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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781592910373 ISBN: 1592910378 Label: Avatar Press Manufacturer: Avatar Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: March 21, 2007 Publisher: Avatar Press Studio: Avatar Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a dozen Russian Special Forces soldiers race their British opponents for a secret neither of them can imagine. The Russian leader, a war weary Colonel who knows no other life but conflict, carries old ghosts that refuse to let him be, but the battle that awaits him deep in this ancient land will change his life forever, and send him on a violent journey no sane man would contemplate. The ultimate soldier meets his destiny, in 303! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Masterful storytellingI don't know what it is, but when I finished 303 I felt like this was perhaps one of the most well-written stuff Ennis has ever done. The story's on a nameless, aged Russian colonel that starts out leading a dozen Russian Special Forces into Afghanistan to retrieve some secret documents from a downed US airplane. Interestingly, the English SAS are after it, along with the American military. It leads to some smart conversations and narratives between respectable men who seem to be in the wrong ... Read More Rating: - A great war storyThis is one of Garth Ennis's best novels. I found this a very enjoyable read and in my opinion the artwork is fantastic. The story is well written and thought provoking and the art style fits it perfectly. The book is a little short but it makes up for it with a really good ending. Not as light hearted as much of Ennis's work but none the worse for this. Rating: - Good plot but too shortThe story is about a Russian SPETSNAZ Colonel haunted by the ghosts of those whom he had killed plotting to assassinate a key political figure in the United States with a 303 short barreled Lee Enfield rifle. The book does a great job in telling the story but it was too short and not enough time was spent on plot development in overall I give it a B. Rating:  - For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.This book works as it delivers what it says. it is not too fast-paced and not too dragging for you to want to put down the book. this book is not about heroes and yet it is not about villains in the classic sense of the megalomaniac. In itself is a realistic look on what happens after old men meet in secret locations. Grit your teeth, dig in, it will be a hard but enjoyable ride. As a guy who grew up on books like Doomsday Warrior, and movies like Red Dawn I was immediately pulled back ... Read More Rating: - Two shades of Garth EnnisIn my eyes, there are two types of Garth Ennis stories. The first type are the violent, humorous ones, ie, The Boys, Preacher, and The Punisher, where he skewers everything and makes it all a parody. The other type, like Enemy Ace, Troubled Souls and Just a Pilgrim, where this book falls, is the kind where every passage is deadly serious. In this book, a Russian soldier has to fight British and Americans because of a crashed helicopter. It just goes downhill from there, as the soldier ... Read More |
