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Seal Team Seven #16: Counterfire

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I understand that "Keith Douglass" is the name used by a number of different authors who write the Seal Team Seven and Carrier series. It seems that there's another new author writing as "Keith Douglass" now, and I wish they'd go back to one of the previous ones. The dialogue isn't very smooth in this book, and I thought the way Jaybird resolved his coaching problem was extremely disturbing. I hope this isn't an indication of a new "loose cannon" attitude on the part of these Seals. They've always been portrayed as being quite professional.

Action was good as always. Each book develops in its own way with the characters taking charge. The author shows very real life problems even SEALs must face and contend with. This book has what is, up to now, the darkest of the subplots and I believe handled in a way that was typical of the character. Still a very good book.

I picked up this book because I was looking for a decent military/special forces/action story. Well I definitely picked the wrong book because Counterfire was pretty bad and very unfulfilling. I wasn't looking for a deep storyline or highly detailed, complex characters, but this book gives new meaning to the term "paper-thin" when it comes to characterization. As for the action, it was only ok - very predictable - some Navy Seals take out a bunch of terrorists. I was hoping for some high-tech weapons/tactics thrown into the mix, instead the battles consisted of just boring shootouts. Also, the dialog and story telling was atrocious, the words didn't flow well and the story had no rhythm or tempo.

I understand that many authors write under the name of Keith Douglas so I'm not giving up on the series, but I hope that this author calls it quits.