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Title: Eagle Trap by Ronald G. Bliss, R.C. Haerman, May Davenport, Richard C. Herman ISBN: 0-943864-05-4 Publisher: May Davenport Publishers Pub. Date: November, 1982 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $3.50

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Too much action with too little analysis
Comment: Two Soviet nuclear warheads were lost as they were evacuated back to Russia from a region troubled with militant separatists. Nearly two years later, a hostage rescue mission in the Middle East conducted by the Royal Marines in conjunction with warplanes from the HMS Eagle resulted in the death of the hostage and all the would-be rescuers except for the commander, Captain Peter. All the botched operation achieved besides the destruction of the organisation of the kidnappers was to leave their leader Abdul Habib alive with a burning hunger for revenge, and the enough money to achieve it. Two events : a prominent Turkish political commentator died attempting to warn the President of the United States of an impending nuclear outbreak in the Middle, and a known associate of the Habib was spotted smuggling into Spain, convinces Peter that the two events are linked. With little information and links to follow, stopping them would be difficult. But more difficult for Peter would be to convince his bosses who were convinced that Peter was still suffering from the trauma of the botched rescue.

Unfortunately, the author failed to develop several promising areas which could have make the book more gripping. Instead, the focus was on Peter as he stumbles through the bureaucrats and his own self-confidence. Abdul Habib could have been a very interesting villain who was confined to displaying his desire for revenge and seems to possess a clairvoyance to evade his pursuers without any problems. A sideplay of "naughty naughty" in the Whitehall failed to make itself relevant but became just a related premise. More interesting was the play of rivalry between the forces of the UK, US and the Russians who had to cooperate together but with very different agendas.

If Tom Clancy had written this book, it would have been four times as long with only twice the content. Geoffrey Archer though, gave too little to flesh out the characters.