Drop Zone

Novellas are often an opportunity for authors to knock out something fairly short and make a few quid from loyal fans. Not Stephen Leather. This novella is long enough to properly develop both plot and characterisation and give the reader a full experience. This is a young Spider Shepherd, SAS NCO an......more

This was an author that I was made aware of thanks to a Facebook group that I had recently joined (Military Thriller Book Group). Most novellas are usually just an opportunity for authors to make a few extra dollars by providing a quick story with no real background. As this is my first exposure to......more

Shepherd at his best This is Spider Shepherd in his SAS days and book 3 in this series by Stephen Leather. As expected, having read so many of his books, it’s another brilliant read. This time Spider is asked to head the rescue of an American, daughter of a US Congressman kidnapped and held in deepes......more

Fairly standard "shoot 'em up" SAS book that does not really fit with the Spider we all know and love. Spider killed many in this book, but when you read the full novels, Spider does not seem to have killed very often. It could be read in isolation without knowing about Spider of later years. As a s......more

You can't fault a book that tempers action with empathy. Not much empathy shown towards most enemy personnel but you can sense Spiders reluctance to accept orders when they are blatantly wrong. Nevertheless, you can see in the forthcoming "Spider joins the police" series where he gets the attitude f......more