the coast of the British Isles. A right wing extremist group plan to attack the London Olympics with a `Blister` agent. The concept is based on true events which took place during the Second World War in the port of Bari in 1943, when a ship secretly carrying mustard gas shells was sunk by the German Luftwaffe. The resulting explosions released the mustard gas with devastating effect causing the deaths of thousands of allied servicemen and Italian civilians. The allied commanders feared international condemnation and brushed the incident under the carpet. They also dumped thousand of unused shells in the sea. There are 16 such wrecks around Britain. 27 American ships were scuppered carrying these illegal weapons to hide the fact that they ever existed. A renegade scientist attempts to salvage a cache of the shells from the ocean floor. He has developed a treatment for the terrible burns which this agent causes, and he plans to cause an international panic by attacking the London 2012 Olympic Games with the blister agent, thus creating World Wide demand for his serum. The ancient ordinance has been beneath the waves for decades and is in a highly unstable condition. The taskforce must stop him from landing any of his lethal salvage while maintaining a complete news blackout of the plot, which leaves the small counter terrorist unit totally isolated.

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Recensione:

`Blister` is a thriller which will blow your socks off! Another real page turner written at his usual supersonic pace. If you like realistic action thrillers then they don`t come much better than this supurb new author. --The Reporter Book Reviews

The story behind Bister is a true one, the author has a talent for blending the facts with the fiction to the point where you believe the whole plot. This is the best thriller writer for a long time. --Real Book Reviews

L'autore:

Conrad Jones is a 42 year old Author, he worked in senior management at McDonalds Restaurants Ltd from 1989-2002. On march 23rd 1993 he was managing the Restaurant in Warrington`s Bridge St when two Irish Republican Army bombs exploded directly outside the store, resulting in the death of two young boys and many casualties. Along with hundreds of other people there that day Conrad was deeply affected by the attack, which led to a long term interest in the motivation and mind set of terrorists. Later years turned his focus to tensions in the Middle East and beyond. The rise of Islamic Extremism and its determined Mujahideen fighters is the focus of the Soft Target Trilogy, but the 18th Brigade, and Blister focus on right wing extremist groups.

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• Editore: GeriCon Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0956103448
• ISBN 13: 9780956103444
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 296