Critics Corner

Heartland Reviews:  Bob Spear gives 5 Hearts

Co-authored by a nurse and a doctor who both served at the US Army’s primary research facility for biological weapons and the good doctor has also served as a United Nations weapons inspector in Russia and Iraq, this medical thriller proposes the what if of a renegade Bathist General who knows where Saddam hid the WMDs and intends to use them on the rest of the world. Using a clever mixture of real-life and fictional characters, the authors use a team of special ops doctors and a Native American ex-SEAL to track down the threats and eliminate the renegade and his forces. This is non-stop action based on the real deal by authors who should know what they are presenting as a highly realistic and chilling scenario. We rated this excellent thriller five hearts.

Reader Views:  Cathy Yanda “One of two best books…”

“Crescent Veil” is easily one of the two best books I’ve read in the past year. It deals with what is a possibly an almost-too-realistic situation ~ the knowledge, and then discovery, of a secret cache of biological weapons hidden in Iraq. Ms. Sanders’ obvious knowledge of the culture of Iraq, biological warfare, ancient history and relationships shines in this debut novel.

Midwest Book Review:   “Engaging…very strongly recommended…”

An engaging contemporary novel by Judith Sanders, Crescent Veil is an account of the former Major General Tariq Saeed’s discovery of the biological and chemical weapons left behind by Saddam and overlooked by the American government. General Saeed is determined to use these weapons of mass destruction to destroy America in retaliation for Saddam’s downfall. Remarkably presenting the ideals of the Iraqi General Saeed and his vision of war and prosperity, Crescent Veil diligently carries readers through the many questionable happenings had America truly missed the realities of Iraq’s contained biological war foundations. Crescent Veil is very strongly recommended for all readers searching for an outstanding and creative interpretative novel of an hostile Iraqi perspective of America’s removal of power that is a mandate we see present in today’s anti-American, fundamentalist, guerrilla warfare oriented Islam.