When an aging Soviet sub becomes caught under the polar ice cap while being escorted by one of the best submarines in the Soviet Navy, a high-tech game of cat and mouse involving the superpowers ensues. Reissue.
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Davis's ( Blind Prophet ) latest effort to cash in on the popularity of military techno-thrillers involves a Soviet submarine that becomes helplessly frozen in an arctic ice cap. Both Soviets and Americans race to recover the sub, which is carrying a revolutionary new superconductor, iriniump. 65 . This novel offers plenty of action, but the writing is unintentionally funny. It's hard to believe that an author could put these words into a character's mouth: "I used to walk five miles to school in weather like this. . . . Used to say it was colder than a witch's left tit. Damned if I ever knew why the right one was warmer." Or this, when a polar bear approaches a female CIA agent on the ice cap: "With a sinking feeling, Justine realized she was not alone." The characters are stereotypes straight from central casting, including the absent-minded professor, the evil Soviet sub commander and the beautiful female spy. Davis even manages to include two lovemaking scenes, which severely strain the credibility of his story. One of these scenes takes place in an empty torpedo tube while the father of the woman guards the couple's privacy.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: RAISE THE RED DAWN (Paperback)
This is a fun and exciting new-age thriller filled with action, suspense, and bad words. That's the one thing I don't like about it. If you liked the movie Crimson Tide, you'll enjoy this book. I can't say it's fast-paced but the writer does of a knack for keeping you reading a hundred pages at a time. But like I said it has it's share of what I call "useless" words
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