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Sales Rank: 334698
Category: Book
Authors: Oliver L. North, Joe Musser
Publisher: HarperTorch
Studio: HarperTorch
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
Label: HarperTorch
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 656
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 006055584X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060555849
ASIN: 006055584X
Publication Date: September 1, 2003
Release Date: August 26, 2003
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Product Description
The New York Times bestselling novel from controversial military legend Oliver North. Major Peter Newman, US Marines, was a highly decorated hero, content doing his job ? leading his troops into harm's way. He was good at it. But the White House has other plans for him. When Newman is handpicked for a dangerous clandestine operation as the head of the White House Special Projects Office, his orders are clear ? hunt down and eliminate terrorists before they attack the United States with weapons of mass destruction. From the corridors of power in Washington to the heart of the Middle East, Newman finds himself on an assignment so sensitive that it's known only to a handful of officials, as he becomes entangled in a nightmarish web of intrigue, revenge and betrayal. When the mission is compromised, Newman embarks on a personal odyssey that threatens his career, his life and his loyalty to Corps and country.
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 Great book! October 24, 2008
I really enjoy these kinds of books that involve the military, mixed with Christianity and even some romance. A great book and a great series. I will be reading this again.
 Potential wasted by too many subplots, unfocused storytelling August 27, 2008
Mission Compromised seems to have all it takes to make a great novel: military adventure, political intrigue, terrorism, an inside view of the corridors of power. But despite all of this, it fails. The main problem is there's too much going on at once and North, Musser and the editors didn't know when to cut out what's irrelevant. Every character and every object is described with so much detail, often several pages of back story, that the pace becomes much too slow. And the subplot with Newman's wife's love affair and religious conversion really distracts. Once the action starts, suddenly the story switches to her going to church. This was North's first novel and I get the feeling he had so much he wanted to say, and he wanted to say it all in one book. The result may be sincere, a labor of love, but as a novel, it's a mess.
Another problem, but this is minor, is the extremely one dimensional supporting characters. The Iraqis and the Democrats are caricatures.
With a better co-writer and a good editor, "Mission Compromised" could have been an exciting adventure, but unfortunately, it's not, although it is interesting to speculate on how much is fact and how much is fiction. 2+
eye opener May 8, 2008
What a fantastic, eye opening story! Not my usual read, as I am a single, white female, over 50. I had no idea these scenarios could be a reality. Once the stage was set in the book, I was truly entranced.
Very, Very Enjoyable June 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think it was summed up best by another poster who said, "If not for the trying-too-hard-to-deliver-a-Christian-Message sections, it would have easily sat near the top of the techno/military thriller pile." A lot of the Christianity passages seemed forced, weren't relative to the story, and a bit boring. Thankfully, they're short, like he KNEW that it wouldn't be received well. I don't object to it all, the Christian network of believers that helped him so greatly were pertinent to the story, and weren't coming across as a sidebar. All in all, the book (as well as Jericho Sanction) was suspenseful, fun to read, and hard to put down.
Slow January 10, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was quite a letdown. I read his most recent book, Assassins, first and it was great. Exciting and riveting. This is the first book in the series and basically introduces all the characters you will see in the other books...slowly and with too much detail in some instances. Also, this book is filled with religous mumbo jumbo. I never realized Ollie was so religous. Assassins had a lot less religious stuff in it.
You really don't need to read Ollie's books in order as Ollie is good at "re-introducing" characters in his other books so you aren't lost if you did not read the earlier ones. I would skip this one. I still look forward to reading the Jerricho Sanction and Assassins was great.
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