Saturday, 2 March 2019

Burning Angles by Bear Grylls

"Burning Angles" by Bear Grylls - Nazi plot revealed. 
This book is published by Orion in 2016 and has 416 pages. This is Book 2 of Will Jaeger series.

Story starts where the previous book ended. Jeager, Narov and Raff decide to rescue Letitia Santos. Narov's mysterious people help them. The trail leads to Katavi, Africa. Jeager and Narov go to the game reserve and discover the Nazi plot. To counter Nazis there is another organization of good guys. 

Did they rescue Santos? What do they find in Katavi? What is the Nazi plot? Who is behind it? What is Gottvirus?

In first book there was a high altitude para jump, this one starts with LLP jump, a very low altitude para jump, about 250 feet. Author also uses another very high altitude jump for the climax. 

This book reveals the Nazi plot that will eliminate majority of world population in one fell swoop. It's a typical apocalyptic situation. The crazy Nazi is none other than the Deputy Director of CIA. He uses CIA assets like reaper drone, hell fire missile and, surprisingly, no one gets any wiser. Strange! Is there no oversight in America?

Author uses real incident of the outbreak of Ebola in Africa and blends it with his fiction. It's a good cocktail. It shows authors fertile imagination. 

Character of Irina Narov, the ice queen, starts to thaw and opens up to Jeager. Readers understands some of her actions and reactions (or the lack thereof) from first book. Jeager and Narov are attracted to each other. But Jeager's wife and son (assumed dead) are alive. Will Jeager be torn between two women in third book? The Nazi mastermind is not apprehended yet. Will book 3 be the mission to capture him from his lair?

Subtitle of the book is Will Jaeger finds his dark side. But I did not find any dark side of Will Jeager in this book. It's anticlimactic. Why the subtitle?

Why did I read this book? Goodreads rating and Book 1 was readable.
What I didn't like? Plot does not take you on the edge
What did I like? Technical details. 

It's not as good as Book 1. Read if you plan to read the series.


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