Mack Bedford was a former SEAL commander, a good one. When a group of Islamic militants used a French missile to annihilate his team members and then tried to surrender because they are now unarmed, he gunned them down. In the court martial that followed, he was forced to retire.Now a civilian, with his son needing a very expensive medical treatment or else die from a rare disease, a boat building magnate in his home town offered him a job. Assasinate the French arms maker who sold the missile, Diamondhead, to the militants. I have a hard time abandoning books before I finish them. In this case I was able to abandon "Diamondhead" after only a short time.In the first 50 pages the author manages to trash everyone except the Navy SEALS and their counterparts, the Army Special Forces. He is particularly hard on the U.S. press and could be a stand-in for Ann Coulter if need be. He goes after the French, Al Jazeera, the Iraqi's, all U.S. politicians including the President. He sets up a hard to believe fictional situation and then uses it to undertake, the aforementioned trashing. I didn't need to finish the book, just read the dust cover summary and about 20 pages of the book itself to know how it would turn out. The hero will prevail and be vindicated, his dying son will be miraculously saved, the evil money grubbing Frenchman will get his just desserts, the Newspapers will roll over and get behind our hero, the President will turn out to be not such a bad guy after all but all liberals in and out of Congress will refuse to be reformed and America's wonderful attempt to bring freedom and democracy to the Middle east will be justified.There you have it. I can't call what I've written a spoiler because I only read the first 50 pages or so. Be interesting to find out if I was right or wrong but I'd have to read the book to do that, a task I have no intention of undertaking.
What do You think about L'attentatore (2009)?
The plot drags at a few points but Mack Bedford keeps enough excitement going to save this book
—sam
Good, A new hero for Patrick Robinson fans. I think there was a touch of an anti-french flavour
—asnia
Good action novel.One of Robinson's better efforts.
—sadielynn
