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Seal Team Seven 12: Tropical Terror

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I've been reading Keith Douglass's books since his first SEAL Team Seven novel and in my opinion, they have progressively strayed from a spec ops force to a more spray-n-pray team. He tends to have his team dropped in with some of the most obscure gear (i.e. the Bullpup) and takes away from the clandestine, silent professionals that SEALs are. I would suggest he go back to the originals and start from there. Keep it more realistic in ops planning and equipment, and slow the pace down and increase the intensity of the operations they perform. Take some time to show the teams different abilities and their talents as Naval Special Warfare personnel. These guys are more like Rambo laying down a field of lead instead of the precision SEALs are known for. Give them the gear the typically use - body armor, MP-5s, M-4s, balaclavas, etc. Drop the futuristic weaponry like the EAR or the Bullpup. It takes away from the fun and authenticity.

i couldn't even get through the 2nd chapter... i started reading this one after the carrier joint operations. i wonder why they can be called joint operations if there is no actual interaction between the characters from the books. the story jumps from place to place. the time frames seem off, and the story seems impossible. the transistions are rarely there, and you can hardly follow the action. earlier books were great. stay away. please, i want to read the books that he put out there before. not these new manufactured stories.

I did not really enjoy this book. Douglass' writing style is kind of strange to me. The pace of the book is much too fast. By this, I mean that things happen way too quickly as if we are in a time warp. An action that should take a few paragraphs to accurately describe is usually taken care of in a sentence or two. I am a person that likes to have very nice, wel rounded descriptions about what is happening and this book just did not satisfy that requirement for me. It seems like his earlier books were a little better at that. This book seems like a jumbled flurry of activity that just doesn't pay enough attention to detail or description. I just like every move in tactical warfare to be painstakingly described as that is what brings enjoyment for me as a reader as I visualize it in my head.

A hard book to put down. In the tradition of the other Seal Team 7 books it has all the action, weapons and impact of real missions. In this case the bad guys are the Chinese and Murdock and the guys put up a heck of fight on our very soil. I found myself getting wrapped up in the book until the very end. The plots in all of Mr. Douglass's books are not as far fetched given the current status of the world. I cannot wait for the next book, where do we go next??? A big HOOOYAHH to Mr. Douglass.

From the word go this one is action packed. Blake and his boys are having a wargames with some other outfits when word of the attack on Pearl Harbor reaches them. These are SEALs, they don't wait for orders but jump into the fray. Be that locating nuclear weapons, rescuing the Hawaiaan governor and his staff to saving a museum of priceless artifacts these men do it all.
Very good story.