coolreads # Lim Kit Siang - Malaysian First (Volume Two): Bold to the Last Battle

Lim Kit Siang

- Malaysian First (Volume Two):

Bold to the Last Battle

Author: Kee Thuan Chye

Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre

ISBN: 9786297575131

In this continuing account of Lim Kit Siang’s life and 56-year political career, dramatist-journalist Kee Thuan Chye picks up from where Lim and Guan Eng were arrested under ISA at the end of Volume One, to offer a story full of intrigue, emotional moments, dramatic twists and turns and occasionally, some laughter and joy.

coolreads # Lim Kit Siang - Malaysian First: Volume One: None But the Bold

Lim Kit Siang

- Malaysian First: Volume One:

None But the Bold

Author: Kee Thuan Chye

Publisher: Landmark Books

ISBN: 97811822032

Lim Kit Siang - Malaysian First (Volume One): None but the Bold tells the story of the outspoken politician as well as the private family man. The book is full of drama, humour and heartfelt confession of a man who has dedicated his life to fight for the betterment of his fellow countrymen. It recounts the battles Lim won and lost, the betrayals he suffered and the sacrifices he made. It also explores the deep bond he shares with his family, friends and comrades. Above all, it gives an insightful understanding of what makes Lim Kit Siang tick, both as a public figure and the private person behind the facade of a politician.

coolreads # Retro Books # Sierra Six

Sierra Six

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley Books

ISBN: 9780593098998

Sierra Six by Mark Greaney is actually two stories in one book. Readers are treated to double actions by the Gray Man, both in the present timeline and what happened 12 years ago. Both stories are compelling, suspenseful and dramatic and readers are taken on a rollercoaster ride filled with vivid action, lots of intrigue and fascinating dialogue.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Bombmaker

The Bombmaker

Author: Stephen Leather

Publisher: Hodder

ISBN: 9780340689561

Year Published: 2000

The book starts off with a scene of two Belfast terrorists trying to blow up the underground tunnel by placing a bomb at the entrance. Unfortunately, the bomb was discovered by a group of four children playing football nearby. When one of them accidentally kicked the ball that landed at the mouth of the tunnel, he ran over to pick up the ball, followed by the others. One of the kids saw a blue holdall nearby. He grabbed it and opened it just when the terrorists detonated the bomb.

coolreads # Retro Books # Dark Horse

Dark Horse

Author: Gregg Hurwitz

Publisher: St Martin's Paperbacks

ISBN: 9781250253248

 

As Orphan X, Evan Smoak was an off-the-books government assassin. However, after a while, he broke with the Orphan Programme and adopted a new mission - helping the most desperate people in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life and the destruction of his base of operations at the condo at Castle Heights where he resides, Evan is not keen on taking on a new mission. But one finds its way to him anyway.

coolreads # Retro Books # Ballistic

Ballistic

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley Books

ISBN: 9781101544921

Year Published: 2011

The central character in the Gray Man series is Court Gentry - a legend in the covert ops world (also known as Violator), who has been disavowed by the CIA.

coolreads # Retro Books # Capitol Conspiracy

Capitol Conspiracy

Author: William Bernhardt

Publisher: Ballantine Books

ISBN: 9780345487575

Year Published: 2008

William Bernhardt is well known for his high-powered legal thrillers. In this third novel starring Ben Kincaid as a senator, he has created another suspenseful plot with just the right pace and style.

coolreads # Retro Books # Simple Genius

Simple Genius

Author: David Baldacci

Publiser: Grand Central

ISBN: 9781455550807

Year Published: 2007

This is a Sean King and Michelle Maxwell adventure by David Baldacci. The story opens with Michelle experiencing a breakdown.

coolreads # Retro Books # Treasure

Treasure

Author: Clive Cussler

Publisher: HarperCollins

ISBN: 0007205597

Year Published: 2005

The story starts off in the past when the great Library of Alexandria which housed the knowledge of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman empires as well as those little known civilisations that rose and fell far beyond the shores of the Mediterranean, was ransacked, burned and destroyed by some fanatics after being ordered by the Christian Emperor Theodosius in 391 AD.

coolreads # Retro Books # Agent in Place

Agent in Place

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkeley

ISBN: 9780451488909

Year Published: 2018

This is the seventh in the high-powered Gray Man series by Mark Greaney. The book opens with the Islamic State group about to execute Courtland Gentry, also known as the Gray Man and leave his body floating with others shot in the head in a bloody lake. Then the story backs up a week earlier to show how Gentry got into this unholy mess.