Retribution (Dale Brown's Dreamland) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Dale Brown (Author), Jim Defelice (Author)
Key Phrases: lightning flight, bandit one, smart helmet, Abner Read, Colonel Bastian, Hawk One (more...)

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Product Description

The Dreamland team used stealth, raw nerve, and technology to defuse a nightmare on the other side of the world. But now the darkness is racing toward America at blinding speed. With more than two dozen nuclear devices unaccounted for, the global masters of terror have set a catastrophe in motion a surprise attack more deadly than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined. If the nation is to survive, Lt. Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian and his crew will have to reach deep into their cutting-edge arsenal. And they'll have to do it short-handed because two of Dreamland's best and bravest have been lost at sea . . .

About the Author

Dale Brown is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, starting with Flight of the Old Dog in 1987. A former U.S. Air Force captain, he can often be found flying his own plane over the skies of Nevada.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Harper (August 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060889462
• ISBN-13: 978-0060889463
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #147,194 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Futuristic warfare in a hunt for missing nuclear warheads, November 15, 2007

By	Cy B. Hilterman "Cy. Hilterman" (Cherry Tree, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To say that the "Dreamland Team" is futuristic probably is correct but I am sure that many of the weapons and equipment that are part of this novel do actually exist. This is the sixth Dreamland novel that these two authors have written. If you like military action involving soldiers with nerves of steel, modern, and futuristic airplanes, and drone-like weapons along with electronic equipment that boggles your mind, you will love this book.

Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastien is the leader of Dreamland. The Dreamland group respects and admires Dog's leadership. There are those above his rank that think the leadership of such a powerful group should be commanded by a higher ranking officer but for now, Dog is it with all the pressures that come with that leadership. The love life of this group is one that evolves as the story progresses as members do have some loved ones in the same group they are in making military objectives extremely hard at times. But things flow quite well under Dog's command.

Twenty-five nuclear warheads have been lost during warring factions involving India, Pakistan, and China, with the United States caught in the middle, supposedly friendly with all three nations. On paper that works out well, however, in practice it becomes a game of tag and war to get those warheads before anyone else can. Dreamland was assigned to find the warheads before a nuclear war got started. Using all the modern technology possible, the Dreamland team starts their search, a search that becomes a very dangerous "game" for all involved. Airplanes, ships, drones, and land troops all search the areas that the latest technology has given them as the most likely scattered locations where these warheads might be found. The battles are carried out in a state of war at least for those on the Dreamland team and the searchers for the other nations, who all are intensely trying to find the dangerous warheads before anyone else does or they get set off and do some extreme damage.

You will be on the ships, the airplanes, in the sea trying to get rescued, or on the ground guided by your fellow countrymen and women. There is death on all sides even though there is not a war in progress at the time, but the action and out-guessing your opponents move to get the weapons is as stressful and dangerous as a full out war.

You will feel as though you are with these soldiers in their personal and group battles mentally and physically. You will feel every bullet that one of them takes. You will wish you were there to assist in their medical care. You will feel like you are a part of their family, happy when things go properly and hurting so terribly when things go wrong.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars bad effort by a good writer, December 9, 2007

By	J. Unwalla "aviation buff" (Centeville, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First of all let me start by saying that I have read most of the books by DB but Retribution was not something that totally had me at the edge of my seat. I am an aviation buff and have a great deal of respect our stuff but portraying the Indian and Chinese airforce as dumbos is plain ridiculous considering that some of the IAF flight jocks scored more than us in joint air events. I would have expected some shoot down scenarios etc in this but it was like an invincible force on the prowl. And as another reviewer pointed out, too many names which added to the distraction of remember who is who, especially brining in the Iranians again when in the previous book (Strikeforce) the Ayatolah and the General have already been dealt with. I would give it a 3 Star becuase I am biased towards aviation otherwise from a story line it would have been a 2.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring, October 18, 2007

By	R. Brown - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Thought it was too disjointed and tedious. Too many character names to keep up with and the entire story is fragmented and skips to different scenarios too often. Got tired of reading it. Just my opinion...