Showing posts with label action adventure. Show all posts
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12/18/2012

Black Star Rising Review

Black Star Rising
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Black Star Rising the sixth book in a series of Naval aviation thrillers stars Brick Maxwell. Black Star Rising as others in the series is a "stand alone" quick read that any aviation enthusiast or lover of fast paced thrillers is sure to enjoy. The naval combat aviation is taut and exciting. Combine this with covert ground operations, salty in your face leadership and a love interest and you have the makings of a non-stop winning read. I believe that that Bob Gandt continues to improve his craft of writing with each effort and Black Star Rising is his best to date. Make sure you have a few hours when you sit down because putting the book down will be a challenge.

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As China expands its industrial might, it becomes one of the biggest oil-consuming countries in the world. And the only thing blocking China's access to an unlimited fuel supply is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. When a Vietnamese oilrig is destroyed, China is obviously the culprit. The U.S.-recently joined in a defense pact with Vietnam-calls upon Commander Brick Maxwell to pilot the hyper-advanced Black Star stealth jet against the Chinese. But the Chinese have technology to match America's-and an old adversary of Brick's who is hunting him with a vengeance.

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9/01/2012

Star Wars in the Pacific Review

Star Wars in the Pacific
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Although this is a fictional account, it does capture the flavor of the bad old days of the Cold War and the relationship between the local Marshallese and the Americans who inhabit the atoll. Certain locations in Kwajalein Island (where I currently live and work) described in the book have since closed or have been torn down and replaced with more modern buildings.

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This book is a fictionalized account of Life on Kwajalein with a heroine American girl whose grandmother was still in Vladivostok and who had been enticed to spy for the Russians with the promise of a better life for her grandmother. She was an attractive girl and had a number of suitors. Most of the account centers around the time when a black box from an incoming missile which had splashed down in the lagoon went missing. Oh, the splash in had been observed and triangulated and the dive teams went out. But, a storm came in and the divers had to leave the area. After the storm passed, the divers tried to find the black box to no avail. The Navy Seals were called in and they searched and searched and found nothing too. Maybe there was truth to the belief that the Russians had sneaked in from their ship constantly patrolling around the island while the storm was on going and their divers had found and retrieved the black box. The major news crews came and tried to elicit information for news accounts but even they couldn't get the people on the island to talk. What was the truth? Read and learn more. And, don't forget about the beach used by the Marshallese couples for private sexual encounters always vigilant for the coconut crabs.Fireworks and marriage at the end. The test of one missile shooting down another in the stratosphere and the two imploding actually worked. And, the heroine married the young Lt. He had won out over the other suitors.

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2/14/2012

Dark Warning (Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi #2) Review

Dark Warning (Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi #2)
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I continue to be impressed with Jude Watson's writing. As an adult, these books fly by for me, but the writing never talks down to anyone. This series is especially enjoyable because it fills in some blanks for me about Obi-Wan's feelings about Anakin's turn to the dark side. We also get to hear from Qui-Gon. The best line from the book is, "If Luke is to rise, he must have somthing to join." Of course, this book is full of much action as the first one, but trust me, you'll like it.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi faces another threat in the time after Episode III.

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