TRIAL OF THE SEVENTH CARRIER

ZEBRA

Written by Peter Albano

Copyright © 1990 by Peter Albano



In Trial of the Seventh Carrier, written by Peter Albano - the sixth book in the Seventh Carrier series - the seventh Japanese carrier Yonaga and a WWII submarine go up against terrorists.

With Brent Ross serving on the WWII submarine Blackfin, tensions flare between him and the Blackfin's commander, Lieutenant Reginald Williams. It seems almost unamerican that these two should be at odds with each other. It seems to me that Ross and the Japanese should be at odds with each other instead of Ross and Williams, but Ross and the Japanese have grown to respect each other throughout the series. The Libyans and Japanese of course loath each other and the confrontations between these countrymen are pretty graphic.

The one thing that I keep waiting for, but so far has not been shown, is some kind of attempt to circumvent the Chinese killer satellite weapons system that is preventing the use of modern ships and planes and other modern weaponry and communications. This was basically preventing any real computing power and programming for military use. Despite the fact that as of 2013 we civilians are used to lots of computer devices, you would think that back in 1990 there would still be a lot more computer access for use in the military.

Pancho 
All people smile in the same language.
 

The Lion

GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING

Written by Nelson DeMille

Copyright © 2010 by Nelson DeMille

In this sequel to The Lion's Game - The Lion, written by Nelson DeMille, has former NYPD homicide detective John Corey of the Anti-Terrorist Task Force being pursued by the wanted Libyan terrorist "The Lion."

As part of the John Corey series, this is a serious thriller, with typical witty asides from John Corey. There are several times I wonder how Corey's FBI Special Agent wife Kate puts up with him. Since terrorist Asad Khalil "The Lion" had escaped without a trace in a previous book, The Lion's Game, Khalil returns several years later to take care of unfinished business - get revenge on Corey and Kate for their interference in his last terrorist killing spree.

Leaving behind a series of bodies, both of civilian and Agents bodies in both Khalil's mission and in Khalil's revenge, Cory is determined to get Khalil - especially as Khalil has made his revenge personal.

It is interesting to see the contrast of the difference between Khalil's Libyan culture background and our American culture background. While you understand Khalil's motivation, even Khalil is extreme as far as his people is concerned.

Pancho 
All people smile in the same language.

PATRIOTS

Ulysses Press

Written by James Wesley, Rawles

Copyright © 1990-2009 by James Wesley, Rawles. Fourth Edition (Expanded) All Rights Reserved.











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In Patriots - written by James Wesley, Rawles - America in the near future has an economical collapse and the infrastructure of the country fall. Now a group of survivalists must gather together at an enclave to protect themselves from the gangs of looters.

Most of this book is more of a textbook on survival instead of having an actual story for the book since Rawles has a blog on family preparedness. Actually, most of the dialog between characters were more like an instructional manual of how they did things during their journeys and of gathering their gear instead of any real character development. The story did not really get interesting until the last third of the book as the characters deal with a provisional American government and a provisional President of the United States of America as they go to war. While I can understand that a provisional American government was put in place, I never got any real knowledge of how the original Federal government was disbanded aside from an economic collapse. There were also a couple of characters that I thought would become major characters in the book, but these characters just disappear without any resolution to them.

There is a disclaimer in an IMPORTANT NOTE TO THE READER that the novel is only for entertainment purposes only and not intended as a source of instruction. Although, there were a number of survival skills described that would seem to be quite helpful.

There is a Glossary at the end of the book of survivalist terms, as well as an Index of various survival subjects that you can refer to.

Pancho 
All people smile in the same language.