Review: Meltzer and Al, love on the way
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
A super read. Liked it from page one.This one starts off with a jihadist raid on a nuclear power plant in South Africa. A nuclear plant that will yield uranium for the making of a bomb.The raid is successfull and part of the team leaves with the uranium while the rest of the team sacrifice themselves in an hours long gun battle with police, South African Spec Ops and the Army.These men delay everyone long enough to let the team with the Uranium make a getaway. A team that is completely missed by the responding security forces.Its not till days later that anyone finds out that anything was stolen from the reactor site.Its not till days later that anyone thinks to have the inspectors actually open cases to see if anything actually is missing. What they find sends the worlds intelligence agencies into a tailspin. Uranium in the hands of jihadists. Scary indeed.We then land in Paris France with Gideon "Bull" Meltzer, soldier and Clarence "Geek" McMurtrie, computer genious at a symposium.Much to Meltzer's disgust Geek has made dinner arrangements with an old friend, Al, from his NSA days.Meltzer is pissed. He's there to make sure nothing happens to Geek. He's there to protect Geek if anyone stumbles on who he and Geek actually are.He and Geek both belong to the Friends from Damascus a group of anti terrorist hunters who are on every intelligence networks hit list.The Friends of Damascas are considered the enemy and they are wanted by every intelligence agency on the planet.They are wanted because they do the things those agencies aren't allowed to do because of politics and politicians.They are the enemy because they kill terrorists and don't give a crap about politics, laws or the terrorists "rights." The only ROE they follow is the non killing of LEO'S and civilians. They simply kill the bad guys any way they can.They are the enemy because no one controls them. They do as they please and answer to no one. Certainly not a Govt.Everything anyone in the the group does has to be under the radar and here Geek has made arrangements to meet and old NSA bud for dinner. Metzer can't believe how stupid Geek can be.Geek doesn't see it as any big deal and he finally talks Meltzer around to meeting Al for dinner with him instead of Meltzer grabbing Geek and leaving.Once there he meets Al.Al turns out to be a woman. Alaleh Koyunlu. One beautiful Iranian lady . She's also blind and has Sebastian her chocolate lab guide dog with her. Meltzer is immediately tongue tied around her. He's not a guy who knows how to speak with a beautiful woman.Meltzer is an Isreali though. He's been a member of the IDF and Mossad. He's one tough fighter and a man who has no use for Muslims. Muslims who killed his family.Meltzer and Al don't hit off to well during this dinner but Meltzer does realize she's one beautiful lady.So begins one great read.This one has conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, jihadists, the death of Sebastian, the framing of Al, Al's decision to help the Friends, Meltzer and Al coming together,  the theft of uranium, the plot involving a bomb, the chase to catch the jihadists and Al, Meltzer and the Friends of Damascus trying to save the day.One great read. Five stars all the way.