When two of his American employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: American businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared...
"Superb...Ken Follett's fans may be reluctant to see him return to fiction." - The New York Times Book Review
"A marvelous, rare, terrific read...as exciting as a novel." - USA Today
This is the true and inspirational story of a daring rescue during the height of the tension between the U.S. and Iran after the fall of the Shah. Ross Perot, the dynamic head of Electronic Data Systems, mounts an attempt to free two key employees who are being held captive by Iranian extremists. Unfortunately, the gripping account is not well served by this reading. While billed as a full-cast recording, this re-release from1984 is actually delivered by two male voices who just ping-pong the narrative back and forth. They didn't coordinate pronunciation, so they sometimes, annoyingly, pronounce names differently. Some of the pacing is too fast, and the transitions are often too short. For lovers of Follett and Perot, there are other versions of this exciting story. M.C. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Ken Follett is the author of numerous international bestsellers, including Jackdaws, Hornet Flight, Code to Zero, Triple, Eye of the Needle, Pillars of the Earth, and A Dangerous Fortune. He lives in England.
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