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Book Review The Mullah’s Storm



Book Review
The Mullah’s Storm, (©2010)
Author – Thomas W. Young

I seldom read war fiction about the middle east because I find the situation there so politicized and so much a pawn for this country’s oil and corporate greed that I cannot bear to indulge in doing so.  So against my usual judgement I picked this book up at a used book store and glanced at a few pages.  I was immediately drawn in despite my above misgivings.  The book jacket describes Mr. Young’s background – his chips, so to speak – as a flight engineer for the Air National Guard through-out the world in military hot spots and in Afghanistan in particular along with his various military honors including the Air Force Combat Action Medal.  His background serves him well in this work of fiction conveying a realism to the non-stop military action that composes the book from beginning to end.  Well written, riveting and morally compelling without recourse to maudlin clichés.  If you like war fiction this will satisfy you completely and if like me liking war stories only occasionally then you will find this novel a non-stop read.  Four Star.
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