Holding the Zero
by Gerald Seymour
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Gus Peake should have kept his job and stayed at home, but an old family debt of friendship draws him to the remote wastes of Northern Iraq and to a savage forgotten war between Kurdish guerillas and Saddam Hussein's military strength.Tags
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This is the fourth book I've read by Gerald Seymour, and is the best one so far, immensely better than Condition Black.
This one is the story of two snipers, one repaying a family debt, the other a minion of the Iraqi regime. In between them is a CIA/SIS promoted surge by the Kurds in Northern Iraq. What follows is a battle between two men as the surge crumbles away due to politics and treachery.
I found it to be quite the gripping tale and didn't present people as idealistic heroes, instead portraying the characters as the flawed people they would likely be had they existed in reality.
Worth the read.
This one is the story of two snipers, one repaying a family debt, the other a minion of the Iraqi regime. In between them is a CIA/SIS promoted surge by the Kurds in Northern Iraq. What follows is a battle between two men as the surge crumbles away due to politics and treachery.
I found it to be quite the gripping tale and didn't present people as idealistic heroes, instead portraying the characters as the flawed people they would likely be had they existed in reality.
Worth the read.
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Gerald Seymour was born on November 25, 1941 in Guilford, Surrey, England. He received a BA Honors degree in Modern History from University College London. He was a broadcast journalist who covered many overseas conflicts including the Vietnam War, the Munich Olympics massacre, and Palestinian militant groups. His first book, Harry's Game, was show more published in 1975 and soon afterwards, he retired from journalism to become a full-time author. Many of his other books were adapted into television movies and Field of Blood was adapted as the feature film, The Informant, starring Timothy Dalton. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Holding The Zero
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Gus Peake; Maj. Karim Aziz
- Important places
- Iraq
- Dedication
- For Jacqui And Susie
- First words
- Gerald Seymour made the transition from journalist to author with probably the best thriller ever written: Harry's Game. (Introduction)
What he feared most was fire. (Prologue)
Their home was a single-roomed building for the family to live, eat and sleep in. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It's a tremendous theme for a terrific thriller. (Introduction)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He had pledged his word. (Prologue)
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Behind him the sun fell and its flame guttered. - Original language
- English
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- Languages
- Czech, Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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