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    Homeland: Saul’s Game
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    Homeland: Saul’s Game

    Written by Andrew Kaplan

    Narrated by Penelope Rawlins

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The second, edge-of-your-seat prequel novel based on Showtime’s hit series, HOMELAND, ‘the best thriller on American television’ New York Post

    Damascus, Syria, 2009. Carrie Mathison is leading an operation to capture or kill al Qaeda terrorist, Abu Nazir. But arriving at the compound where he was supposed to be in hiding, they find it empty. Carrie is sure that someone is leaking CIA information to the enemy and has betrayed their operation, seriously threatening American interests in the Middle East. To expose the double agent, her boss, Saul Berenson, devises an elaborate ruse that will send her on the most dangerous mission of her life.

    This twisting tale of international intrigue takes fans deeper into the intense world of high-stakes espionage, and explores never-before-seen details of Carrie’s life as an operative in the Middle East, Saul’s past as an agent in Iran, Brody’s dark childhood and captivity, and events involving the trio—and other favourite characters, like Dar Adal—that will lead them to the present.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 9, 2014
    ISBN9780007566952
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    Homeland: Saul’s Game
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    Andrew Kaplan

    ANDREW KAPLAN is the internationally-known author of two bestselling spy thriller series: Scorpion and Homeland. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages, topping bestseller charts around the world. His film writing career includes the James Bond classic, Goldeneye. His second book in the Homeland series, Homeland: Saul's Game won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Tie-In Novel of the Year.

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    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book and think that the author knows quite a bit about his subject. I thought that there might have been a little too much overlap with the plot of the Showtime series but that's probably to be expected. I love Homeland and this novel was an excellent accompaniment to the cable show.
    • 3/5
      This is an engrossing novel. The style is very light and extremely fast paced. The author never loses the reader. It does feel like the author goes out of his way to make the characters extremely diverse and he also seems to weave immorality into the plot gratuitously. I think how the immorality is written in, is excessive, but all together, this is a well written, fast paced, spy thriller.
    • 4/5
      I have never watched Homeland so I can truthful say I did not know what to expect out of this book. I found it to be a fast paced easy read. With what is going on in todays world it is easy to picture this scenario. It also made me think that maybe I would understand some of the characters better if I watched the series. But all in all a good read. I received this from LibraryThing early Review for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      This is a good book by Kaplan and I really enjoyed reading it. The characters and the themes were compelling and well done. There is a complexity to the work that some will enjoy and others may find a little daunting. Enjoyed it.J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms" "Wesley's Wars" and "To Whom It May Concern"
    • 4/5
      Having never seen Homeland, Showtime's series, I had no preconceived ideas of what this book should be about. As a thriller, it is a light read, and will probably be enjoyed by those who enjoy books about the secret undocumented workings of the CIA, which seem to make up the basis for so many espionage stories. The book takes place in the Middle East and uses events of the Iraq War to weave its story of betrayal and intrigue. Carrie Mathison, the main character, is a CIA operative who suffers from bipolar disorder. Her boss, Saul Berenson, uses her to help discover the identity of a mole who is supplying Al Qaeda and the Iranians with operational intelligence. She is a wonder of capabilities and cleverness. Unfortunately I found her to be less than compelling as the heroine. Perhaps if I had seen the series I would have been more impressed. I gather from the book jacket that several of the characters in the book are favorites in the series. Perhaps I would have understood some of the character interactions better, because I think the author expected his readers to be familiar with the back story of people like Vice President Walden (the future evil President?) and Nicholas Brody, who floats through the book in a sub-plot that obviously has relevance in the future but was a distraction that added absolutely nothing to the story line in the book. I didn't dislike the book. In fact, I read it through in a couple days, but neither was I captivated by it. I would have liked more character development. Again, this is probably because I hadn't seen the Showtime series.
    • 3/5
      This was slow to start, but once I got into it, it was quite an enjoyable page-turner.
    • 2/5
      I decided to read this so called book because I had seen all the episodes of Homeland. I did not think the TV series was as good as the rest of the world did and only watched the 4th series because it was made in Cape Town, made to look like Islamabad.Not sure what I really expected but I had hoped that it would be written in say the John Le Carre mode or even perhaps one of the better American thriller writer’s . All I can say it was bad real bad and perhaps because I listened to the audio I had no idea who was who.
    • 3/5
      Some stretches were quite good, overall a correct, run-of-the-mill spy story
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book, fast paced and well written. I have never seen the show so I did not know what to expect. I enjoyed this book so much and highly recommend it to others, that I ordered the first book. This book felt like it was torn from the front pages of the newspaper.Carrie a CIA spy being used by Saul her boss to find the mole who has been leaking information to the Al-Qaeda terrorists. Well done, I hope you will write more of the Homeland series.
    • 2/5
      Carrie's Run is a prequel to season one of Homeland. In 2006, CIA agent Carrie Matheson is in Beirut on a mission to make eyes on a contact known as Nightingale. However, it's an ambush that Carrie barely escapes. She soon discovers that there is a bit of consipracy that goes to one of the highest echelons of her government to create a civil war in the Middle East.

      Andrew Kaplan writes a decent spy story but it wasn't Homeland. For one thing, Carrie isn't that competent. In this novel, she's sort of a rain man savant super spy. It was not believable. Carrie's voice wasn't authentic. It could have been anyone.

      There was a lot of sex in this book. It came out of nowhere. It happened at a lot of impromptu times usually during an op. I hated how they did the Carrie-Estes "affair." On the show, Estes had a lot of hate for Carrie for ending his marriage. In Carrie's Run, he was understanding and admitted that his marriage was already over.

      Carrie's Run felt like an alternate universe Homeland. I'm pretty sure Carrie did not do any of this. Not the Carrie I've seen the past three seasons. The plus side is that it is a very quick read and I am kind of glad I didn't buy it.