The Feather Men

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Each of the assassinations was carried out in such an ingenious fashion that there would be no hint of foul play, but one clue these killings had in common was that all four victims had fought in the Arabian desert. Unfolding over 20 years, the killers are very successful despite the efforts of a private overwatch group known as The Feather Men, a secret group that tried to protect current and former SAS men. It is a sad fact of life that “in democratic societies that there are no-go areas where crime thrives and innocent citizens are preyed upon yet where the police are powerless to act.

The story is extraordinary and portrays with great accuracy many scenes that were familiar to me as a contemporary soldier.It is perhaps the ultimate vigilante story, a tale that combines the white-knuckled tension of The Day of the Jackal and the revelatory drama of Spycatcher. At the end of the book, Fiennes holds up his hands and justifies his use of his background knowledge and experience to ‘paint’ the scenes for which there was no primary (first-hand) source. There is no mention of a multi-million dollar fee as the main motive for Danny and his two accolytes, Davies and Meier.

The Feather Men was a secret British vigilante organization protecting the families of former SAS members. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The original Special Forces operatives are made to appear brutal and cynical, no better than killers for hire. If it is as non-fiction as it claims to be, this book renders 007’s evil at the Grade school level, and even limits Le Carre to early post-secondary stuff. I will not give away too much suffice it to say that it is a riveting read and is highly recommended.If its true then it is an astonishing account of the machinations of a world which could only be related by a man of Ran Fiennes' amazing experience. Only when Danny provides proof of their execution - which must be made to appear accidental - and a taped confession of their guilt, will Hunter be released.