Black Alert: At Gonzo Station

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Summary: Tom Clancy readers - get this book!!
Review: Black Alert At Gonzon Station is the recounting of many people, from many organizations, doing their jobs with a skill and competence, that identifies them as nothing less than heroes. In Hudson's retelling of events there are hints of the genius of, Le Carre', Clancy, Mclain, and yes Agatha Christy. All this plays out as a film unwinding in the projection room of my mind. Is it good movie making material? In the hands of a novice script writer Black Alert would be a good film. In the hands of a good writer, maybe even even hudson, it would be a GREAT film. 409 Pages, 24 hours and telling of an event scenario that could, and probably did, change the course of electronic systems development for the entire world. Is it over? Not on your life! Whats next? Go ask Julian Hudson, I'm not on his "A" list of people to talk too. Was it real? Is it real? Does anyone really know? All the pieces are still on the board and they are all still in motion and the course of military strategy and employment, as we think we kinow it, has forever changed. go figure........... Roger Daniel

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Summary: Great Read for Navy thriller buffs
Review: I bought the book to read on a plane trip. Thought I would just "get started to get the characters down", but wound up reading it all in one night. Really builds to some suspense, but ending is rather anti-climatic, for some reason.

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Summary: great book!; style of an unpolised Clancy
Review: I bought the book to read on a plane trip. Thought I would just "get started to get the characters down", but wound up reading it all in one night. Really builds to some suspense, but ending is rather anti-climatic, for some reason.

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Summary: Great Read for Navy thriller buffs
Review: Just finished Black Alert. Great whodunit with many twists and turns. Slow at the start but builds momentum throughout - Couldn't put it down!

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Summary: convoluted and ham-handed
Review: Write what you know! Unfortunately, Mr. Hudson doesn't know of what he writes in this lame, poorly constructed "thriller." It's painfully obvious that he has never served in the Navy. His British roots are almost laughably apparent here as he attempts to create dialogue between American servicemen. Moreover, he attempts to wow his readers with an over-reliance of contrived, library-derived technospeak, rather than offering up fresh, compelling characters and crisp plotting.