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Summary: Awesome book. DiMercurio is the Tom Clancy of sub warfare.
Review: From a former navy person, this is an excellent book that does not make you wait for a climax. The final 275 pages ARE the climax. Tense naval action, a daring submarine / Seal Team rescue and high tech weaponry had me reading well into the night. Nail-biting action.
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Summary: Quite nice...
Review: helped me a lot with my insomnia... An entirely implausible story and -seemingly- rushed to be put together...Now that I've read all Clancy (except Ops Centre) and Di Mercurio... what's left? (favvy@yahoo.com)
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Summary: The Return of Commander Devilfish
Review: I enjoyed this book considerably when I first read it. It was my beginning in submarine novels, producing a desire to further explore the reaches of submarine novelism, in particular the works of Michael DiMercurio.
I liked the allusions to the old Devilfish, the expression of Michael Pacino's feelings as the son of the Devilfish returns to a profession long buried within the radioactive remains of his former command. I also enjoyed the technical diagrams that are displayed at the beginning of the book, helping the reader to get somewhat of an inside glimpse of the vessels as Captain Pacino and his fellow submariners take to the dark depths. The book has something for the technical reader, even describing the weapons' functionality and processes of action. Mr. DiMercurio also adds something of a personality to the weapons themselves, providing a torpedo-camera/ bird's eye view from launch to impact. Although the descriptions can become a bit combersome, perhaps even wearying to some, they do add a bit more flavor to the story, making it far more in-depth than simply rattling off one weapon launch after another. The losses are also real, emphasising the fact that the good guy does not always get away unscathed, that the situations are often frought with danger and serious consequences, and the fact that a submarine commander is often faced with decisions that may send men to terrible deaths for the sake of their country. The scenery is very vivid in this book, from launch to detonation, beginning to end, as the commander of SSN-21 Seawolf attempts to keep his friend's own boat from becoming a grave itself.
If you are something of a subhunter as I, one who enjoys immensely the action and danger that the mysterious submarine entails, then raise your scope to this thriller. If your interest is peaked, you may find yourself hungering to go to sea with Captain Pacino again. And by the end of it, you may feel that, instead of having read a book, you have stepped off of the deck of a submarine.
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Summary: DiMercurio Does it Again!
Review: I just RE-READ Michael DiMercurio's "Attack of the Seawolf" and was pleased that I did! The outstanding detail that Michael puts into his books, by virtue of his having having served as a submariner, brought me into the Control room of the Seawolf in a way that no other author has been able to. DiMercurio knows his sub tactics, and the weapons which are the tools of his trade....the craft of underwater warfare. Against impossible odds, he pulls of a daring rescue by delivering a Seal Team deep into enemy territory. Then, he not only pulls off a hazardous rescue of the captured crew from the sub,"Tampa", he manages to engineer the escape of the sub as well! The escape was no cake walk...I couldn't believe how things kept going from bad to worse on the Tampa! Not only was she making a run for it in a damaged condition, but running aground in an enemy harbour during an escape certainly raised the 'pucker factor' by about tenfold! The run through the gauntlet of waiting Chinese forces was hair-raising, yet DiMercurio put together a masterful plan to sneak the Seawolf, and the damaged Tampa, past the waiting forces, using strategy and weapons to maximum effect as only he does. DiMercurio gets into the mind of his enemy while telling his stories. You see the mistakes he makes as he plans his attack, and how Michael Pacino, the commander of the Seawolf, takes advantage of the mistakes and weaknesses of his enemy. One of DiMercurios greatest strengths as a Tecno Warfare novelist, is in how he portrays the sub in battle as not just Captain against Captain, but through his own seagong experience, manages to involve the whole crew into the story. In many ways, a sub is only as strong as its weakest link, and DiMercurio brings the reader onto the sub, and paints for him an intimate picture of how a sub works, and how the crew works and interacts to make the sub work as a an efficient fighting machine. This is something he does consistently in all his books. I'd be hard pressed to name a favorite! I read Tom Clancy's "SSN" just before re-reading "Attack of the Seawolf" and found it boring in comparison. Clancy just doesn't have the background to get down to the nuts and bolts level that DiMercurio does with such ease and intimacy. "SSN" reads like an outline of a DiMercurio tale...there's just no depth or feel of authenticity. I highly recommend "Attack of the Seawolf" and ALL of Michael DiMercurio's novels for that matter.
