This is the third book by the author, and needless to say, I am hooked, as I read the first one just a bit over a month ago. Jacobsen is a Danish orthopedic surgeon and introduces us to something I had no clue about. Denmark has a substantial special forces arm, has been an enthusiastic NATO supporter, and has suffered more casualties per soldiers served, in the Middle East and Afghanistan, than any other member. So we get to visit the decades-old war on terror from a very different perspective.
The book opens up with a hypothetical attack at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen that stuns and traumatizes the nation. The action switches back and forth between Jordan, where the attacks are planned, and the city, where they are trying to figure out what happened the first time and how to avoid a second attack. The author further develops the two characters from 'Trophy', adds a few more, and plots a devilish page-turner. A very fun read.
No comments:
Post a Comment