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Escape

The Asian Saga, Book 6.5

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Escape

By: James Clavell
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran. A British helicopter company—secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong—with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they’ve built lives in Iran, some even have families. Finnish pilot Erikki Yokkonen has married Azadeh, an Iranian woman of noble birth, whose family is caught up in the political situation exploding around them. Tasked with saving as many of the helicopters as he can and desperate to save his love, Erikki and Azadeh become caught up in the events around them.

Threaded throughout master storyteller James Clavell’s novel Whirlwind much like a shimmering strand of silk woven through an elaborate Persian carpet, is the love story of two people from different backgrounds. They have been brought together by a love stronger than either one, a love stronger than the revolutionary fires that burn all around them. A moving story, expertly told, unthreaded from the original masterwork, and allowed to stand on its own, brilliantly.

©1995 Estate of James Clavell (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Middle East Iran Fiction Heartfelt Tearjerking Romance

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if I had known 6.5 was merely a synopsis of 6, I would have saved my money & time.

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I was disappointed with this audio book only because it appeared to only contain excerpts from Clavell's Whirlwind instead of an additional story. It was more of a summary of each party's escape from Iran, which was the story of Whirwind. I had just listened to Whirlwind, so it was like a rerun.

Excerpts from Whirwind

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Save the money. Don't buy. Whirlwind just through the eyes of less people. Copy. Nothing new.

Save the money. Whirlwind just through the eyes of less people.

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Read Whirlwind instead!
This is just excerpts from Whirlwind and is not as good.
This could have been clearer in the description.

Read Whirlwind instead

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This book is basically a rewrite of the last book with a few more details. It was a great disappointment. I felt it was just a grab for more profit and gave very little as a new book!

Basically a rewrite of the previous book…

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excellent narrative but it seems that you heard the story before? Yes, Whirlwind the last novel. Nothing new but a good listen

Just whirlwind

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This book was a bit boring and really dragged in a lot of spots. Sad because I've read all the other books in this series. It has no real connection to the other books and it really drags and gets repetitive.

Not that great

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if you've listened to Whirlwind, you've listened to this... like word for word in many places.

Escape is basically just taking the love plot from Whirlwind and reprinting it with a new title.

was really confused and thought I had restarted the wrong book.

Don't buy this.

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Listen to book 6 and do not waste time and money on this book. Greatly disappointed.

Repeat of part of Book 6.

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I should have paid attention to other reviews. This is simply a word by word repeat of Whirlwind. What a cheat.

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