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Reader Rating: 6/10
Salaams! This "historical" novel, In Honour Bound, was a just-alright read. It falls into the category of one of those rather improbable espionage novels that might be slightly cloaked in historicity, but is mostly a dagger-daring flight into fantasy (you know, like those novels by writers like Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy). This novel follows a British SAS captain who goes into Afghanistan with a stockpile of Redeye shoulder-fired missiles. His orders are to shoot down one of the dreaded Soviet Mi-24 gunships and return with its avionics/electronics for careful study. The captain goes in with very little Mujahideen support and locks horns with one of the local commanders over goals and tactics, which will negatively affect the inhabitants of the valley he oversees.
Not a bad read for pure entertainment, but lacking for any true helpful window into the situation in Afghanistan in the 1980's during the Soviet occupation.
In honour bound
by Gerald Seymour
Product Details
• Unknown Binding: 350 pages
• Publisher: Collins (1984)
• ISBN: 0002227649
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
One of Seymour's Best, December 16, 2001
Reviewer: A reader
A thoroughly enjoyable and intriguing read. With the current situation in Afghanistan, it also provides helpful insights regarding that country. Clearly one of Seymour's best books, and I have enjoyed all nine or ten of his books that I have read. I intend to finish the list, and I hope he keeps on writing.
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