Deep Black - Andy McNab

This is a great read. I honestly love the book. Its one of the best Mcnabs I have read, and I have read a fair few. Not wanting to spoil any of the plot, mabey one or two parts towards the end are odd, but it also shows Nick Stones angry and mabey selfish side. It does show you what sort of place Baghdad is, and in some parts of the book, just how nasty the place is. The book has some moments that people would call a tad nasty, but at the end of the day, McNab is never one to make a place look better than it is. I would strongly suggest this book to any fan of Mcnab, or books like this. It might have got some bad reviews, but I can not see why. ...  Read the complete review

Andy McNab is perhaps one of the best writers out there in terms of his writing skills and technique, and the way that he delivers stories about life in the Army, SAS etc. After reading many of his books before hand, I was interested to read this book, and I was sure that it would be able to step to the mark. However, I was disappointed with this book. For all the praise that had been written about him on the back of the book, from the Daily Telegraph to the Mail on Sunday, I was expected a captivating read. However, it would appear that with this book, McNab has slipped down a peg or two in the ways that he writes, and the book was not one that I felt lived up to his ...  Read the complete review

Andy McNab is most famous for his role in the SAS and the Gulf War, his experiences taking him on to write his first novel about 'Bravo Two Zero', a mission he famously commanded which took his team deep into Iraqi territory. He left the British Army in 1993 and has since written seven bestseller fiction novels. He is still involved in lecturing in the Army, both in the UK and USA. He recently had a series called Andy McNab's tours of duty on ITV4 Nick Stone is an ex SAS man who is currently without employment and any reason to get up in the morning. His therapist tells him he must get back in the saddle and try to work through his problems, but he is ...  Read the complete review