BOOK REVIEW: Rat Catcher (Chris Ryan) Alpha Force

Book: Rat Catcher

Author: Chris Ryan

Rating: 6.5/10



This is the second in the Alpha force series and is about a mission they undertake after they were brought together stranded on an island in the first book. Now they are a team working to  go undercover and fight injustice just like Amber's parents used to.

This book follows them  finding a mission suited to them that will make a difference.

And it's when Alex is visiting his dad in Ecuador for Christmas that an opportunity appears. His dad and his SAS team is looking into a drug baron who is operating in the area . As well as that their is a number of rumours pointing towards the fact that the Baron is using street kids to carry the drugs for him then killing them. This seems like a perfect investigation for the teenagers.

And when Alex's dad has to stop his holiday to go undercover Alpha force springs into action. they send Paulo out as a street kid to gather information and start up a violent rivalry with some other street kids. But when the adoption men come calling for kids Alpha force make a mistake and Paulo is taken by them with a little girl and  they have no way of communicating of tracking them now they are flying out of the airport the adoption men took them to.


To find them Alpha force must scale a Glacier, use satellite imagery and defeat a Drug Baron who has been evading discovery for years. and when his identity is revealed they are all in danger, and so is Alex's dad.




This book being the first proper mission was a fairly good read. Although it lacked some detail in what was going on and i think they could of had more information in there, Chris Ryan does a great job. It's a read that is ok and although not  quite as action packed or exciting as i would of liked it was well written,just like the first, and I think the rest of the series will be better.

Hope you found this review helpful,

The Devonian Book Reviewer


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