Those in Peril
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Hazel Bannock is heir to the Bannock Oil Corporation, one of the major global oil producers. While cruising the Indian Ocean, her yacht is hijacked by Somalian pirates and her nineteen-year-old daughter, Cayla, kidnapped. The pirates demand a crippling twenty-billion-dollar ransom for her release, and
… More »Hazel Bannock is heir to the Bannock Oil Corporation, one of the major global oil producers. While cruising the Indian Ocean, her yacht is hijacked by Somalian pirates and her nineteen-year-old daughter, Cayla, kidnapped. The pirates demand a crippling twenty-billion-dollar ransom for her release, and complicated political and diplomatic sensitivities render the major powers incapable of intervening. With growing evidence of the horrific torture to which Cayla is being subjected, Hazel calls on Hector Cross to help her rescue her daughter. Hector is the man behind Cross Bow Security, the company contracted to Bannock Oil Corporation to provide all their protection. He is a formidable fighting man. Between them, Hazel and Hector are determined to take the law into their own hands.
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Enjoyable book in the Smith mould but is a little light in plot but still gave ie a 4 star rating
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Add a CommentSmith has written a lot of very good books, but this is not one of them. The story is predictible, the characters are shallow and the romantic storyline is out of a Harlequin Romance novel. In conclusion it appers to be the work of a lesser author, not up to the quality of Smith many other fine books.
Excellent read. Non-stop action.
This is my fifth or sixth read of a Wilbur Smith novel since I 'discovered' him about three years ago. Love his knowledge and history of all parts of Africa. Great read!
Utter trash with nothing to recommend it (wish I could remember who recommended it to me).
Mix together the plots of Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, Steve Berry, James Rollins and to that add two weeks worth of cheese inventory from Pizza Hut and you've got Those In Peril. The characters are so unbelievably superhuman that I was surprised Smith didn't give them the power to walk through walls or deflect bullets... Probably one of Wilbur Smith's worst offerings.
Very fast paced and exciting read. I was hooked right at the start until the very end.
Grat Book One of his better books A little bit od "Porn" in the begining, otherwise a great read
It was a good story line and great characters - as always with Wilbur Smith. But.. again, as always with Mr. Smith, too much detail. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood. During the last 50 pages or so, I just wanted it to end already for heaven's sake. But all in all, I liked it.
Not a bad book by any stretch but you get the feeling Wilbur Smith is writing by formula these days. Nothing really surprising here it comes along at a quick enough pace, standard mix of sex and violence, but the ending I find really a bit of an anticlimax and the middle of the book spent to much time trying to tell us everything was OK when you were just waiting for it to all go pear shaped.
Yacht cruise on the Indian Ocean now definitely off the bucket list.