Torpedo
By Andy Maslen
2019
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4.48
Average Rating
422
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"You shouldn't have killed my friend, Max..."**Gabriel Wolfe is back in action in a three-way clash between a drug cartel, a triad and the Russian Mafiya. When he hired an assassin to kill Gabriel, Russian crime boss Max Novgorodsky made a big mistake. The assassin’s bullet missed Gabriel but took the life of one of his closest and dearest friends. Now the former SAS member has one thing on his mind. Vengeance.**Heads, you lose…Halfway round the world, Colombian cartel boss Martin Ruiz sits down in a Japanese tea house to be served by his favourite geisha. But only one of them will leave in one piece.The cartel are engaged in a bloody turf war with the White Koi triad. The stakes are control of a global drug trafficking route.… tails, I winGabriel's partner is Eli Schochat. She’s a real badass with an IDF and Mossad background. Together, they travel to Saint Petersburg, then a diamond mine in the far east of Russia.Gabriel's skills extend from unarmed combat to knife-fighting and automatic weapons. From espionage to covert surveillance. Foreign languages to hypnosis. He'll need them all on this single-minded pursuit of justice for his dead friend."I want to go to prison"Gabriel’s plan is simple. Novgorodsky’s organisation – Kuznitsa, “the Forge” – recruits its muscle from one of the worst penal colonies in Russia. Gabriel aims to get inside.The three opposing forces, with Gabriel caught in the crossfire, come together at Max’s country house outside Moscow in an explosive climax.If you like your action intenseAs a Department operative, Gabriel is expected to play by the rules - even if they're written by an off-books outfit run by his former CO. But this is no Department mission. This is personal. And there's only one rule. Keep going until Max is dead, or you are.Readers’ opinions“If you're a fan of hard hitting, hero based modern combat fiction then reading this latest book will give you your 'fix' Gabriel has style, panache and bucket loads of grit and determination.”Kenny H.“What a great read this was you know that when you are sorry you finished the book. I thought this was a lot better than the last few Jack Reacher novels. I have read quite a few of the Andy Maslen Gabriel Wolfe thrillers and can honestly say I have enjoyed every one.”popladdy“Absolutely loved this book. It actually gets your adrenaline pumping. I would recommend all the Gabriel Wolfe books to everybody. Cannot wait for the next one. There wasn’t any part of the story I didn’t enjoy. It was one surprise after another. Well done Andy Maslen.”Bev JarvisThe eighth novel in an enthralling seriesThis break-neck action thriller is the eighth full-length novel in Andy Maslen’s Gabriel Wolfe series. Be prepared to lose sleep as you promise yourself ‘just one more chapter’.A hero like no otherReaders have compared Wolfe to other familiar action heroes. Jack Reacher. John Milton. Ben Hope. Spider Shepherd. Mitch Rapp. But in truth he is his own man.He's no super-soldier or indestructible man-mountain. If he's shot, he bleeds ... and he hurts. His PTSD, which he battles along with his country’s enemies, gives his missions a sharper edge.But make no mistake.
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Author
Andy Maslen
Author · 44 books
Andy Maslen was born in Nottingham, in the UK, home of legendary bowman Robin Hood. Andy once won a medal for archery, although he has never been locked up by the sheriff. He has worked in a record shop, as a barman, as a door-to-door DIY products salesman and a cook in an Italian restaurant. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife, two sons and a whippet named Merlin.
