Spooky 8: The Final Mission

by Bob King

Book Overview

A chronicle of governmental cover-up and murder discusses the undercover operations of a covert team called Spooky 8, which, on a routine mission in Colombia, met with a suspicious and deadly ambush. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312205791
• ISBN13: 9780312205799
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

Absolutely the best book in its class! Whoever can put it down without finishing it must have trouble in all aspects of life. It is amazing what can go on around us in our everyday world. This book reveals what an average person would have missed. Thank you Mr. King! From every "red-blooded" citizen I salute you.

FM 100-25, 2-1

Hello, I just completed this book and am pleased in every sense- exteremely intelligent with an overlay of raw truth.The fact that one may think these accounts are true/false is incosequential. The obvious purpose of this book is to highten awareness of one's surroundings in not only a political, but a fundamental sense as well. We need MORE influential people to debate and restructure this medium of intelligence. You have succeeded Mr. King. I entered the Army in 1993 and had a short lived marriage with USASOC programs in South and Central America. In 1999 I did not renew my contract due to what I had witnessed and participated in that current administration. Ever since, I have been haunted with the need to inform others and never had the huevos(or extended experience) to do so, accept to my immediate family and freinds. I am in no way a disgruntled anti-gov. antagonist however. Just a guy that thinks everyone in the country they trust should be informed and make there own SOUND decisions for the common good. I guess that's the inevitable team bonding that I enjoyed. Thank you for your "cast-iron balls". By the way, check out Alex Jones and his website: infowars.com. He is an over zealous bloke and is often excessive but he raises eye-brows; with the right information and influence, he could be a tremendous asset to broadcasting. Thanks again, Marco

Suspicions Confirmed

This is a fast paced and very exciting story; one I could not put down once I started it. I suspect anyone who has been involved in the type of activities Mr. King writes about would find it difficult to use real names, places, etc for fear that the events depicted would be difficult to prove and therefore represent both defamation of character and slander.Interestingly, the only way to publish such material is in the form of fiction. Nevertheless, I am slao struct by the similarities between his story and other "fictional" accounts of intelligence oriented black operations. "Three Days of the Condor" - a movie, some of Clancy's works, etc. The pattern is the same. A government bureaucrat or politician who "debriefs" those who can ruin their own reputation. The book has a sense of being true; I am not concerned that the names have been changed to protect both the innocent and the guilty.Whatever, it was one hell of a good read. I look forward to your next book.

Only a Glimpse!

Several friends recommended this book believing I could relate to the experiences, they were right. I am a 31 years retired military officer who worked over half of my career in the intelligence field. King's book only gives a glimpse of the things this government has been involved in. For those of you who write the reviews believing this book is a fraud, my I suggest you pull your head out of that place you feel comfortable in and start taking a look at what is going on all around you. It is much to easy to think the United States Government is incapable of such dark and evil things that King has written about, but anyone with just a glimmer of intelligence knows better. Of coarse we do these things. We have to to survive in the world. Anyone who thinks the other world powers aren't involved in such things and, in many cases more, are the same pathetic people who are allowing our rights to be taken away. Wake up America. This is not a new story. This isn't even a very shocking tale. Talk to any former military special operations member, like a Delta Force or SEAL Team member and they will tell you that this is just another one of many accounts of what happens behind the scenes. Some of you have to stop hiding from reality and join the rest of the world. It may not be pretty but it is the best there is.

The Final Word...

Mr. King has put into our hands an incredible work that is impossible to put down. Literally. I read it from cover to cover in a matter of hours. This is one of the best tales I've ever read, but what amazes me most is the point of contention of the "relatively few" poor reviews of this book. Almost every instance, the contention is that "I was there" or "I really do this". BS! Other's try to discredit his work by saying "when did the military start issuing HK's?" oh Please! Anyone wishing to trash this book over such non-sense or (more likely) because they refuse to believe that this type of thing has in the past & still does happen, has their head buried somewhere, but it's not in the sand! you'll recognize them, they are the ones who each "claim" to know more about it than the autor and everyone else. If you are not afraid to open your eyes, this is an EXCELLENT read, and if you don't believe this is the reality of the world we live in - WAKE UP!