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Summary: DiMercurio Does it Again!
Review: I just RE-READ Michael DiMercurio's "Attack of the Seawolf" and was pleased that I did! The outstanding detail that Michael puts into his books, by virtue of his having having served as a submariner, brought me into the Control room of the Seawolf in a way that no other author has been able to. DiMercurio knows his sub tactics, and the weapons which are the tools of his trade....the craft of underwater warfare. Against impossible odds, he pulls of a daring rescue by delivering a Seal Team deep into enemy territory. Then, he not only pulls off a hazardous rescue of the captured crew from the sub,"Tampa", he manages to engineer the escape of the sub as well! The escape was no cake walk...I couldn't believe how things kept going from bad to worse on the Tampa! Not only was she making a run for it in a damaged condition, but running aground in an enemy harbour during an escape certainly raised the 'pucker factor' by about tenfold! The run through the gauntlet of waiting Chinese forces was hair-raising, yet DiMercurio put together a masterful plan to sneak the Seawolf, and the damaged Tampa, past the waiting forces, using strategy and weapons to maximum effect as only he does. DiMercurio gets into the mind of his enemy while telling his stories. You see the mistakes he makes as he plans his attack, and how Michael Pacino, the commander of the Seawolf, takes advantage of the mistakes and weaknesses of his enemy. One of DiMercurios greatest strengths as a Tecno Warfare novelist, is in how he portrays the sub in battle as not just Captain against Captain, but through his own seagong experience, manages to involve the whole crew into the story. In many ways, a sub is only as strong as its weakest link, and DiMercurio brings the reader onto the sub, and paints for him an intimate picture of how a sub works, and how the crew works and interacts to make the sub work as a an efficient fighting machine. This is something he does consistently in all his books. I'd be hard pressed to name a favorite! I read Tom Clancy's "SSN" just before re-reading "Attack of the Seawolf" and found it boring in comparison. Clancy just doesn't have the background to get down to the nuts and bolts level that DiMercurio does with such ease and intimacy. "SSN" reads like an outline of a DiMercurio tale...there's just no depth or feel of authenticity. I highly recommend "Attack of the Seawolf" and ALL of Michael DiMercurio's novels for that matter.
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Summary: Former submariner loved the book, especially the accuracy.
Review: I loved this book! As a former submariner, I appreciated the accuracy and detail that Dimercurio brought to life aboard an attack boat. As far as thrillers are concerned,"Seawolf" is a page turner. I read the book in one day! If you've ever worn dolphins, this is a must buy. Of course, I may be biased. I am an ex-nuke who had the priveledge or serving under the author on the USS Hammerhead. Thanks Demo for the wonderful read.
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing
Review: I loved Tom Clancy's Red October, but this sunk that ship! An riveting account that sends a chill up my spine every time I read it.
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Summary: "Techno-Garbage"
Review: I've read every one of Mr. DiMercurio's books, and I usually await the release of his next one with great anticipation. Unfortunately, this one doesn't come close in quality of writing and believabiltiy of plot. The characters are poorly developed cardboard figures. The whole thing is totally predictable, and the action, as it moves along and attempts to be ever more awesome,only manages to become ever more unbelievable. I share vacation books with my friends when we go scuba-diving each year. I was embarassed to pass this one on, and was the target of "ignoramus" type remarks for the whole week after I did. Mr. DiMercurio: please, put a little more effort into your next one!
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Summary: This book was fascinating and a great read.
Review: If you love stories of the sea especially books about submarines you'll love this one. One of my favorites, no story has compared since. Even better than "Hunt for Red October"
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Summary: GREAT WATER ACTION
Review: If you want combat under the sea, this is a great book. I also recommend Joe Dalton's THE OMEGA MISSILE, Bob McGuire's THE GATE and Bob Mayer's Special Forces book to those interested in real insight about the military and exciting thrillers.
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