Dale Brown's Dreamland: Strike Zone [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Dale Brown (Author), J.K. Simmons (Reader)

Book Description

Series: Dale Brown's Dreamland | Publication Date: December 30, 2003

In the Nevada desert, the high-tech futureof warfare is being conceived and constructed ata top-secret military facility calledDreamland Strike Zone.

An Asian war that would have escalated into a nuclear nightmare has been halted, thanks to the raw courage, unparalleled skill, and total commitment of the Dreamland force. But an analysis of radar data has revealed the presence of an unknown super-weapon in the area: a robot warplane with terrifying capabilities, dubbed the "ghost clone." Though strikingly similar to Dreamland's own U/MF Flighthawk, no one knows where this fearsome instrument of destruction originated, but a rogue nation possessing a squadron of them could wreak unimaginable havoc on an unsuspecting free world. Now nothing less than a brazen, brilliantly conceived deception will lure the ghost clone out of hiding -- and only a daring strike on enemy soil can avert a tomorrow too terrible to consider ... if it isn't already too late.

Editorial Reviews

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'Clancy's got serious company.' New York Daily News 'When a former pilot turns his hand to writing thrillers you can take their authenticity for granted. His writing is exceptional and the dialogue, plots and characters are first-class ! far too good to be missed.' Sunday Mirror 'Brown puts us into the cockpits of wonderful machines and gives us quite a ride. His flying sequences are terrific ! authentic and gripping.' New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dale Brown is the author of fourteen New York Times bestsellers including Flight of the Old Dog and, most recently, Wings of Fire. A former U.S. Air Force bombardier, he is an instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found flying his own plane across the United States. He lives near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HarperAudio; Abridged edition (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060520396
• ISBN-13: 978-0060520397
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,755,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great reader, March 18, 2004

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"miken96" (Holloman AFB, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strike Zone (Dale Brown's Dreamland) (Mass Market Paperback)

Although I have never been a fan of the double author book idea, Dale and Jim seem to have a good thing going here. Strike Zone continues the main characters as they continue to provide the President with options without an all out war. The story opens up slower than the other novels in this series, but as always, the action scenes are fantastic. As a first reader, this one would hold it's own, and if you have the others in the series, it's a MUST HAVE.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUSPENSE FILLED LISTENING, February 1, 2004

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dale Brown's Dreamland: Strike Zone CD (Dreamland (Harper Audio)) (Audio CD)

Dale Brown, popular author who has penned fourteen New York times bestsellers, is a former Air Force bombardier. He's an ace pilot as well as a first-rate author. Teaming with Jim DeFelice the pair offer a suspenseful high-tech military thriller.

A dynamite performance by JK Simmons makes sparks fly from the opening lines of this action packed tale.

Far out in the Nevada dessert some of the best minds are focused on warfare in the future. Dreamland force has had their hands more than full in stopping an Asian war that could have been a nuclear holocaust destroying the world as we now know it.

However, an even greater challenge is soon to arrive - radar detection shows there is a major threat nearby. It's a robot warplane capable of unheard of destruction. The "ghost clone" as it is called has no known origin but more than one of them could turn our world into a fiery inferno.

How can this warplane be found and stopped?

A complexly devised plot makes for nonstop listening.

- Gail Cooke

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strike Zone Revisited, May 28, 2007

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Carl Warren Andreasen (Mesa, Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strike Zone (Dale Brown's Dreamland) (Mass Market Paperback)

When I saw the paperback I checked my library which holds all of Dale Brown's work and I did not find it, so I bought it. As I read the book I soon relized I had read it before. I still read the book (again) and once more enjoyed it. If you like Dale Brown, Strike Zone is up to his normal standard. The theme is the tension between Taiwan and mainland China and the desire by some to start a war between China and the USA, which would leave China in a weakend or defeated state. China is not able to take Taiwan by force, especially with USA backing. Taiwan is not strong enough to take China in open warfare, but if the right people had the funding, and some nukes, and the right delivery system, and China were beat down by a war with the USA, that could kill a lot of people and upset the balance of power and bring down China. Of course, Dreamland gets the task of finding out what is going on, and then stopping it. It is no easy task for Dreamland and it is not without cost, but of course Dreamland saves the world again.

My only disappointment is that I can't find my original copy of Strike Zone, which is most likely a hard cover book.