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Title: Plan of Attack : A Novel by Dale Brown ISBN: 0-06-009411-7 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not Brown's Best Work
Comment: After reading PLAN OF ATTACK, I felt that Dale Brown loaded this novel with entirely too many characters and technical jargon. Entire paragraphs were consumed by weighty and unnecessary acronyms; describing a seemingly endless array of conventional and unconventional weapnry and aircraft.
The story arc, too, seemed sketchy and jumpy; taking the reader from the USA to the Middle East and to Russia without ever fleshing out the details of the events unfolding in those regions.
I was also disappointed by the fact that the climax didn't occur until the last one-hundred pages. Far too much time is spent on the shenanigans of the Air Force brass and the games of intrigue they play with Patrick McLanahan's career.
Dale Brown is, in my opinion, the best military-adventure writer in the genre today. Compared, however, to one of Brown's earlier masterpieces like FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG or STORMING HEAVEN, PLAN OF ATTACK seems sub-par. If Dale Brown had confined the technical aspect of the story to a back-of-the-book index, (charts of Western Russia would have been nice, too) he could have fleshed out the story alot better.
I rated this book "Three Stars," because:
+1) It is an entertaining book.
+1) It is obviously the prequel to a new series.
+1) McLanahan (Brown) doesn't pull ANY punches here.
-1) It could have and should have been better.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun techno-thriller
Comment: Dale Brown has written some great stuff - and a few turkeys along the way as well.
In "Plan of Attack," Brown is close to his best. U. S. Air Force Major General Patrick McLanahan goes over the line again and is demoted and sent to another unit where he is told to keep his nose to the grindstone and his mouth shut.
Of course, McLanahan just happens to notice something that no one else sees or believes: a sneak nuclear attack by Russia against the United States. They'd just be getting even for McLanahan's sneak attack against Russia, but that's another earlier book.
Brown rolls out his usual staggering array of technologically advanced weapons, his skills at convincing his colleagues to take unauthorized actions that could land them in prison and introduces one plot twist after another.
Yes, the whole thing is unbelievable - but that's only after you've blazed through the entire book. And even then, you won't regret the time you spent reading "Plan of Attack," because it's what a techno-thriller should be. Exciting, packed with action and even, at times, thought provoking. On the whole, well done and totally enjoyable.
Jerry
Rating: 5
Summary: Home run for Dale Brown
Comment: A must read for all Dale Brown fans!!!
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