Damage Control [Import] [Paperback]

Gordon Kent (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 000720440X
• ISBN-13: 978-0007204403
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,115,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gordon Kent was (is, I suppose) two people, my son - Christian Cameron, author of TYRANT and WASHINGTON AND CASEAR and other books - and me. The reason for the pseudonym was the obvious one that two names on a cover were not thought as good as one. And of course the one needed to be anglo and male; my suggestion of Max Cohen got nowhere, as did several dozen others we trotted by the publisher. Eventually, we settled on Gordon Kent: Gordon was my father's name, my son's middle name; Kent, oh, well.

We wrote eight novels - the Alan Craik books - under this pseudonym, starting with NIGHT TRAP (RULES OF ENGAGEMENT in the US, probably one of the most overworked titles there is) and ending with the much darker (and more satisfying) SPOILS OF WAR and THE FALCONER'S TALE. The books were about the air side of the US Navy, mostly about intelligence, but with a lot of derring-do that real intel officers never get to play at. They were usually fun to write because we'd both been in the navy, my son a good deal longer than I; we had our differences, as any two people must, but it was a surprisingly workable relationship. Lots of long-distance telephone calls, occasional meetings to go fishing and use the time in the car to plan books. We worked from outlines made on those trips, then divided the scenes up - we quickly learned who did which sorts of scenes and which characters better - and then we wrote and exchanged files and bickered and praised and wound up with a book.

Is Gordon Kent finished? We wonder. We're both writing our own books now under our own names, but occasionally we feel a nudge to go back to that partnership. Maybe, maybe....

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Naval masterpiece, March 15, 2006

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Laura Duffy "eater of books" (San Francisco,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Damage Control (Hardcover)

It took me 8 months to get a copy of this book, as it never became available in the U.S. It was worth the wait , another rollercoaster of action,espionage and naval warfare. If you liked any of the previous books from these guys , then you'll love this one.
Yes, Allan Craik and the gang were back with a command performance.In the Indian ocean a fleet exercise goes terribly wrong as religious extremists take control of the Indian Navy.
India itself, is rocked by explosions, loss of power and communication. All levels of the Indian infrastructure had been infiltrated causing widespread confusion. Literally no one knows who can be trusted and Cmdr.Craik is in the middle of it.
Sorry, you'll have to get a copy of the book for the rest.Good Luck

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full Throttle, October 17, 2008

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Paul - See all my reviews

This review is from: Damage Control: One Step from Apocalypse (Paperback)

Gordon Kent never asks you to believe ten impossible things before breakfast. He (or rather they - father and son) only ask you to believe that the same set of characters are where the action is in each book. So once again the familiar faces are working together, flyers, intels, navy cops and private security experts who all find themselves entangled in another adventure.

After you accept that premise, then the authors don't strain your credibility too much. The plot is feasible; maybe too feasible for comfort. The characters are three-dimensional and their progress logical, relying little on luck to uncover the clues and string them together. But those are things you'll analyze after you finish reading because the real strength of this book is that it drags you along in a flat-out adrenaline burn from start to finish. Put it down if you can!

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Gordon Kent action thriller, September 25, 2010

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Victor Nettle "Dr Vic" (st louis mo usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Damage Control: One Step from Apocalypse (Paperback)

This book is a followup to several other Gordon Kent books with the same principal characters and like the others they get into serious trouble. Normal people would be long since dead, but Gordon's characters always manage to survive (sometimes losing fingers, hearing in one ear, etc.

Entertaining in the extreme.