The Second Saladin

How this was allowed to be sold is unbelieveable, call me picky but when you buy a book you expect it to have ALL its pages, at least three pages are missing from this copy.Very poor

In reading the other reviews of this book, I find it difficult to understand the continuing reference to great humor in the Second Saladin.Yes, there were some humorous moments, but moments were all they were.Hunter starts the book with a nice action sequence, but then things seem to settle down for longer than might otherwise be necessary or desirable. It was interesting to see the use of characters which appear in subsequent Hunter books such as Black Light, and the twists and turns at the end are worthy of Mr. Hunter's talents. My only problem with the book, as already alluded to, is the amount of time spent filling the middle of the book with plot elements which did little to advance the action or to maintain the reader's interest.Overall, a good read, but not up to Point of Impact or Hunter's other later works.

This book was a book where yo were just waiting for it to end. Why did a publisher even put this back in print? You can tell it's old in the lack of experince in the writing.The book itself is about a hundred pages to long.t.It started out with a great action scene but then slowed down to a halt. All the characters were poorly portrayed but one, miles lanahan, the only character that actually was three dimensional.One thing this book has is timing. The end, you must wade through gallons of crap to get to it, is exciting but with complete lack of suspense.I love all of mr.hunters books but this one. Learn from you're mistakes mr.hunter

I am the person who earlier marveled that Hunter's best book was out of print. I almost didn't take my copy of the book back to the Library. It is a book that you can open to a page and begin re-reading it and just enjoy the flow of words and the great deal of humor Hunter puts into the story. I laughed and laughed as the author lampooned many of our sacred Cows in the intelligence community. The story is excellent and I wanted it not to end. I felt I had lost a couple of friends when it did, but now in May,1998 I will see them again.

This book fits in the category of "highly improbable thriller with lots of action and little else". Also, much is made of the fact that one of the main characters is Jewish. The vivid description of this person's lack of character and his cowardice leaves one wondering about Hunter's feelings generally about Jews. This is particularly so when his behavior is contrasted with virtually all of the other characters in the book. Overall, this book is mildly entertaining and has nothing else to offer.

I couldn't wait for the end on this one. Unfortunately this was not because I was excited , but rather I only to move on to something else. The plot itself was extremely contrived and very disjointed. It offered no suspense whatsoever. On the positive side, character development was strong with Spreshnev's dialogue particularly chilling.I'll wait awhile to try another SH novel.

The good part: lots of action. The bad part: lacking entirely in substance or interesting characters, liberally sprinkled with mindless violence, highly improbable, basically without any significant redeeming qualities.

Pretty far fetched and jumps too much. The reading has thought gaps and it is the kind of book that you can put down and pick up much later just to finish it.Hunter has done much better work.