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Title: Threat Vector: Library Edition by Michael Dimercurio, Adams Morgan ISBN: 0-7861-1997-7 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 12 List Price(USD): $83.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (48 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: All around a very good book
Comment: For anyone who enjoys sub thrillers who has not discovered Michael DiMercurio is missing out on something.
Threat Vector takes place in the future, in the 2010s. Technology certainly has advanced in DiMercurio's world. There are driverless cars that go 140 miles per hour and instead of resignation letters, we have resignation emails. At times, the future technology does seem outlandish, however it provides an interesting setting for the story, and I think it is benefitical to the book.
I won't go and explain the plot, but the plot does provide many twists and turns, although I found the ending a bit predictable. The characters are well developed and unlike other novels in this genre, the bad guys aren't 1-dimesionally evil.
Overall, this is fine book and most of you will find this a treat to read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Page turning plot, fast moving techno thriller!
Comment: I've been a Dimercurio fan since I read "Barracuda, Final Bearing." Love his stuff and this one, his latest, did not let me down. Plausible, highly realistic plot and characters. Interesting twists with the characters but doesn't leave the track. I've always loved Clancy's stuff but this guy is AS good if not BETTER than the ol' master. New ideas, far enough in the future but not too far. You'll identify with a lot of his technology ideas: writepad computers, virtual reality, the whole package has kept me up the last couple of nights turning pages. Warning: if you read this book you'll want all of his others...so be prepared. Trust me, "Threat Vector" will not let you down if you like solid, "hard" techno-fiction - the kind that can actually happen - Mike writes it and writes it very well indeed.
Rating: 5
Summary: The future of undersea warfare
Comment: Dimercurio has penned another winner. This time the world faces a potential war in south America and the usual suspects are renting out their battle fleet to the highest bidder. In order to keep the American Navy at Bay, a submarine creeps into waters outside Norfolk and sinks cruise ship carrying most of the Navy's top brass. This is a crippling and devastating blow to the level of readiness.
There are many charcters you have grown used to in previous books and some new ones as well. The sea battles are realistic as Dimercurio moves about twenty years into the future and speculates the type of weaponry available to attack subs: Plasma warheads (a small, focused nuclear weapon, Vortex undersea missles (a super cavitating munition) and a light imaging system (much better than conventional sonar).
He also does something I like to do myself. He brings back a bad guy from the first book and sends him after Patch Pacino's Navy.
Overall a great, great read.
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Title: Piranha Firing Point by Michael Dimercurio ISBN: 0451408764 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Voyage of the Devilfish by Michael Dimercurio ISBN: 0451410122 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 07 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Terminal Run by Michael Dimercurio ISBN: 0451410467 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Barracuda Final Bearing by Michael DiMercurio ISBN: 0451407423 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Attack of the Seawolf by Michael DiMercurio ISBN: 0451180518 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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