”Medal of honor” is a war related book based on the latest ”Medal of honor” game. The book is written by a former British SAS soldier, Chris Ryan, who is known as the only survivor of the mission ”Bravo Two Zero” during Gulf war.
The book takes place in Pajay, a small village in the Middle East, where American soldiers, Voodoo, Dusty, Rabbit and British Jock are orderd to find an Afghan informant, Malouf, who has intel about Al-Zaranj, a terrorist. The mission goes almost as planned and they call an airstrike to take Al-Zaranj down and then they head back to the base.
The protagonist and the narrator of the book is Jock. He is a British SAS soldier and a part of the squad as a battle casuality replacement. He is very skillful, tough and calm, like all the other professional soldiers. The story is told from his perspective.
The antagonist of the story is Al-Zaranj. The story only tells that he is marked as a high value target due to connections to Al-Qaeda, which was involved in terrorist attacks in USA.
The main conflict of the story is USA getting people who were involved in terrorist attacks to pay. In this book, it is Voodoo, Dusty, Rabbit and Jock who are taking down Al-Zaranj. The conflict is resolved by the professional soldiers using the intel which an afghan informant Malouf gives to the squad, although it is incorrect first.
There are three main themes, which all come out clearly: ”getting revenge”, ”who to trust” and ”reputation is everything”. Because the plot is so fast-developing, there isn’t much foreshadowing. Also the use of figurative language is very limited.
After all, the book was easy and interesting to read but as soon as I started to read, I was already at the end and everything had happend.