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Seal Team Seven: Direct Action

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Blake and the Team are back in the thick of it. After finding counterfeit cash in the middle east, theyr're sent back to destroy the factory. We get to see how they plan,execute and how they react when it all hits the fan!! This is another great page turner from Keith Douglass, you won't want it to end.

Direct action is a well written military adventure. It's halfway between a Mack Bolan novel and Clancy novel. The action is fast and often, with solid real world weapons and tactics underpinning it. The story is fairly plausible, and the action sequences are well written. The characters are mostly archetypes, but they're too much fun to read about to care. Overall it's a fast read, and can be knocked out in one sitting.

This book is my favorite of the series. Starts with the team finding money that turns out counterfeit. When they need to go into Lebanon to destroy the factory making the fake cash is when things heat up and it never stops. This book has action, it has great harmony with the characters and the humor between Razor and Jaybird can't be forgotten. It's classic. This book is a winner all the way around.

Once again, Keith Douglass delivers another action packed Seal mission. I just want to say that if you ever had the slightest fantasy about becoming a Seal, this book is for you. I recommend buying this book, and every other one in the series, because they are very re-readable. Please email me with your opinion, and if Keith Douglass ever reads this, please keep writing Seal Team Seven books, please!

Was a very good book. Read all the carrier books and seal team so far. Excellent author and i will read every one after this too. they are exciting and realistic. Enjoy!

This book is pretty good except for the fact that there wasn't enough action in it. It was all one mission that went to hell with the SEALs beating back the odds. (We all knew that they wouldn't all be killed.) This is the most boring book in this series.

Direct Action was unlike what most Seal Operations are usually like. Quick strike and out. This book was a very quick read and enjoyable thanks to the nonstop action our boys have in Lebanon. The Seals do not even have time to rest during ops and it shows when...I'm not going to give away what happens so you'll have to read it for yourself.

Yes, this book is just one long op, but what an operation it is! Nothing but back to back action! There is much more character development in this book. In the earlier books, it is mostly Blake Murdock, Blake Murdock. In this book, we get to see the other characters develop. Razor, Jaybird, Doc, and the Professor take a more active role in this book. I hope this type of interaction keeps up. I have not read Firestorm or Battle Ground yet.

I liked this book more than NUCFlash or Specter, both are good. I don't find that Seal Team 7 books are a "watered down" or "rip off" of the Rogue Warrior series of books.

I travel a lot, so quick books of this nature are welcome. The plot and the characters are a bit shallow but there's enough depth there to make the story work. If anyone is looking for real insight into the Seal community I strongly suggest any of the books by Chief James Watson, Gary Smith or the original Rouge Warrior.

While Direct Action is the least strong in the series, I was just glad to have another ST7 novel that it didn't matter. The book is one long operation, which runs counter to most SEAL ops. The success of the first book was due to the short, quick strikes and pace of the book. This got almost a little boring. But... these books are still better than anything out there.