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Summary: No Chinese speaking like what Brown written
Review: You could make the OLD DOG fly anywhere you like to carry out any kind of fictitious mission you like, but you cannot and should not ridicule the people you really didn't know. The Chinese people never speak like what Brown written in this book. When I read it, it only made me so sad that a good writer could be so ridiculously describe a 1.25 billion people to speak like the funny characters in a Beijing Opera. Just don't put any of your warzones or theatres in the Far East you really don't and can't fully understand, in case it only blows up in your face right away, OK? Fighting the enemy you don't know is a very dangerous move, sen~or
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Summary: Fatal Terrain
Review: Love this the book so must, that I went out to by four of your old books. Read Hammer Heads and had a good time with this book to
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Summary: Dale Brown is sans peer in the arena of political thrillers
Review: The English lease on Hong Kong is about to end with the thriving island
returning to the People's Republic of China. At the same time, the Taiwanese
nationalist leaders announce that they are an independent nation, seeking
world recognition as such. The President of the United States Kevin
Martindale immediately agrees and recognizes Taiwan as an independent
country. The hard line Communists running mainland China are irate with both
the Taiwanese and American actions. They react by sending hostile force into
the Formosa Straits that separate Taiwan from the mainland. Coincidentally,
an American test flight of a megafortress aircraft led by former AF Colonel
Patrick McLanahan, is also occurring in the area. The EB-52 bomber helps the
Taiwanese in the early going, but nuclear weaponry tips the balance to the
Communist Chinese.
..... America is split. Economic interests in China say let Taiwan go; others
say that we must defend our treaties. Political adversaries, especially from
the other party, add pressure on the President to try and gain an edge. The
Defense Department want to use the growing tension to gain control over
McLanahan and his crew. As the situation intensifies and worsens, the
Chinese inflict heavy losses on the Americans. Buoyed by their initial
success, China decides that the Americans are a paper tiger and begin to
expand the hostilities. The fate of the entire world entering the new
millennium now hinges on McLanahan and his warriors. If they fail to stop
the Chinese growing intrusion, the nuclear clock may start winding down to
the final doomsday.
..... Dale Brown is the dean of coaches when it comes to writing authentic
feeling doomsday thrillers within the reality of the current
geo-eco-political world. His latest novel, like the nine or ten novels that
preceded this one, is a great non-stop action, seat of your pants thriller
that will impel the audience to read the novel in one sitting. FATAL TERRAIN
is a nineties update of some of the classic sixties thrillers such as SEVEN
DAYS IN MAY and FAIL SAFE.
......Harriet Klausner
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Summary: THE REUNION OF THE OLD DOG CREW YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
Review: Step into the future with Patrick McLanahan and the ENTIRE
crew of the Old Dog on their bravest and toughest
adventure. The future begins right now!
I've just finished reading the galleys, and FATAL TERRAIN is
tight and ready to rock! My thanks to Neil Nyren, publisher
and editor-in-chief at Putnam, and his staff for their hard
work in getting FATAL TERRAIN ready to fly!
Any ideas for the next novel? Drop me a line and give me
your thoughts!
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Summary: Fun Read
Review: Despite the liberal posters and armchair military experts, I loved this book! Sure, many of the weapons and situations are fictional (as far as I know).
The excessive military jargon was almost humorous and actually fun to read. Brown makes sure you know what all the acronyms mean. The situations and flight duals with jets and missiles were great. The plot had some great twists.
It had me looking up all the different aircraft used. A fun and hard to put down book, I would highly recommend it!
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Summary: It is just fiction
Review: I read the entire book. You can enjoy the story only if you remind yourself that it is just fiction. Don't let the author's lack of knowledge about: a) politics; b) foreign affairs; c) the legal system; d) business or a host of other areas interfere with your reading. The characters are cartoon characters- no depth. The plot is predictable (the good guys win). That being said, Brown tells a good tale. I did finish it. It was entertaining if not great literature.
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Summary: NOT a Fatal Error!
Review: Dale Brown uses current events to create a nonstop exciting military action and adventure. China attack Taiwan? It's a topic that's been circulated in very recent years. You're given insight into military jargon, terms and strategies and a good dose of history to add more realism. Brown is a good first step to reading Tom Clancy. He isn't too lengthy about technical terms, which at times are nice and at other occasions just too much detail. He tells you enough and continues the action without disrupting the scene. This has been the first book by Dale Brown that I have read; I can't wait to read his others!
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Summary: Stronger than a Bear & Twice as Smart
Review: A very recent fan of Dale Brown, this was my first book. I have since read most of the others, including Flight of the Old Dog and still say this is the best one from him yet. Why? For starters, it had me glued to one spot from the first page to the last (with just a 4 hour nap in between). Not many books can do that to me. It had all the right elements in it... psychology, technology, philosophy, piloting, politics. Dale also shows that he has an insider's knowledge of these sciences. OK, in some cases his foot is barely inside the door, but for those readers who do know (or at least suspect) what really goes on behind the closed doors of the military and political bureaus, I believe the book will come across as quite credible. The helplessness of the presumed-to-be powerful U.S. military when political processes undermine its very existence, its inablility to react to unconventional methods of aggression, the need for a renegade to step up and bypass the political system and chains-of-commmand and a hint of paranoia may be a bit disconcerting, if not shockingly eye-opening, to most readers. Essentially what this book needs in order to be highly riveting is an educated and open mind. An understanding of basic technology (elementary physics for starters, some knowledge of airplanes and their systems would definitely help) goes a long way in establishing the credibility of the story line. And don't make the mistake of confusing credibility with reality, though I suspect that those who understand and keep abreast of the latest developments in technology will have no problem blurring the line between futuristic fiction and current technological capability. As with most of Dale Brown's books, the reader's willingness to disconnect with reality, actual or as the reader knows it, is mandatory for the story to be effective. After all, at the time he wrote his first Megafortress story (Flight of the Old Dog), few readers would believe that in the year 2000 it would be common knowledge that the B-52 was being upgraded with the latest technology and is expected to serve for many more years to come. My recommendation: Highly credible, technologically plausible (it not realistic). Must read!
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