HARPERTOURCH An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Written by Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice
Copyright © 2005 by Air Battle Force, Inc.
In Satan's Tail, Islamic pirates in the Gulf of Aden aggressively prey on civilian vessels. A prototype American littoral warship, that the enemy has named "Satan's Tail," is sent to stop them. Dreamland's Megafortresses and Flighthawk escorts go as support with the littoral warship.
There is quite a bit of rivalry between the leadership styles of the commander of the littoral warship and the commander of Dreamland, Colonel Tecumseh 'Dog' Bastian, as they try to coordinate their various task elements while searching for the extremist pirates. Granted the styles of combat command for a vessel designed to operate close to shore and an air combat command are two different styles, you would think they could work better together in combat for the same goal. At least I would think Bastian would. Although I did not want to, I felt for the dedicated Islamic leader as he does all the things in the book for his son who was killed. There is rivalry between the two paraplegics back at Dreamland, although one has more self-pity than the other. Washington politics flare up concerning a fake picture of the situation in the Gulf of Aden.
Pancho
All people smile in the same language.
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