This book is based on a true story. Follett researched the facts for three years and his hard work pays in the telling of this story. December 1978 and two business men and others from a company working a contract in Iran are faced with charges for crimes they did not commit. The two men are arrested and thrown into prison without trial and left to rot. The company, (owned by Ross Perot), includes employment of men who served in Vietnam, the Gulf War and other US "conflicts".
When every possible effort to free these men fails, Perot using a few handpicked men sets out to go into Iran and rescue them. The story is amazing in the telling, and clearly shows the situation in Iran as it was and why it remains a world affairs focal point. I was mesmerized and horrified, and was cheering and in tears at times. The families involved and the way in which Ross Perot stands behind his people makes the story truly gripping.
Follett was at his finest in the writing of this book. I just started reading Night Over Water by Follett. Maybe I should have waited because a fictitious story cannot compare with a hair raising plot when it is true.
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