Desert Winds J M Taylor Books
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Devon sometimes wished he were back in the Carolina swamps puffing his grandpa's pipe instead of tromping the Iraqi deserts and mountains with the French woman. But his Grandma told him to follow the eagle and watch out for the crow, and the mountains of Iraq are where the hawk led. But why was the crow cawing so loud, Devon wondered, as the Iraqi sighted down the barrel of the AK? US Army Major Nash Devon, a Carolinian claiming ancestry back to the Croatan Indians and Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony, was a hero and a murderer in the First Gulf War, but haunted over the years by his actions. Assigned back to Saudi in enroute to the UN weapons inspection team in Iraq, Devon is shanghaied by US military intelligence and sent to the Northern Iraq Sanctuary Zone for duty with the UN High Commission for Refugees. Dispatched to Iraq before the launch of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Devon's real mission is to locate a hidden Iraqi nuclear research facility. In his search Devon discovers more than he bargained for a nuclear conspiracy and an opportunity to have the family he thought he had lost forever. What he really finds will make your faith soar as he follows Renee Granwin behind the green water and together they solve the mystery of the Image of Christ. SPECIAL ADDITION TO THIS EDITION The Story of the Image of Christ and the tablet with the coded message.
Desert Winds J M Taylor Books
This story was intense and put me in the picture in Kurdistan through the realities of a real soldier. Those days were very difficult for everyone who experienced the gritty ugliness of the war in Iraq. It was also beautifully sensitive and vividly descriptive piece of work. The Iraqi people came alive in this brave and honest narrative. We'll done Mr. Taylor!! The human spirit in extreme adversity is a beautiful thing to behold. I enjoyed this book! Dr. Terry SimmonsProduct details
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Desert Winds J M Taylor Books Reviews
I have never thought of myself as a thriller fan, but the timely Middle East setting of Behind the Green Water and its fast pace captured my interest from the beginning. The protagonist Nash Devon, an American military officer, is complex, believable, and unlike many inflexible and unfeeling male characters, has heart. The back story comes forth gradually, supplying his motivation and creating his sympathetic personality. The novel satisfies our curiosity in particular about Iraq and reveals why this nation is potentially so dangerous. Yet we also meet some admirable Iraqi people and kind, if often discouraged, United Nations refugee workers. The author clearly has experience with the culture, towns, and countryside of Iraq, as well as Syria and Saudi Arabia, and convincingly describes the military environment and hardware. The intrique Devon confronts rings true, as well. Surprisingly, the novel develops an undercurrent of spirituality that relates to the title. Devon is on a cruelly difficult mission. Few will be able to set the book aside without knowing if he is successful, and few will be able to stop reading until they know whether Devon and the woman and boy he befriends can all escape their enemies.
Move over Forsyth, Follett, and Ludlum you have some competition. John Taylor has written a fast paced, interesting tale that is more than pertinent to today’s world conflict. Set in Iraq and Syria Taylor writes of Sinjar Mountain, Iraq; Damascus, Syria; and other locales ripped out of today’s headlines.
Taylor tells the story of Army Major Nash Devon, a Lumbee Indian from North Carolina. The story starts with a successful Scud missile destruction mission gone bad during Desert Storm, leaving Devon with searing memories that will impact his decisions nearly ten years later.
Having been rousted out of a booze-fueled tryst by Saudi Arabia’s morals police, Devon is “offered“ the opportunity to volunteer for a mission that should redeem his career and reputation, if he survives. Devon is quickly on his way to northern Iraq. Soon he finds himself as a, member of a United Nations team with a rather light cover as an agricultural specialist, a task for which he is distinctly unqualified. His true mission is, however, to find an undefined “something” in northern Iraq.
Linking up with the team Devon is introduced to his fellow team members. The team director is the quintessential bureaucrat, while two others are old friends of Devon. One man had accompanied him on the Scud raid during Desert Storm; the other is a Pakistani officer whom Devon had met in school in the States. He is also introduced to an “old hand” with the UN, Renee Granwin and a newcomer, Sara Qasim with her son Arif.
Taylor does an excellent job of developing these characters. None is a caricature, rather each is realistic and has an unexpected depth of character. Likewise, the dialogue is appropriate to the situation and has the ring of authenticity.
This is an adventure novel and the situations are designed to place the characters in extreme situations. Taylor’s novel is no different. His situations have the tone of plausibility, if not probability. His plot twists are unexpected, though feasible, and somehow not surprising.
I truly enjoyed this read. John Taylor’s writing honestly reminded me of the “Big Name” authors. Good characters. Good plot. Good writing. What more can a reader ask for? If you hankering to read a great story, I recommend you pick “Desert Winds.” You won’t be disappointed; I wasn’t!
This story was intense and put me in the picture in Kurdistan through the realities of a real soldier. Those days were very difficult for everyone who experienced the gritty ugliness of the war in Iraq. It was also beautifully sensitive and vividly descriptive piece of work. The Iraqi people came alive in this brave and honest narrative. We'll done Mr. Taylor!! The human spirit in extreme adversity is a beautiful thing to behold. I enjoyed this book! Dr. Terry Simmons
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