Review by Falconcrest -- East Wind, 2nd edition
Posted: 10 Jan 2020, 01:49
[Following is a volunteer review of "East Wind, 2nd edition" by Jack Winnick.]
As I started with this book's dedication, I could already pick up the fluent writing style of the author. And the alarm bells promptly went blaring off in my head screaming touchdown. Uri Levin is a secret agent that works under the Israeli Metsada intelligence division. He is assigned to track down a group of terrorists that had currently committed some vicious crimes. This occurrence has left the Jewish community baffled and in a state of shock and awe. On close examination of the evidence and the only eye witness account, Uri stumbles on something that could actually lead him to the location of these merciless criminals. This new information also gives agent Levin an edge and puts him in a position to solve the terrible crime. It appears that one of the suspected murderers could actually be one of Uri's childhood friends by the name of Hakim.
Later Uri is flown to the united states and assigned to work on a joint sting operation between Metsada and the FBI. He is then ordered to work with a female agent by the name of Lara Edmond and initially becomes highly skeptical of his new partner. Because they are only a few women in the Israeli intelligence service and Uri silently questions her abilities. Meanwhile, somewhere in Pakistan, a young boy by the name of Walid is ingratiated into the terror group Hezbollah. After being brainwashed and radicalized, he is planted into the united states as a sleeper jihad agent with a deadly assignment that has to be implemented. The author doesn't hold back as he throttles the story and guns it down the highway. I became extremely entertained and couldn't believe the amount of information this story has. At, the flick of each page it was plainly clear that the author had invested a great deal in research before writing this book. I couldn't get over how truly realistic it was. And I had to keep reminding myself that this is only a story from the crime, thriller, mystery and horror genre (C/T/M/H). The similarities of the characters in the book to actual people in current events are absolutely fantastic. The author added some really wonderful terms and facts in the story like "Yom Kippur." carefully researching this term, I discovered that it is a city in Israel named after the most important Jewish holiday. That falls in the month of the Gregorian calendar.
I have already read more than half the story and up to this point, they are no grammatical and typographical error insight. The only drawback is the lack of appealing headings at the beginning of each chapter, but this does not affect the book in any way. The book includes a number of elements, that I enormously enjoyed like learning facts about the middle eastern culture and their political and ethnic divisions. The insight I have gained into these political disputes being faced by India, Pakistan, Israel, and Palestine is absolutely invaluable. Learning about the Bedouin tribes of the mountains of Israel and Lebanon was also extremely enjoyable. The story flows so smoothly with no gaps in its plot. And all the characters have impressive solid backgrounds and roles that are also easy to follow. It was effortless to connect with all the characters on a personal level. Because of the author's smooth writing that was so liberating. He successfully managed to highlight the emotions being felt by all the various characters within the whole story. I also realized how ugly radicalization is and the sentence "They fill them with hate, you know from the day they're born."This sentence gave me goosebumps it is really frightening but actually profoundly accurate.
It's a race against time as Lara and Uri try to locate these terrorists that have skillfully embedded themselves on American soil. Will they be successful to prevent the death of millions of people and stop an international calamity? Will Israel be forced to retaliate against its hostile neighbors with their ultimate weapon appropriately named Ekdikeo? There is only one way to find out and you must read this stunning story. East Wind, 2nd edition has been successfully awarded a 4 out of 4 stars ratings for an utterly fascinating story. The author Jack Winnick has successfully managed to create a wonderful story that will delight all fans of the C/T/M/H genre.
This book has a wonderful story-line and is thrust with enough action and suspense. It also includes a pleasant ending and is not religiously offensive to anyone, and there is only a handful of swear words in its context. It, in addition, does not contain any profound erotic content. Because of some of the visually distinct themes, this story is only recommended to slightly more mature book lovers or to readers older than thirteen years of age. I am equally pleased to say that although this book is part of a series it can be successfully scrutinized as a stand-alone.
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East Wind, 2nd edition
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
As I started with this book's dedication, I could already pick up the fluent writing style of the author. And the alarm bells promptly went blaring off in my head screaming touchdown. Uri Levin is a secret agent that works under the Israeli Metsada intelligence division. He is assigned to track down a group of terrorists that had currently committed some vicious crimes. This occurrence has left the Jewish community baffled and in a state of shock and awe. On close examination of the evidence and the only eye witness account, Uri stumbles on something that could actually lead him to the location of these merciless criminals. This new information also gives agent Levin an edge and puts him in a position to solve the terrible crime. It appears that one of the suspected murderers could actually be one of Uri's childhood friends by the name of Hakim.
Later Uri is flown to the united states and assigned to work on a joint sting operation between Metsada and the FBI. He is then ordered to work with a female agent by the name of Lara Edmond and initially becomes highly skeptical of his new partner. Because they are only a few women in the Israeli intelligence service and Uri silently questions her abilities. Meanwhile, somewhere in Pakistan, a young boy by the name of Walid is ingratiated into the terror group Hezbollah. After being brainwashed and radicalized, he is planted into the united states as a sleeper jihad agent with a deadly assignment that has to be implemented. The author doesn't hold back as he throttles the story and guns it down the highway. I became extremely entertained and couldn't believe the amount of information this story has. At, the flick of each page it was plainly clear that the author had invested a great deal in research before writing this book. I couldn't get over how truly realistic it was. And I had to keep reminding myself that this is only a story from the crime, thriller, mystery and horror genre (C/T/M/H). The similarities of the characters in the book to actual people in current events are absolutely fantastic. The author added some really wonderful terms and facts in the story like "Yom Kippur." carefully researching this term, I discovered that it is a city in Israel named after the most important Jewish holiday. That falls in the month of the Gregorian calendar.
I have already read more than half the story and up to this point, they are no grammatical and typographical error insight. The only drawback is the lack of appealing headings at the beginning of each chapter, but this does not affect the book in any way. The book includes a number of elements, that I enormously enjoyed like learning facts about the middle eastern culture and their political and ethnic divisions. The insight I have gained into these political disputes being faced by India, Pakistan, Israel, and Palestine is absolutely invaluable. Learning about the Bedouin tribes of the mountains of Israel and Lebanon was also extremely enjoyable. The story flows so smoothly with no gaps in its plot. And all the characters have impressive solid backgrounds and roles that are also easy to follow. It was effortless to connect with all the characters on a personal level. Because of the author's smooth writing that was so liberating. He successfully managed to highlight the emotions being felt by all the various characters within the whole story. I also realized how ugly radicalization is and the sentence "They fill them with hate, you know from the day they're born."This sentence gave me goosebumps it is really frightening but actually profoundly accurate.
It's a race against time as Lara and Uri try to locate these terrorists that have skillfully embedded themselves on American soil. Will they be successful to prevent the death of millions of people and stop an international calamity? Will Israel be forced to retaliate against its hostile neighbors with their ultimate weapon appropriately named Ekdikeo? There is only one way to find out and you must read this stunning story. East Wind, 2nd edition has been successfully awarded a 4 out of 4 stars ratings for an utterly fascinating story. The author Jack Winnick has successfully managed to create a wonderful story that will delight all fans of the C/T/M/H genre.
This book has a wonderful story-line and is thrust with enough action and suspense. It also includes a pleasant ending and is not religiously offensive to anyone, and there is only a handful of swear words in its context. It, in addition, does not contain any profound erotic content. Because of some of the visually distinct themes, this story is only recommended to slightly more mature book lovers or to readers older than thirteen years of age. I am equally pleased to say that although this book is part of a series it can be successfully scrutinized as a stand-alone.
******
East Wind, 2nd edition
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Huh! Thought you needed to get through the whole book first!!!!