★★★★★
For fans of the “Golden Age” of adventure thrillers—think the rugged survivalism of Desmond Bagley, the clockwork plotting of Alistair MacLean, and the high-stakes technological menace of early Clive Cussler.
Alan Collins, Birmingham
★★★★★
The story moves with a relentless velocity that fans of Mark Greaney will recognise, shifting from the haunting ruins of Gaza to a high-stakes extraction via seaplane. Andrew Harrison lacks the invincibility of modern “super-soldiers,” but echoes the gritty, tactical realism of a Desmond Bagley hero.
Elena Weber, Birmingham
★★★★★
Burford channels the ghost of Clive Cussler in his ability to make complex science feel like a weapon of war, particularly with the terrifying two-stage mechanics of the Cascade virus. Yet, where Cussler often favored the glossy and the grand, Burford stays in the trenches.
Mike James, Croydon