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Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
Wow! What a page-turner! In "The Operative" by Andrew Britton, former government agent Ryan Kealey hopes that he is out of the high-suspense and knuckle-biting business. But then terrorist attacks on New York and Baltimore bring him out of retirement at the request of the President and Kealey cannot refuse to become "active" in order to attempt to undermine a highly complex and well-thought-out group which is determined to test high tech security of both government and private agencies. Citizen casualties are commonplace and they appear at times in which government agents need to focus on the task of trying to stay a step ahead of the terrorists. Even Kealey's interventions seem to defy the power of those intent on destroying the existing government security agencies. Through one knucke-biting episode after another, Keeley attempts to out think the terrorists and he gradually eliminates those he can trust.
This is a difficult book to put down because the reader becomes engrossed in hoping ordinary citizens will be saved and wondering who will be next in the crusade of casualties. Britton is a master of weaving complex information into a comprehensible plot so that readers simply cannot go without reading another chapter in the hope that their heart-pounding can be put to rest. Britton's understanding of the various government agencies combined with his knowledge of high tech weapons of mass destruction forces the reader to trust that Britton will not only find a way to save the USA but will also be able to prevent the reader from suffering a cardiac arrest.
