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Summary: A NIGHTMARISH VIEW FOR TODAY'S U.S. MILITARY
Review: I've read the previous reviews and I have agreed with the majority of them that Dale does get too technical and repeats what the acronyms mean over and over. If you've read a lot of techno-thrillers you should be able to identify these acronyms. I liked what Dale used to do in his earlier books...having a map in the front of the book covering the area of concern and also having a glossary of terms. Overall, an exciting military confrontation and it does have a science-fiction twist to it but its fiction. The politics in it seem like what it would be like today. Bickering between the Republicans and Democrats. I hope Dale will write a book similar to Hammerheads or Silver Tower again.
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Summary: AN ULTIMATE PAGE-FLIPPER!!!!
Review: I used to think that no one would want to write about the possibility of China attacking Taiwan (which is where I live)...but then again... All I can say is, the author sure does make Taiwan sound good!!!!
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Summary: Read it if you can shut down your thought processes
Review: To start with, this book is not a thriller. It's science fiction, pure and simple. You have to be able to shut down your thought processes to enjoy it. On a sensual level, it works. But anyone who has read and enjoyed the earlier works of Robert Ludlem and his mastery of being able to mix the truth with fiction will have trouble with this book. I found it to be the literary equivalent of a World Wrestling Federation match. Lots of noise and glitter but nothing of substance.It's too bad. I would have thought that Brown's style would have improved over the years. His science is usually pretty good but the geo-politics and characterizations are cartoon-like. Take some writing courses, Mr. Brown
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Summary: A STAY UP ALL NIGHT THRILLER!!!
Review: Brown once again puts the reader right in the cockpit flying in the "Born Again" OLD DOG. With another reunion of previous crew-dogs, they once again save the world from a certain nuclear hollocaust! Brown is the leader writing military aviation fiction. I COULD NOT PUT THIS ONE DOWN!!!
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Summary: The best book he has ever written!
Review: This is definately the best book Mr. Brown has ever written not for the faint of heart. It takes you on a whirlwind adventure through one hell of a lot of time zones. Not a book that will disappoint you or anyone who reads it.
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Summary: PREPARE TO GO BEYOND BALLISTIC!
Review: A blast! China tries to retake Taiwan and islands in the Formosa Strait(five miles south of Hong Kong? That was an absolute howler of a geographical goof. Hong Kong is at least 200 miles south of the Formosa Strait!But don't let this detract you from a brilliant story!) using an assortment of tactical nukes, fighter squadrons and Marine units. Muck and Brad Elliot defy orders (Admiral Balboa should have been on the USS Independence when it got nuked in the story! Ha ha) and fly the Megafortress EB-52 into China to avert WW3. But the Chinese have a few tricks up their sleeve . . . the EB-52 accidentally sinks a passenger ferry as the radar signature is altered and is ordered back to Guam so the bureaucrats from the White House can put them on trial. The Independence is nuked, and the Chinese cleverly blame America for starting the conflict. ICBMs are fired and obliterate Guam an a total orgy of destruction, and 'Muck', Wendy McLanahan, Brad Elliot and all the old fav! ourites head for a secret airstrip in Taiwan - in a CAVE? An inspired idea actually! Meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf, a US sub is caught in a KEVLAR NET?! Wow! A feasible idea inspired by a similar weapon in Craig Thomas's SEA LEOPARD. The Iranians create a diversion for US forces, but at the end of the day, it's up to the Megafortress to stop the Chinese nuclear menace and prevent an apocalypse. Altogether, a riveting, action-packed adventure that is damn hard to beat indeed! A message to those who called it 'unrealistic' - wake up. This is fiction. And a message to Hollywood - stop making awful, putrid romantic comedies and film some Dale Brown books! Dale Brown has done it again; written a novel which does not rely too heavily on technical details, which contains larger-than-life characters from previous novels - this is great, however! Why should fictional characters obey orders all the time! Brad Elliot rules! The flying and military action scenes are as ever, fir! st rate. Although, with the forthcoming THE TIN MAN, my ! only criticism is that the McLanahan Timeline may have gone far enough. In my view, Dale Brown might perhaps write a sequel to SILVER TOWER in a similarly space-based vein, or introduce new characters like he did so well in CHAINS OF COMMAND. But read this book, forget the detractors(and the geographical goof) and you're in for a thrill-a-minute. Prepare to go nuclear!
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Summary: A complete waste of time
Review: If our military was actually run the way Brown presents here, I am moving. Breaking the chain of command is commonplace, as is firing without any orders. The purpose may be to add excitement, but realism must come first. In addition, the characters were less than one-dimensional: two of the three woman characters use their sexual wiles to seduce men (one of them the president!) into changing their minds, and the third is the pregnant mother figure who kisses every man in the book on the cheek. A model looking senator named Finegold? The combat sequences are first rate but the characters need to be real before the story can be.
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Summary: Terrible writing: full of sound and fury...
Review: This is one of the most disappointing books I have ever read. The plot is interesting, but Brown's tedious, techno-windbaggy, self-satisfied writing is sure to infuriate anyone who likes Tom Clancy. Is anyone old enough to remember the Tom Swift books for boys? This book is just as corny, but with adult themes. Obviously, you cannot be too gee-whiz for some readers. A heavily armored stealthy B-52 as the ultimate weapon is kind of a nutty idea, but Brown apparently thinks he is the Billy Mitchell of the next century...I could go on and on about how much I hated this book. But, hey, plugmeister extraordinaire Clive Cussler thinks it's hot stuff.
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Summary: Brown continues with long-running cliche.
Review: Fatal Terrain is another in Brown's "Communist Superpower gone Nutty" category of titles, in which a shrewd Chinese admiral concocts a devious plan to allow China to use nuclear weapons against its enemies in dissident Taiwan and against American military forces in the Pacific while keeping China relatively blameless. Unfortunately, Brown has pretty much covered this topic before in earlier books. I've read most of his work, especially the Old Dog saga, and enjoyed a good portion of them to a great extent. Unfortunately with Fatal Terain, you can see everything coming from a mile off if you've read his work before. Brown has, in my opinion, milked this genre dry.
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Summary: First Rate Thriller
Review: Typical of Dale Brown, this one's a page turner. Even though his books are on the edge of umbeleivable, the situations that his story take place in are very close to reality. It would not take much for the events in this book to become fact. This book is good for a quick easy read, and was enjoyable.
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