When James Mercer’s latest heist doesn’t go according to plan, he’s presented with an ultimatum – pull off a seemingly impossible job or suffer the consequences. A parer mio, i punti di forza sono senza ombra di dubbio la minuziosa e dettagliata descrizione sia delle scene d’azione che della tecnologia utilizzata, che ti coinvolgono a tal punto che ti senti parte integrante della squadra, e i cliffhanger a conclusione dei brevi capitoli, che aumentano la suspense e la voglia di sapere. McNab has written about his experiences in the SAS in three best-selling books, Bravo Two Zero (1993), Immediate Action (1995), and Seven Troop (2008). He is a director of military service recruitment, mentoring and Foundation organisation, ForceSelect.

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Until his solo crusade falls foul of the very people he seeks to rob – the one per centers, the people who own the bulk of the world’s wealth. That in itself works, it's all the padding and filler and subplot that starts to make it rather cooky. But my main issue was the areas of the plot that either made no sense, or were just soo far fetched it again felt jarring. The central character in all the books is Nick Stone, a tough ex-SAS operative working as a 'K' on deniable operations for British Intelligence. Packed with relentless action and the sort of riveting authenticity only Andy McNab can provide, Whatever it Takestells the story of one man’s extraordinary pursuit of justice against devastating odds, a story as hard and real and controversial as any of today’s headlines, which will show the world as it really is.Il nostro protagonista è un costruttore edile, ha un passato nell’esercito britannico e la crisi finanziaria, combinata ad un sistema bancario poco attento agli interessi imprenditoriali, gli ha tolto tutto. For me this doesn’t quite clear McNab’s usually high bar, but despite that, Whatever It Takes is still a damn good thriller, with likeable characters, well-thought through scenarios that never totally shattered my suspension of disbelief and for that I’ll happily forgive a premise that didn’t quite live up to its initial promise.

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Solomon sat cross-legged on his bed, the disassembled pieces of his US-sourced Colt 45 laid out in front of him. As well as several non-fiction bestsellers including Bravo Two Zero, the biggest selling British work of military history, he is the author of the best-selling Nick Stone and Tom Buckingham thrillers.He had previously been awarded the Military Medal in 1979 for gallantry in action whilst serving with the Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland.