Standing Strong

Matt Standing, Book 4

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Standing Strong

By: Stephen Leather

Narrated by: Paul Thornley

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February, 2022. Russia invades Ukraine, the biggest attack on a European country since World War I. Matt 'Lastman' Standing and a crack SAS team are sent into the war zone. Their mission - to help the Ukrainians defend their country from the Russian invaders. But when Russian mercenaries begin committing atrocities and war crimes in occupied Ukraine, MI6 decides to change the rules of engagement.

Standing and his team are given new orders - to take out the Russian president, one of the most protected men in the world. It has all the makings of a suicide mission, but Standing is the last man to turn down a challenge.

Action & Adventure

Genre Fiction

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

War & Military

Russia

War

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Good story overall but lacks in the usual high credibility, realism and detail, not a normal S Leather read, Standing promised excellent adventure but at times the storyline searches for the next adventure just to make the book longer, lost its way doing this, no sub-plot and additional character storyline. Disappointing read, at times it felt tired and written as a fill-in. As a dedicated fan it failed to engage and entertain me, normally there’s a full story but this was one mission after another but in real life Standing and his troop can’t be the only team in the Regiment and he can’t be left alone to command every time, every opportunity, every time single handedly, the military and especially its SNCOs don’t ignore mental issues and nor does the service, especially its high performance echelons.