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Title: Kilo Class Low Price by Patrick Robinson, Lang Stephen ISBN: 0-06-055668-4 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 (80 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best of the best
Comment: Tom Clancy, watch out, Patrick Robinson is on the rise. This is his second book in the series, the first being "Nimitz Class", and the following installments being "HMS Unseen", "USS Seawolf" and "The Shark Mutiny". Honestly, I can say it is one of the best, most entertaining novels I have ever read. Packed full of military goodness, but not enough to make you go damn bonkers (Clancy?), pure action-adventure adrenaline, and excellent characters and narrative, everybody should give "Kilo Class" a read-through. You quickly begin to love National Security Advisor Admiral Morgan for his spirit and vigorous way of handling things. He doesn't take any [stuff] is putting it mildly. However he's not all extreme, and actually had depth and character, most of which is explored in later books. The story involves the Chinese purchasing ultra-quiet Kilo Class submarines from the Russians. Admiral Morgan could not let this happen since they couldn't afford to be blocked out of the Taiwan Strait. It brings an issue brought forth time and time again in the news - the fact the China wants Taiwan as its own. Without saying too much, the effort involves a pulsepounding race underneath the Arctic Circle by the American submarine Captain Dunning, and a riviting undercover operation by a group of Navy SEALs deep in the heart of Russia. I have talked with people who are actually in the Navy who have read this book and they tell me it's as close to real-life global operations as it comes. (The next book in the series, "HMS Unseen", however is a little far fetched.) Apparently stuff like this actually happens. Of course we, the public, don't know about it. I enjoyed this book a lot better than any Tom Clancy novel just for the reason that it was a novel more based on story and not a behemoth textbook on military hardware with a story thrown in. "Kilo Class" is the perfect sit-down-and-read-straight-through novel. It makes you want to keep reading because it's so exciting and thorough. Great praise is due to Patrick Robinson.
Rating: 1
Summary: I wish I had the money back I paid for this book
Comment: Mr. Robinson obviously knows little of the military and even less of the Middle East. As a career Naval Officer I found his lack of technical knowledge distracting. Even with this limitation, if Mr. Robinson was a better writer the story might be more engaging. The characters are shallow, predictable, and very unbelievable. Had I not been stuck in an airport overnight with nothing else to read, I would not have gone past the first 50 pages. But I did make sure I threw the book away so no one else would waste his or her time. Do not waste your money on this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great sequel to Nimitz Class
Comment: Robinson has followed up with an excellent second book to Nimitz class.
The storyline is fairly tight. The subplots are all interwoven.
It was a good piece of fiction. However, it would not fly in reality. The Geo-political structure in the world would not allow the US to get away with the destruction of another national power's military on their own soil.
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Title: H.M.S. Unseen by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0061098019 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 006109594X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: U.S.S. Seawolf by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0061030651 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Shark Mutiny by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 006103066X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Barracuda 945 (ROBINSON, PATRICK) by Patrick Robinson ISBN: 0060086629 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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