Books Reviews

Drop Zone – Book Review

By Angela Youngman Jan 10, 2011, 16:04 GMT

Perfect reading for teenage boys, with plenty of adventure and excitement to keep their attention.  Andy McNabb has kept up his reputation for action packed stories.  Ethan Blake sees a man jump from a block of flats - and with seconds to spare, open a parachute. 

It captures Ethan's imagination and soon he has a summer holiday job at a Freefall center - and becomes part of an elite skydiving team.  But as the days progress, Ethan becomes aware that there is more going on than appearances suggest. 

FreeFall is actually a cover for a group undertaking dangerous covert operations.  Ethan becomes inextricably involved but neither he, nor his new colleagues are convinced that he can survive it.  Will he succeed?  This is a novel which constantly raises that simple question.

Ethan is a well-drawn character with all the tensions and uncertainties that underlie teenage life on the cusp of adulthood.