Soft Target II: `Tank` - Softcover

Jones, Conrad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434384233 ISBN 13: 9781434384232

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2008

Synopsis

Soft Target 2 `Tank`- Conrad Jones The novel is the sequel to `Soft Target` . It is an action thriller following the Terrorist Task Force, who are based at Canning Place on the banks of the River Mersey. The Task Force`s lead agent is called John Tankersley, nicknamed Tank. Part two follows a plot which involves the kidnap of a Saudi Princess, by a Russian exile, trying to force the price of crude oil to rise.. The Taskforce are brought in under the radar as an Islamic extremist cell is suspected of the kidnap and subsequent bombings. The incident causes international unrest as the price of crude spirals out of control. Tensions in the Middle East reach boiling point when the Saudis retaliate against an insurgent Terror Training camp in Syria.The nefarious terrorist Yasser Ahmed from `Soft Target`, (a bin-Laden type character) had to go into hiding and has aligned himself with the Islamic Jihad in Chechnya. The Muslim struggle against the Christian Zionist invaders has brought him to the mountain region of Dagestan, where he finances and leads the Islamic rebels, Mujahideen. .Intrigue and espionage uncover the jigsaw pieces, which uncover the whereabouts of the Saudi Princess, and who took her. The book is packed with action as all roads lead to Kizlyar and a final showdown between Tank and Yasser Ahmed. The main characters from part one are present through part two. `Soft Target` has achieved great reviews from readers on amazon.co.uk and on the American site too. Soft Target has been published by Authorhouse, and has been ranked inside the top one-thousand on Amazon. Part one starts at US tourist destinations, but is mainly set in Liverpool climaxing at a fictional semi-final derby game at Anfield

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About the Author:

Soft Target 2 `Tank`- Conrad Jones The novel is the sequel to `Soft Target` which was published January 5th 2008. It is the second of the Tank novels written by Conrad Jones. Conrad is 42 years old married to Ruth,and lives in Cheshire, England. On March 20th 1993 the Irish Republican Army exploded two bombs outside the restaurant that he was managing resulting in the death of two young boys, who were shopping for mothers day presents. The incident started a life time intersest in to what motivates terrorists, no matter what their cause. The shocking long term effects of such attacks on innocent people echo through time. Writing the Tank books has helped Conrad to understand the thought process that leads to such atrocities. `Soft Target` has achieved great reviews from readers on amazon.co.uk and on the American site too. Soft Target has been published by Authorhouse, and has been ranked inside the top one-thousand on Amazon. It attracted the attention of three BBC Radio stations, Six regional newspapers and a glossy magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1434384233
• ISBN 13: 9781434384232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296