The Enemy Within

by Larry Bond

Book Overview

America's largest cities are in flames. Its majestic landmarks are in ruins. Oceans and boundaries offer no protection. It is the first sophisticated, intelligently planned, and utterly ruthless... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446516767
• ISBN13: 9780446516761
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

reading is believing.

Clancy has his hands full when anything comes out by Bond. The Enemy Within is just a great book to grab, buy and read! Un-down-putable! Its the only way to describe all of his books. If you are a reader and haven't read any books by Larry Bond. DO IT and see why!

A GREAT story of 'What If?' that we HOPE never happens...

I consider myself a Larry Bond veteran. I started with his first book, 'Red Phoenix' many years ago, and absolutely loved it. His 2nd and 3rd novels were a re-hashing of his first story, sorta like 'Red Storm Rising' with different locations, but all were very well written, and each novel better than the previous. When 'The Enemy Within' came out, I half expected it to be yet another scenario of war like his other novels had been, but I was pleasantly surprised when it was not only different, but TOTALLY different. This is Bond's 1st true effort to reach the level of techno-thriller established by Tom Clancy. While not as complex as Clancy, Bond DOES hit paydirt quickly with this very well-written story of terrorism on OUR soil. The premise is actually almost too simple to be true, but it IS: What if Iran wanted to invade Iraq? What is to stop them from doing so? An intervention from the United States most likely. But what if America was busy dealing with something more important while this invasion took place? But WHAT could be so involving that we couldn't notice or even attempt to do something about a full-scale invasion by Iran? How 'bout dealing with terrorist on OUR home turf? Terrorists who aren't afraid of doing the unthinkable...even to a school-yard full of children. I tell ya this story made me think, 'What IF?' on more than one occasion. Our country has been spared (for the most part) terrorist activity unlike other parts of the world where it doesn't just happen, but its every day life. HOW would we really react? What would we DO? Would we really be taken off guard SO MUCH that this nightmarish scenario could actually happen? I actually think so. Larry Bond has given us a truly horrific story that borders on not 'what if' it happens, but closer to 'when' it happens... Not just a good story, but a GREAT story that is likely to stay with you long after you are finished. Kudos to Bond...let us all PRAY this scenario NEVER plays out in real life.

A Scary Scenario!

This book should make you sit up and think. Iran the capitol of terrorism sending terrorists into the United States to create havoc and confusion. The Iranian general who plays the role of villian in the book has a master plan for occupying the United States while he makes plans for invading the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. The Bosnian badguy that the Iranian general sends to America does his job well. Acts of terrorism in the United States causes panic everywhere. Colonel Thorn and Special Agent Gray finally catch up with the Bosnian killer and assisanate him. The invasion of Iran by forces led by Colonel Thorn has the desired effect. Colonel Thorn kills the Iranian general responsible for the wave of terrorism that has been engulfing the United States. This is a very good book. Bond displayed a knowledge of terrorism with this book. This is a must read.

Eye-Opening View of Our Trusting Society

I just finished it after spending my whole weekend doing nothing else. Started Saturday and couldn't put it down until I finished on Sunday afternoon (during football, no less). Altho' I had a little trouble getting into the first 25 pages (too many Iranian names, locations, etc.), once the action started it was a page-turner to the end. This is a book to strike terror and paranoia into every American's soul. The apparent ease with which terrorist attacks are carried out is frightening and horribly realistic. It seems that this could really happen. I hope that none of the people reading this book are inclined to act on these ideas. This is the first of Larry Bond's books that I have read but I will be on the lookout for more. He certainly surpasses Clancy (who has sold out to commercialism and the screenplay mentality) and the characters are more well-defined than Clancy's (except in his "Red October" ...the best of his books). Don't read this if you are already paranoid about what is happening in this country because you will not sleep comfortably again. Kudos to Larry Bond for a timely & thought-provoking read.

A Clancy Buster

The cover of the paperback edition of this book has a quote from Tom Clancy stating that The Enemy Within is the best thriller he has read in a long time..Well it far surpasses anything he has WRITTEN in a long time too. Bond has written a tightly plotted and engrossing thriller that is notches above what the the so-called masters of the genre have written in years. While other authors of the genre have gotten caught up in lengthy and boring ramblings on about the military hardware used in the plot Bond mixes just enough military hardware technobabble with an excellent and believeable plot to keep us turning the pages to a satisfying conclusion. Terrorists attacking the USA has been done before but the pacing of Bonds attempt is perfect with all out violent mayhem being played out across the USA by Iranian terrorists. Even the typical love interest between the lead characters is played to a minimum so as not to interfere with the non stop action in the story. If Bond keeps turning out stories as good as this I think he will find a bigger audience for his work than he currently has and deserves!