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Ascent from Darkness

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Author: Steven E. Wilson
Publisher: H-G Books
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 656
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.6

ISBN: 0972948015
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780972948012
ASIN: 0972948015

Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
An international thriller of espionage, war, and love, interwoven with profound, world-changing events. Reluctant CIA operative Stone Waverly travels a shadowy trail from Odessa to Cologne to Amsterdam to Damascus, as agents with terror links evade an international dragnet. Everyone is suspect and nothing is as it seems, in a land where Islamic extremists determined to plunge civilization into darkness battle with special forces, Kurds, and Arabs intent on restoring hope to a world gone mad.

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5 out of 5 stars

Thrilling and compelling August 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I am so thrilled that Stone Waverly is back! br /br /I do not like to read books about war, but a friend convinced me to read Steve Wilson's first book, Winter in Kandahar, and I couldn't put the book down. There began my love of Stone Waverly. br /br /So naturally, between Steve Wilson's compelling storytelling and style of writing, I was thrilled to learn of his second book, Ascent From Darkness. I was equally as thrilled to learn that Stone Waverly continues on his journey. br /br /I have not changed my mind and decided to read books on war, but Ascent from Darkness is a book about mysterious happenings wrapped in the most mysterious of all happenings - love. br /br /May Mr. Wilson keep me anxiously turning the pages of Stone Waverly's life adventures for years to come!br /br /P.S. I expect some smart movie producer to purchase the movie rights to both Winter In Kandahar and Ascent From Darkness and turn them into the blockbusters they so deserve to be!br /

5 out of 5 stars

Action adventure thriller and romance too July 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

We just read this book for my book club after one of the member's husbands, a Special Forces Major, recommended it. I was reluctant to read a book with soldiers on the cover, but read it because it was a finalist in the Indie Book Awards in Action adventure. I was delighted with the romance aspect of the novel. You'll love it!

5 out of 5 stars

Great book! July 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

One of the best action adventure stories I've read since Black Hawk Down. It's a well-written, fast-paced page-turner that focuses on the current situation in Iraq and Syria. Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding storytelling! June 30, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I finally got around to reading Ascent from Darkness and I loved it. Like Winter in Kandahar, it's intriguing plot centers around an ethnic group, here the Kurds in northern Iraq, and provides a lot of perspective about the current situation in Iraq, especially the relations between the different groups. The novel is multi-layered and I found the characters credible and engaging. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars

Wow!! Even better than Winter in Kandahar! February 12, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

I just got this book last weekend and once I started reading it my family lost me until I finished a few hours ago. "Couldn't put it down" definitely applies. What a great story! (or should I say stories? There are three parallel stories that converge to a memorable ending). Adventure, romance, interpersonal conflict, combat, humor...Ascent From Darkness has it all. It would definitely make a fantastic movie. Wilson's first book, Winter in Kandahar, is a great favorite of mine, but you can see maturation in his writing style and plot development with this new novel. At the end of the book, it mentions a new novel "The Ghosts of Anatolia" is coming in 2009. I can't wait!

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