Customer Reviews

Carrier #19: First Strike

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As a fan of the Carrier series, I found the book to have a great storyline. Non-stop action in the Douglass tradition. However, the abundant errors in context, tense, and spelling ruin an otherwise great read. Better editing is in order if the series is to continue.

Not as good as the first 8 or 9 but a lot better than the last few. Douglass is on his way to the magic that used to be the Carrier saga, but he is not quite there yet. If you are a fan of the series you will probably want to get it, but if you are not it would be better to start with the earlier books. I read it in an afternoon and think it was worth my money.

I agree with a previous reviewer. This one improved on the last few books in the series but it's still not as good as the early ones. The editing improved a bit. Some of the action was implausible in real life but didn't detract from the story. The submarine was a scene stealer and made it exciting.

The thing that disturbs me most is that the author barely mentioned an important recurring character at the beginning of book 16, killed the character off at the end of book 17 after not being mentioned anywhere else in the story, and then in books 18 and 19 acted as if the character disappeared in book 16 not 17. He's writing the books so fast he can't even keep track of his own characters.

"First Strike" is without a doubt one of the best novels in the "Carrier" series. Douglass blends an exciting tale of naval surface warfare, air action, land-based combat, and undersea warfare to keep you on the edge of your seat. You do not want to put it down, and as such, I blew through it as I sat on a chaise lounge on my cruise ship in the Caribbean. As I completed the book, I sat there and said "wow", only to realize that I would have to wait another 4-6 months for the next installment in the series. Why can't Douglass be as prolific as Steven King?