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Summary: "Barracuda" Great Read
Review: Mr. DiMercurio has written an all-around great military thriller with "Barracuda Final Bearing". He clearly knows his subs and their crews.His descriptions make you feel like you were on board a Seawolf-class submarine. He also has made great predictions in his technology. This book would have made five stars if Mr. DiMercurio's had decided not to include his description of future aircraft. As an avid aviation enthusiast, I can tell when some one isn't in their element concerning flight. Despite this flaw, this is still a great book. I look forward to reading "Pirahna Firing Point."
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Summary: "Barracuda" Great Read
Review: Mr. DiMercurio has written an all-around great military thriller with "Barracuda Final Bearing". He clearly knows his subs and their crews.His descriptions make you feel like you were on board a Seawolf-class submarine. He also has made great predictions in his technology. This book would have made five stars if Mr. DiMercurio's had decided not to include his description of future aircraft. As an avid aviation enthusiast, I can tell when some one isn't in their element concerning flight. Despite this flaw, this is still a great book. I look forward to reading "Pirahna Firing Point."
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Summary: glued to my hands
Review: My only complaint about this book was that I lost sleep because I couldn't put it down! DiMercurio almost literally lifts you off the pages and drops you on the Conn. He gets very in depth technically, without losing the reader. If you're like me and you enjoy authors like Tom Clancy and Larry Bond... Pick up this book!
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Summary: glued to my hands
Review: My only complaint about this book was that I lost sleep because I couldn't put it down! DiMercurio almost literally lifts you off the pages and drops you on the Conn. He gets very in depth technically, without losing the reader. If you're like me and you enjoy authors like Tom Clancy and Larry Bond... Pick up this book!
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Summary: Above and beyond the call of duty
Review: One of the best Sub books ever writen. A must read for all military thiller lovers
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Summary: Home in on THIS superior Techno-Thriller!
Review: The absolute unchallenged King of the underwater submarine adventure has DONE IT AGAIN! I almost want to join the Navy after reading his exciting stories (...ALMOST...). Trying to avert WWIII...a daunting task, but thank heavens our Sub force is up to the task. I echo another reviewers praise of Mr. DiMercurio's talent for getting TO the point without unnecessary literary mumbo-jumbo that serves no purpose other than to make the book bigger and ultimately less entertaining (a trap that Clancy has been falling into since 'The Sum of All Fears'). Always a few years ahead, DiMercurio's stories give us descriptions of weapons that just MIGHT be invented and implemented on subs in the near future (if they actually haven't already). I also appreciate the insight into the minds of those manning these incredible weapons of war, very interesting to say the least.On a side note, recently I visited Portland, Oregon and floating on the Willammette River at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry is the decommissioned sub, USS Bluefish (remember the sub that came shooting out of the water in 'The Hunt For Red October' the movie? Well THAT is the same sub). I took a tour on this, the smallest American sub on active duty for many many years, and it was absolutely thrilling and amazing to walk the decks of a ship that had actually trailed Russian subs during the Cold War. It reminded me very much of reading Mr. DiMercurio's novels (ALL of which are awesome). If you ever get the chance to tour a sub, I suggest you do NOT pass it up--it was an incredible adventure to see first hand a little of what life was like on board one of these ships. 'Barracuda Final Bearing' is easily one of the best sub stories available in print today. A MUST read for any submariner or anyone interested IN subs.
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Summary: Home in on THIS superior Techno-Thriller!
Review: The absolute unchallenged King of the underwater submarine adventure has DONE IT AGAIN! I almost want to join the Navy after reading his exciting stories (...ALMOST...). Trying to avert WWIII...a daunting task, but thank heavens our Sub force is up to the task. I echo another reviewers praise of Mr. DiMercurio's talent for getting TO the point without unnecessary literary mumbo-jumbo that serves no purpose other than to make the book bigger and ultimately less entertaining (a trap that Clancy has been falling into since 'The Sum of All Fears'). Always a few years ahead, DiMercurio's stories give us descriptions of weapons that just MIGHT be invented and implemented on subs in the near future (if they actually haven't already). I also appreciate the insight into the minds of those manning these incredible weapons of war, very interesting to say the least. On a side note, recently I visited Portland, Oregon and floating on the Willammette River at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry is the decommissioned sub, USS Bluefish (remember the sub that came shooting out of the water in 'The Hunt For Red October' the movie? Well THAT is the same sub). I took a tour on this, the smallest American sub on active duty for many many years, and it was absolutely thrilling and amazing to walk the decks of a ship that had actually trailed Russian subs during the Cold War. It reminded me very much of reading Mr. DiMercurio's novels (ALL of which are awesome). If you ever get the chance to tour a sub, I suggest you do NOT pass it up--it was an incredible adventure to see first hand a little of what life was like on board one of these ships. 'Barracuda Final Bearing' is easily one of the best sub stories available in print today. A MUST read for any submariner or anyone interested IN subs.
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Summary: ex-submarine warfare instructor
Review: This is good Sci-Fi work backed by a very impressive imagination and solid writing. However, there is just too much coincidence with the luck of the wild Admiral and his friends and too much mass warfare going on to keep a story lined focused. I was much more impressed with Phoenix Sub Zero.
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Summary: ex-submarine warfare instructor
Review: This is good Sci-Fi work backed by a very impressive imagination and solid writing. However, there is just too much coincidence with the luck of the wild Admiral and his friends and too much mass warfare going on to keep a story lined focused. I was much more impressed with Phoenix Sub Zero.
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Summary: Very good, imaginative submarine technothriller
Review: This is the best DiMercurio novel. The technical aspects are as well covered as in the previous books. What's even better for those readers who have been around nuclear boats is the time jump to a period when 688(I)and even Seawolf class are seriously outdated. Good also are the 21st century twists: new USNavy commands, robot subs etc. The author could however do even better by designing slightly more sophisticated plots (US v. Japan is a bit Clancy-sounding), avoiding a few exagerations (entire carrier battle groups being sunk by a handful of subs) and going for more plausible characters and dialogues: I don't think a senior naval officer would survive, career-wise, publicly slapping down the Chief of Naval Operations. If those points are addressed, then the next book will be a real hit
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