Marine Force One [Paperback]

David Alexander (Author)

Book Description

Series: Marine Force One | Publication Date: September 5, 2001

Dispatched on a recon mission, America's most elite force of soldiers-Marine Force One-discovers North Korea's plans to use chemical weapons against the South. But before they can report their findings, the team is ambushed-and the survivors must take out the weapons on their own.

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About the Author

David Alexander is the author of Shadow Down and Special Ops.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (September 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425181529
• ISBN-13: 978-0425181522
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,789,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Marine Force 1 lacks the full force!, December 29, 2002

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This review is from: Marine Force One (Paperback)

I have not read a David Alexander novel in a very long time, and reading this 1st novel of this series reminded me why.
Now, don't get me wrong, Mr. Alexander is a very good writer and knows his stuff on weaponry and gadgets, but his downfall is characterization!
I didn't get to know anyone except the leader of the special forces unit named Saxon and a couple of the spetsnaz bad guys. And I didn't care much for any of them!!
The Russian soldier named Batalin was the most promoted here. I got to know what made him tick much more than the lead character here. Saxon was written as a dead-beat dad which seemed rather unsavory to me. No other member of this special team stood out or was introduced as anything other than a soldier.
This lack of depth made the book lackluster to me because when people died - I didn't care! There was no feeling here for any characters, none were really given much in the way of 'real-like people'.
C'mon Mr. Alexander - you have more knowledge of missiles and all the gadgets than you do your characters. This flaw made for a stiff read. The action and adventure was there and written quite well, but lacked the force of other writers in this field such as James V. Smith.
In my estimation, Mr. Smith's FORCE RECON series is far superior in both of these areas that Mr. Alexander missed upon.
But I believe in 2nd chances. I still think that the other novels in this series could perhaps be better.
Who know? But I'll let you know!