Sea Fighter [Hardcover]

James H. Cobb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2000

Commander Amanda Lee Garrett leads a United Nations naval force into a high-tech war-at-sea in this new addition to a series hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "first-rate military suspense."

In Sea Fighter, Garrett heads a U.N. task force made up of units from Great Britain, France, and the United States. Her mission: halt a rapidly escalating African civil war. A renegade Nigerian general has invaded Sierra Leone and Guinea and is determined to establish a new "West African Union" no matter the human cost. Garrett's only hope is an arsenal of untested weapons including a flotilla of fast, heavily armed stealth hovercraft specifically designed for a deadly coastal seawar and a gigantic ocean-borne fortress that can be anchored off an enemy's coast, literally at the doorstep of their capital city.

Cobb, "a military buff par excellence" (Publishers Weekly), has crafted another riveting tale featuring one of the most original characters in military fiction and the state-of-the-art technology and strategy the U.S. Navy will almost certainly one day employ.

Reviewers called James H. Cobb's first two Amanda Lee Garrett novels, Sea Strike and Choosers of the Slain, "breathtaking," "lightning-paced," and "hot as a Sea SLAM missile with target lock" (Library Journal). Murder Ink even named Garrett "the best naval hero since Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan."

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About the Author

James H. Cobb is the author of two Amanda Lee Garrett thrillers and is an avid student of military history and technology. He is a member of the United States Naval Institute and the Navy League, and lives in Tacoma, Washington.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult; First Edition edition (February 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399145931
• ISBN-13: 978-0399145933
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bordering on Science fiction, April 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sea Fighter (Hardcover)

I liked the book even though it ws a slower read than his first 2 novels.I liked his Dedication and had to check where exactly the bismarck archipelago is .I think he should have said the south Pacific.The book while full of interesting toys,devices and ideas which I hope some of the people in Navy R& D( like the use of navalized Hell-fire missiles on ships for a small,cheaper takeout device than having to launch a Harpoon missile are good.I believe they ae now arming the Naval anti-submarine helicopters that deploy with the ships that carry Helos with them already. My only concern is that the dialogue is much like a Tom Swift Jr.book from my childhood.Also,I noticed spots where the dialogue just was not believable.I doubt that an O-5 (Full commander) would say when asked about the skill of his demolition men to an O-6 Female officer that "they could blow off Your bra without touching your skin". This is not belieavable dialogue when you are saying this to your commanding officer.I liked him having an enemy who was not a totally evil type but a complicated guy who I could almost root for. I thought this was more interesting than most books of this genre with absolutely malevloent opponents.I hope to continue reading Mr.Cobb.I like his reference to lines from Kipling who I am sure is his favorite poet "the savage wars of Peace".Interesting that Kipling could comment on this almost 100 years about the "thin red Line of heroes" who put down revolts from the Sudan to Peking.Mr.Cobb tries to teach in his books and I appreciate this especially for those who do not read the same naval magazines as he does.I would like to know more about this man .His Bio that he belongs to the Naval institute and the Navy leaque means almost nothing.Maybe he wishes to remain mysterious and really is in naval weapons development up in Puget sound or China Lake.I enjoyed the book ,it was an interesting read for the ideas but some of the dialogue I think needs some work.I also liked him working in the use of the phrase "Iron Men and Wooden ships"and his comments on it.Finally his opinion on why there is so much strife in Africa with country boundaries drawn up by long since gone european governments makes a lot of sense.The book taught as well as entertained even if I felt I was reading a teenager's adventure novel at times.But I am sure I will not wait till his next book comes out in Paperback but will immediately buy a hardcover edition as soon as I see his next book in print.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book and good story, March 10, 2000

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EMC Paul Schmidt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sea Fighter (Hardcover)

This is the 3rd time I have tried to write this review. I hope it works this time! This is a big change from the story types in the first two books in this series. Mr. Cobb still comes up with a believable situation, with elements of real newstype events. I have already reread this book several times. It is a little slow getting started, but a good read. The acknowledgements to the littoral "brown" navy and the restrictions mandated by a UN "peace" mission have a ring of truth and realism to them. I look forward to the next book in this series!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good story, realistic plot! 1, March 13, 2000

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EMC Paul Schmidt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sea Fighter (Hardcover)

This is a change from the first two books in this series. The story vividly brings out the tensions of UN "peacekeeping" mission constraints. It pays tribute to the traditions of the "brown water" navy of Vietnam. I do recommend this for entertaining reading! I look forward to the next book in this series!