Review by trvlrbyeyes2 -- The Date Farm by Jack Winnick

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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Date Farm" by Jack Winnick.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Date Farm: Lara & Uri: Book 4 by Jack Winnick, while fiction, is an effort to portray the purposed hatred between the Muslims of Iran and other Muslim nations and the Jews, the Jewish Nation of Israel and the people of the United States of America. The young people of Iran are programmed to hate both the Jews and the evil and decadent Americans. Ironically, the same young Muslims are allowed into the United States on Visas to study in the best colleges and have use of our libraries and other learning facilities. They can also study our "secrets" as we openly put everything out there for anyone to see, either in the library or the newspapers.

The author's imaginative description outlines how the operatives and the governments respond to trouble, either creating it or saving the situation from evildoers. He shows that the planning that goes into setting someone up as a secret agent with a full back story is quite extensive. The secretiveness of a government's endeavor to slip into another country without getting caught takes a great deal of inside information and planning. Nothing can be left to chance.

The story has a great deal of suspense and intrigue. It is well written, and keeps the reader guessing as to the next encounter with the Muslims of Iran. The suspense of how Lara and Uri, American and Jewish operatives, are going to get out of the troubles they encounter along the way builds the intrigue. The author's ability to describe his characters is like painting a picture. Being able to visualize what each character looks like makes the story more interesting. The way the story goes from the enemy planning their next move to the success or failure of the endeavor, and the ability of Lara, Uri and their team to figure a way out of trouble makes the story more compelling.

I gave this book a four out of four stars based on how well the story was written and how well it was edited. What I liked best is the way the writer keeps everyone in suspense as to the outcome of the immediate scenario they are reading. What I liked least was the amount of killing that accompanied this story. While there is sexual content in this book, it is not overly descriptive. This book could be read by all but the pre-teen readers. Also this is not a book that those of the Muslim faith would appreciate.

This book, The Date Farm: Lara & Uri: Book 4 by Jack Winnick, is a fictional story. It begins with an attack on a mall in Beverly Hills. There was a rave being held at the mall this night and many young people were brutally gunned down by men dressed in black outfits. The shooters preceded to shoot themselves in the head when their attack on the mall occupants was concluded. It was later determined that the men dressed in black were young Muslim men.

It was at this time that Lara and Uri were brought in to help find out the who and why of this attack at the mall. Lara and Uri had been vacationing at her father's farm in Ohio. Lara is FBI and had been on leave as her marriage to Uri took her to Israel, and there she joined Uri as Mossad. Uri was a Mossad operative and they had met during mutual assignments, fell in love, and after their last assignment, decided to marry.

After conferring with the head of the local FBI office and the local Israeli Consul, they went to investigate the horrific scene of the mall massacre. On the third day they were informed that an enemy had hacked into their electronics, - from TV signals to military hardware - speech, data, graphics, everything. The hard-wired networks were the only communications not involved. In fact, even a military communications satellite had been knocked out, presumably by a massive electrical energy shot from the ground.

After three weeks, Lara and Uri were getting ready to return home to Israel when they were summoned to New York due to an attack on the gold reserve held underground in the Chase Manhattan Bank or The Federal Reserve Bank. The Muslim attackers had secretly built or remodeled underground tunnels, long forgotten, under the streets of New York. While the Muslims rejoiced at their brilliant plan that allowed them to outsmart the "stupid Americans", they secretly took their special cargo by yacht to a site in Western Iran. It was taken to a date farm there and secretly and carefully secured. Unknown to Lara and Uri, the head of the Muslim attack was none other than Sheikh Abidin, an old adversary. They had clashed more than once, but he always manages to slip their grasp.

Lara and Uri were given an undercover persona and a plan was devised that would allow them to arrive and appear to be itinerant farm workers looking for work. It was their job to get hired, find the hiding place of the stolen shipment and alert an offshore ship waiting to hear from them. Lara and Uri would then be rescued if and when the stolen shipment had safely been secured back into American hands.

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The Date Farm
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[GPM]

This is an exciting, non-stop action international espionage thriller that has you turning the pages to see what agents Lara and Uri do next. This is a very informative review!