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Summary: The Vepr Strikes!
Review: Wow! My wait is over and it was worth it!I now have all six of his books, and Threat Vector has topped his previous work in many ways! Get this book! The characters are more vividly portrayed and the hallmark futuristic submarine technology of his previous books really comes into its own in Threat Vector. The Vepr submarine not only sounds dangerous, but really seems menacing with Alexi Novskoyy out of prison and at the conn. Mr. DiMercurio's real-life submarine experience really sets his science-future submarine stories apart from other writers in the field, without blowing your mind with tedious technical details. In addition to Threat Vector itself, I also really recommend checking out the author's sea ahead flank" while closely trailing a Victor... I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Now I just have to wait to see who is raising the Devilfish and why...
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Summary: Dear Amazon, do you have a twenty star rating!
Review: WOW! This excellent new outing from Michael diMercurio was well worth waiting for! Set around the year 2018, this new thriller tells of a billion-dollar consulting company called Da Vinci Enterprises who free old villain(from VOYAGE OF THE DEVILFISH) Alex Novskoyy from his Siberian prison to design and command the Vepr, the latest supersub for he Ukraine navy, who are also offering themselves for sale to Uruguay to help them fight the Argentinians. Novskoyy and assorted crewmen aim to disrupt world shipping trades, i.e. Saudi oil from the Persian Gulf. In order to do this, they launch an attack on a cruise ship carrying the US Navy's top officers and several escorts. Who can stop the old enemy? Why, the silent service! Enter the USS DEVILFISH SSNX and the USS VIRGINIA NSSN, the latest subs and the crew and technology to match! DiMercurio just keeps improving his narrative and his ideas are broadening within his stories. IN THREAT VECTOR, there's futuristic technology that may not be far away from reality, for example the 3D projections and acoustic daylight imaging. Not to mention the variety of missiles that might be carried in the vertical launch tubes! But sometimes things do not work as planned . . . The characters, particularly Kelly McKee, are almost so life-like they could be people you know from next door! His personal life subplot damaging his Navy career is very well done. The old favourites appear, such as Michael Pacino, who also pave the way for newcomers, such as Karen Petri, a female sub captain. Along with Patrick Robinson's HMS UNSEEN this is the best submarine action thriller out this year! Well done Mike.
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Summary: Edward Latimer Beach meets Patrick O'Brian meets Tom Clancy
Review: Wow. Read this one first, liked it so much I read the whole series backwards. Pretty weird when you already know who's going to die. But it didn't matter. By the time I'd finished "Devilfish," I was ready to re-read the whole series. Outstanding, and very hard on the nerves.
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