Necessary Extremes

By David M. Salkin

In order to prevent World War III, Agents Stills and Mackey are sent to Iran to take action from within. But the mission is not merely to take out Iran's weapons grade nuclear material intended for Israel-they've been instructed to incite an Iranian revolution.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425217914
• ISBN13: 9780425217917
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Most excellent read...fast and full of action.

David Salkin takes you on a ride that just keeps gaining speed as you cruise through the book. A fictional but seemingly realistic look at what every American wants to know is going on with respect to fighting terrorism. His attention to detail makes you feel like you are right there with the characters, either walking the rocky trails of Eastern Afghanistan or the hallways of a CIA building.

A good read !

"Necessary Extremes" is the follow-up novel to author David Salkin's successful first book "Crescent Fire". Set in today's turbulent Middle East, Salkin sends CIA-type agents Stills and Mackey to Iran in order to halt both the use of Iran's nuclear weapons and simultaneously start a popular revolution that will change the Iranian government. Hmmm. A tall order for two Americans in Iran, one might think? Surprisingly, Salkin pulls it off and makes both actions seem believable. Drawing extensively on current events and his knowledge of the Middle East, Salkin's agents Stills and Mackey appear to be normal people as they apply common-sense and realistic solutions to the events they encounter. No James Bond's here, the two heroes share qualities they've developed in training at Quantico rather than with Roger Moore in this unexpectedly good story. With two good novels to his credit- and the Middle East still in turmoil -one hopes that author David Salkin is working hard on his third installment of the Still & Mackey sagas.