Gideons War, Howard Gordon
Gideons War, Howard Gordon
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Gideon's War

Author: Howard Gordon

Narrator: Carlos Bernard

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/11/2011


Synopsis

Howard Gordon—the longtime executive producer of the hit TV series 24—makes his fiction debut with a tale of political intrigue and international terrorism. Gideon Davis has just 48 hours to bring his rogue agent brother in—before a twisted global conspiracy turns deadly.

GIDEON DAVIS, whose behind-the-scenes negotiating skills have earned him the role of peacemaker in conflicts around the globe, knows more about hush-hush discussions in Capitol corridors than he does about hand-to-hand combat. But his more practical, tactical skills come into play when he’s called on by family friend and government bigwig Earl Parker to chaperone a rogue agent from Southeast Asia to D.C. The agent, Tillman Davis, has promised to turn himself in— but only to his brother, Gideon.

Although the two brothers have been estranged for years, Gideon cannot fathom how his brother could have turned into so ruthless a man. But when the plan for Tillman’s surrender goes awry and Earl Parker is taken hostage, Gideon is forced to embrace his dark side in order to evade hostile locals in war-torn Mohan to make his way to the Obelisk—the multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art oil rig that has been seized by terrorists led by Tillman himself. It is with the help of oil rig manager Kate Murphy that Gideon launches an unlikely one-man rescue.

About Howard Gordon

Howard Gordon is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning writer and producer who has worked in Hollywood for more than twenty years. He co-created the hit Showtime series Homeland, and is the showrunner of the NBC series Awake. He also served as executive producer of the hit television show 24 for its full eight-season run, and prior to working on 24, Gordon was a writer and executive producer for The X-Files. He lives with his family in Pacific Palisades, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard

(As with all of my reviews, I'm going to give you my opinion; if you wanted to know what the book was about you would read the synopsis... Never quite understood why people write a review that they have copied from the book jacket). Anyway...... What a good read! Not for the rookie reader but the tru......more

Goodreads review by Nuno

Um bom livro de acção, com todos os prós e contras do género: ritmo alucinante, mas demasiados momentos pouco credíveis. Apesar de tudo, parece-me uma boa base para um filme de acção. E nota-se em muitos momentos a relação do autor com a série 24.......more

Loved it! Thoroughly enjoyable.......more