Land of Fire

During the Falklands war in 1982 SAS trooper Mike Hood risks his life to rescue a suspected Argentine spy from a burning ship. 20 years later and Argentina have designs on another invasion but there is limited intelligence about how or when it will happen. Mike Hood is now a patrol leader and is sent to find out what is going on as troops mobilise in Tierra del Fuego. I gave this book 2 stars as I finished it, but it really isn't very good. The writing is pretty basic, but that isn't where my issue lies with the book. The leaps of realism in the book are pretty stupifiying and there is a love scene which I am sure is meant to be passionate but which comes across as pretty rapey. There is a really interesting premise in this book but it show more is spoiled by the delivery and so much more should have been done with it. show less

Just what I was craving this week – an action adventure story that was - although not particularly memorable - enjoyable relaxation reading.

An action-packed adventure from the former SAS member -- now bestseller writer. 1982: The Falklands War. Young SAS trooper, Mike Hood, risks his life to capture an Argentine girl spy. Twenty years on, an Argentine military junta is returned to power and determined to reinvade the Falklands. Now a senior NCO, Hood is back in the South Atlantic. When fate throws him together with the girl from his past, he is faced with a conflict of loyalties. Can he trust her now? From the Hardcover edition.

great book

1982, De Falkland-oorlog. Een jonge SAS-soldaat, Mike Hood, zet zijn leven op het spel om een jonge Argentijnse spionne te redden. Het meisje ontkomt, en voor Hood wacht een nieuwe missie.

Meer dan twintig jaar later is Hood, inmiddels senior officier, terug op de Falkland-eilanden, voor zijn laatste oefening met de SAS. Dan blijkt er opnieuw onrust in Argentinië. Een nieuwe militaire junta heeft de macht gegrepen, en besluit de Britse Falkland-eilanden te veroveren. Weer moet Hood het vasteland van Argentinië in...