Review: Impressive!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2012
Ex military man Kats is caught between a rock and a hard place from the offset. The 'Boss's' son Dj is nothing but trouble and constantly begging for a knuckle hug to the eye-socket. The second you open this book you are caught up in the action and drama of the arrogant offspring making life difficult for men three times the man he is.We've all been there. We know what it's like to have a power trip delivered to your door with one way tickets, and so you're really into it when Kats retaliates when reasoning and fair play get him nowhere.What ensues is an endless domino effect of lives careening out of control.When the Boss puts the squeeze on, Kats has no choice but to defend himself - and - turn to crime.This is an engrossing read, filling you in on life as a modern warrior, where the brotherhood is bonded through survival, brethren will always have your back long after you've left the Force, and intelligence is employed to gather intel and find a way out. Survival of the fittest, sharpest - definitely.Kats is the perfect hero. Not once is he to blame for the sequence of events, but someone who survives war-zones will survive anywhere, and this is a book about surviving the dodgy underbelly of Glasgow's heavies who think they own the streets.It's complicated, to say the least, but what a trip, what an adrenaline rush.If you're looking for a sedate Sunday read, this isn't it. If the Bourne Identity is more your speed, pick up this baby - I give it a solid five out of five stars. Glaswegian gangsters never got this gritty and have never had their chipped shoulders handed to them with more style than this. (loved it!)If this is a debut novel, and there's a rumour of a sequel, I'm damn impressed!