Asgaard A Novel of Africa edition by D Alan Johnson Literature Fiction eBooks
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As a private military contractor for over twenty-five years, D. Alan Johnson has lived the life that he portrays in his new novel, Asgaard. Using the Great African War in the Congo as the background, Johnson paints a story of conflict between greed, politics, and religion. The dictator whose wife falls for a mercenary pilot, an American missionary, and the CIA medic struggle to survive with honor when an assassin changes the Congo forever. Will they be able to escape the anarchy and bloodletting in the resulting power vacuum?
Asgaard A Novel of Africa edition by D Alan Johnson Literature Fiction eBooks
I had read the D. Alan Johnson book, Arauca: A Novel of Colombia, and couldn't wait to read another of his works. I was definitely not disappointed! This is another top notch novel, expertly written by a man who has been there; done that. The only bad part was that it had to end, now I'm looking forward to the next one.Product details
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Asgaard A Novel of Africa edition by D Alan Johnson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
The time is the present day Congo. Nations compete for control of the area's mineral wealth. Various intelligence services have assets in place. A warlord with a penchant for torturing people has gained control of a mining district producing a strategic mineral.
The novel starts out slowly as various characters are developed. There are CIA operatives, contract pilots, various hired guns, and native troops. The warlord trusts nobody, probably for good reason. After all, he arranged the assassination of his predecessor. There is lots of action as some people fail in their missions, and other people succeed. It only takes one person with a knife to make a difference. Et tu Brute. There are always people willing to pull down the person at the top, and questions about whom you can trust.
The action in the novel holds your attention with a range of interesting characters. There are some minor editorial glitches sprinkled through the novel, but nothing overly serious.
Some characters can easily carry over to a sequel, so this is an author to put on your watch list
I generally do not read fiction. But I do read history, and an historical fiction where I can check out locations, events, and persons is sometimes sufficient bait to hook me into a read. Asgaard set the hook. I wore out my “Google Earth” and my “Wikipedia” links checking out locations, events, and persons.
The author, D. Alan Johnson, is intriguing himself. If he writes from personal experience or from the experience of contract pilots that he knew, and he does, then those historical stories that he tells through the veil of fiction should be, and are, an enjoyable way to spend an evening or two. I got hold of his paper back Asgaard. I treasure sleep, but his book deprived me of some. Perhaps there should be printed on the cover some U. S. Surgeon General’s warning that reading this may be injurious to your health.
I will not disclose here the plot of this book. That appears in other reviews. Suffice it to say that one of the book’s characters is a pilot. The author’s descriptions of the aviation component of the story are sufficient to convey to a non-pilot the non-technical aspects of what is involved in the equipment and operation of aircraft included in the story without leaving those knowledgeable in aviation with the feeling that the author is writing down to them. That is not an easy or prolific writing skill. The author achieves a pleasant balance in his style.
This book’s setting is in the Congo and its current geographic configurations and territories. War torn, who knows what those configurations will be in the future. Ambrose Bierce once wrote that “War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.” This book will teach a little geography of Africa in 2009. The Congolese Civil Wars, which began in 1996, ultimately involved nine African nations, multiple groups of UN peacekeepers and twenty armed groups, and resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people. The greatest death loss since World War II.
I enjoyed the book enough that I downloaded to read the author’s two previous works of fiction Arauca A Novel of Colombia and The Grace Bay Agreement. In fact, I enjoyed the author’s writing style enough that I also downloaded to read his non-fiction accomplishments Get a Job From the Inside Out and Secrets of Buying and Selling Used Equipment. If an author can span such diverse genre, then I will spend some time with him. I do not believe that even Hemingway ever took on the task of writing about used equipment, although we know now that Cuba is proliferate with at least old American cars.
If this had been a movie i would have walked out. Because it gave to clear a picture of what the African war's of the 20th century was like !!!!! Still have cold sweet nightmare's about the Congo an other parts of Africa in the early 80s . I would be hard pressed to find a more cruel saddestic place on plant Earth . The Asians would have to stand on there mother's back to kiss the ass of the hard men there .
With the passing of Nelson Mannela south Africa is going to go back to trible warfare they had before the Europs out cast made it a true country .. .... But T.I.A. !
As Rudyard Kipleing said in the late 1800s . White mans burdon !
I will never set foot back there but read the book an welcome to my nightmares.
I had read the D. Alan Johnson book, Arauca A Novel of Colombia, and couldn't wait to read another of his works. I was definitely not disappointed! This is another top notch novel, expertly written by a man who has been there; done that. The only bad part was that it had to end, now I'm looking forward to the next one.
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