Killer Elite (previously published as The Feather Men): A Novel

While some will inevitably argue the authors assertion of this being a factual accounting of the story and events in it, I found it none the less riveting and find myself wanting to believe it so.Having spent the majority of my police career in investigative work, retiring a detective assigned in my last 10 years specializing in diplomatic/executive protection and conducting contract services doing the same for several years in active war zones - both in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I have had the honor of working with many men of some of the world's special forces.While not knowing them to any degree approaching the way they knew each other, I nevertheless entrusted my life to them and they me. Their dedication to duty and sense of honor always impressed me & I thought it was well represented here leaving little wonder (to me anyway) why I find myself wanting to believe the accounts contained in this well written story.While I understand that business is business and changing the title to capitalize on the highly commercialized Hollywood very loose rendering of this story made sense,I find the original title far more appropriate and fitting.

This was a really good book and though I liked the movie, it would have had to have been a miniseries to colapse and condence the time and amount of content that the book offers. I found the book hard to put down. I did not want to stop reading it even when 1 AM rolled round and I had to be up for work by 5 AM.You get a lot more character complexity in the book than the movie, you understand why the Sheik had conducted his revenge, Danny the assassin is not who you think he is, under the surface, the layers of his personality show through, Spike the Ex- SAS man tough as nails, God Save the Queen, sacrificing ALL for his beleif in counrty and Duty even after forced retirment(a quality many SAS men exude)Ran Fiennes, is Ex-SAS and knows his stuff. there is even a nod to "Lofty" John Wiseman in the book (a 26 or 28 year veteran of the SAS and author of "The SAS survival handbook.) Do yourself a favor and read this book, a really Spy Vs. Spy, special ops, James Bondish, Queen and Country, book. Did I mention it is based in fact? I know, I know, based in fact is subject to conjecture but the events described in his book you can look up for yourself, because Ran Fiennes was there and was part of the operation that got the ball rolling with the assassins in the first place.So in any event I thought it was a great book and I highly recomned it.

I came across this book while stuck in the hospital for an unexpectedly long visit. I was mesmerized. I am not usually a big fan of the spy genre but this book captured my attention and held it throughout the entire book. Such a story that I will not forget for a long time and one where there are not clear cut good and bad guys. Just an excellent book. Give it a read!

I plan to keep this fasinating book to re-read. I believe every word of it.I have always felt many of the plane crashes worldwide were sabatage, not pilot or mechanical error. The target was at least one person on the plane. This book reinforces that.This is a man's book, but as a woman, I appreciated the many thought provoking messages. Wow! What a book.

Nothing like the movie..the book version is more interesting with how and why things happen they way they didAwesome

Much better than either version of the movie. A little difficult to follow. Enough details to evoke realism, but not too much. Highly entertaining read.

If you're looking for a good book, non-fiction this is the one. A movie was made based on this book. Jason Stathan and Robert De Niro are in the movie, is called Killer Elite. Buy both if you want to. Is better to have them together.

I could not get into this book, Typically, if you can't get my attention in three chapters, I am not going to finish the book. So there you have it. However, I did like the movie and if Ranulph Fiennes writes any other books I do hope they make a movie of them, but I will not be purchasing any of his books.Sorry.

Dopo aver visto il film non ho potuto fare a meno di acquistare il libro. E' in inglese e non nascondo ci sia qualche difficoltà nella lettura, ma ne vale veramente la pena

Es ist verwunderlich, dass aus diesem einschläfernden Geschreibsel ein spannender Actionfilm entstanden ist.

Ho visto il film e mi è piaciuto anche il libro da cui ha avuto l'ispirazione, non male, anche perché basato su una storia vera

avevo comprato questo libro per me.Non avevo capito che era in lingua Inglese e NON Italiana

Superlative book. Very well written, much much better than the movie,obviously. Delves deep into the world of special operatives, hired assasins etc etc. Even more hard hitting coz this happened in real life!! Superb