Discount Price: $6.99
Price fluctuation possible.
How soon does it ship: Normal ship time within one day
Shipping? Absolutely FREE if you qualify for Super Saver Shipping.
Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780786018000
ISBN number: 0786018003
Label: Pinnacle
Manufacturer: Pinnacle
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: February 01, 2007
Publishing house: Pinnacle
Sale Popularity Level: 133975
Studio: Pinnacle
Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
At thirty-three, Ryan Kealey has achieved more in his military and CIA career than most men can dream of in a lifetime. He’s also seen the worst life has to offer and is lucky to have survived it. But being left alone with his demons is no longer an option. The CIA needs him badly, because the enemy they’re facing is former U.S. soldier Jason March. Ryan knows all about March – he trained him. He knows they’re dealing with one of the most ruthless assassins in the world, a master of many languages, an explosives expert, a superb sharpshooter who can disappear like a shadow and who is capable of crimes they cannot begin to imagine. And now, March has resurfaced on the global stage, aligning himself with a powerful Middle East terror network whose goal is nothing less than the total destruction of the United States.
Teaming up with beautiful and tenacious British-born agent Naomi Kharmai, Ryan intends to break every rule in order to hunt down his former pupil, whatever the cost to himself. As Ryan puts together the pieces of a terrifying puzzle, and as the elusive March taunts him, always staying one step ahead, he discovers the madman’s crusade is personal as well as political – and Ryan himself is an unwitting pawn. With the clock ticking down and the fate of the country resting uneasily on his shoulders, Ryan is caught in a desperate game of cat-and-mouse with the most cunning opponent he’s ever faced, one who will never stop until he’s committed the ultimate act of evil – a man who is all the more deadly for being one of our own.
User popularity level:
Rated by buyers 
-
I was lucky to have been given all 3 of the Britton books as a gift and advised to start with The American I am an avid reader, I love thrillers and I love politics, Britton combines both with the art of a great story teller. keeping the presure on the reader with each page bringing you into a deeper more daring situtaion. Britton is refreshingly original. His story lines ripped right from todays headline news. Not many authors can say they produced a winner very first time out of the starter gate. Britton has indeed done just that, and continued to better himself with each novel. My hat is off to him. well done young Britton I look forward to more from you.
Rated by buyers -
AGAIN THE AMERICAN BY ANDREW BRITTON IS A GREAT BOOK. I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF IT NOW AND BELIEVE ME YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN
Rated by buyers -
I very first heard of The American from an announcement on UNC-TV for DG Martin's North Carolina Bookwatch. I was intrigued by the body language between Andrew and DG, because DG seemed so impressed with the young writer. I watched a re-broadcast and had my son and husband join me. "Watch how impressed DG Martin seems to be with the young novelist. Watch the unspoken part, the body language" I ordered The American and read it within a few days. Given I have a master's degree in English, I know the middle of a novel can be a trap for losing the reader's interest. Andrew created a masterful meeting between the anatagonist and, well, I will not spoil the middle for you. I was impressed by the dust jacket illustration. As someone close to Andrew pointed out, it is unusual for a dust jacket to be white. I had seen the American flag draped and swathed sideways before, but I was startled to realize what I thought was the flag staff was actually the little girl's arm. Clever way to see if readers are really paying attention.
I enjoyed the way the protagonist tricks his way into a prison facility to question a prisoner and gain information. The ending was haunting and showed great use of parallel structure, very satisfying to someone who has studied literature: "They slept lightly but they did sleep." Then a few paragraphs later, "They slept lightly and they did not dream." I think the very first novel is superb. My family enjoys reading Tom Clancy's thrillers and to me Andrew Britton takes a more literary bent and is a cut above Clancy.
Of course I read the second novel. Then a couple of weeks ago, Amazon's notification for the third novel was a welcome eye opener, so I ordered it. Remembering the site of the very first book signing for Andrew's debut, I journeyed to Tir Na Nog pub. I met Andrew's mother, plus arranged to attend the book signing, met Andrew, and told him I was an avid reader. I heard about the possibility of The American being made into a movie and was excited for Andrew's achievement.
Today, Easter Sunday, 23March2008, I learned the sad news that Andrew passed away earlier this week. Everyone who likes Andrew's novels will hear with a heavy heart, because we have lost an extremely talented young novelist. Andrew will live in our hearts and through his novels, and my prayers go to his mother and his family. Andrew, RIP. From Jennifer D. Riley and family
Rated by buyers 
-
I've just, with a deal of effort, finished reading this book. What drivel it is. Cardboard cut out characters immersed in a confused plot. Hackneyed phrasing and stock situations, edited by some dolt who thinks a jet shot down over the Arabian Sea will crash into the Atlantic and that the noun derived from "detain" is detainment rather detention. One could go on but it's not worth it.
Rated by buyers 
-
So far, i'm really not understanding these positive reviews i've seen here. I'll admit, ive only read a bit over 100 pages, but despite the semi interesting very first few pages, not much has happened since. When is the author gonna get off the hero and his young gorgeous lover kick and decide this is an espionage thriller, and not a Danielle Steel sap novel?
Britton should take notes from better authors such as Daniel Silva or Vince Flynn, and take a chill on all this dull romance, which most readers dont require in their thrillers.
Find other books like this one:
