Seals the Warrior Breed, Duty's Call [Mass Market Paperback]

H, Jay Riker (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Avon (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380795086
• ISBN-13: 978-0380795086
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #973,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Duty's Call -- A Step Down, December 29, 2000

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R. Smits (Hamilton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seals the Warrior Breed, Duty's Call (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read most all of H. Jay Riker's Warrior Breed series and have thoroughly enjoyed all of them including Duty's Call. This one is a small step down from his others, Silver Star, Purple Heart, etal., at least in my opinion. There is a lot of flashback filler information from previous releases that I found myself glossing over because I had encountered it multiple times in his previous works. (How many times does Hank Richardson's and Tangretti's relationship need to be described in the same work.) Some of this is inevitable to set the proper stage but I thought there was a little too much this time. For a fictional work though, the frustrations that our military must have felt in trying to execute a solution to a military problem while the real war was in fighting the politics of the time were articulated quite well. I enjoyed the book and look forward to future works by Riker.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More Like Publisher's Call, January 18, 2001

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S. N. Gaines (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seals the Warrior Breed, Duty's Call (Mass Market Paperback)

I got the impression that Mr. Riker has a committment to the publisher for "X" amount of books and this one was just a filler until he could write something else. As much as I admire what the SEALS did in Vietnam, enough already, this is getting repetitive. I'm sure that the SEAL teams have been involved in other actions since Vietnam, and I believe that now is the time to start to write about them.

As far as the whole Tangretti/Richardson/Veronica thing, enough already! If I wanted to read a soap opera or bodic ripper, I would. I also find myself tired of the whole Steve Tangretti mental gymnastics that are used to "justify" his various daliances throughout the series. If I want to read about this sort of thing I'm sure there are several books available in the marraige section of Amazon. Stick to the main story, leave out the breast beating already.

I await the next book in the series, if it looks to be more of the same, then so much for Mr. Riker and the SEAL series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read but not the best, October 29, 2003

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S. Taylor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seals the Warrior Breed, Duty's Call (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this book despite the mistakes that were made in the writing. One of the obvious mistakes is the change in name of Dave Coffer to Paul Coffer. The other mistake that I can think of is in the beginning when Gunn's team is being picked up by the sub. 12 knots is not a slow speed, once can water ski at 12 knots. Maybe Mr. Riker meant 1 knot or 2 knots but mistyped. Otherwise, I liked this book. I like how we got to see more of the Vietnamese characters in this book and learn more of what drove some of them to fight.