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Silver Star (Seals: The Warrior Breed, Book 1)

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H. Jay Riker starts of his SEALs series with a great book about the start of the legendary program. This book draws you in, and grabs you. The end is so shocking and suspenseful, that I was almost in tears after I put it down! Read this book, it is great.

This book shows the first generation of SEALs with the first NCDU and UDT in WWII. It's a book about camaraderie, spirit, and bravery of the men who fought and sometimes died in units that typically sustained 50-90% casualties on missions. It is incredibly well-written and shows the true face of war and what these men faced. A lot of people see war as being glory and honor and courage and everything goes as planned. It never is. The men who are most affected are right here in this novel. Pick it up and read it unless you can't handle the truth

I found that this book is well written and very close to the truth on how things were. The author is as good as W. E. B Griffing

As a reader with an interest in the Navy SEALS,I have read (and own)this title and each subsequent book. Although I am in no way a historian, I think this book does a good job describing the early beginnings of the SEALS and is a good read if you are into this sort of subject. Personally, I have enjoyed all of this author's books on the subject and as this is the first book in the series it's a good place to start. It reads a little diffrently from Demo Dick Marcinko's Rouge Warrior books, so don't expect the same thing. As noted above, 5 Stars to Mr. Riker!

After completing Silver Star, I am convinced (Well, Sort of...) that Mr. Riker is really WEB Griffin. My reasons, some strong and some weak, are as follows: 1. Mr. Griffin has written under Psuedonyms before, IE: Badge of Honor, and the books under the Alex Baldwin name.

2. Charlie Galloway is a character in a Griffin book, and Joseph Galloway is a character in Silver Star. Coincidence?

3. The book feels similar to Griffins other works. It's seems nebulous, but if you've read Griffins books you would know what I mean. The mix of fictional/non-fictional characters, the rich kid whose a troublemaker but finds his place, the guy with the tough as nails Father who a character has conflicts with.

I know it's not much but there are a hundred other coincidences, names, places, sentence structure, the fact that Mr. Riker hasn't written much else(Anything at all) and that, at least in Silver Star, there is no Author biography. It's also a mass market paper back (the dump bin), so it recieved no press etc. I wonder........

Jeff Newman jbn4@yahoo.com

I'm connected to the military and find little time to read. A friend loaned me Book One in the warrior Breed series "Silver Star" and I suddenly found time. The most memorable moment was when Tangretti takes the first obstacle at Normandy...ever see the movie "Saving Private Ryan"? Same scenario..I had this "ah-hah; it must be real" when Tangretti says "Sir, you need to move. I have orders to blow this obstacle." If you know any true SEALs that haven't already read the series and love it; it makes a gift he'll thank you for with every new book. Let's hope it becomes a movie!!

This book is the story of the early Navy SEALS, starting in World War II. Many of the scenes are very exciting, especially the end, which takes place on D-Day, storming the beach at Normandy. But, some of this book still bothered me. Much of the non-action parts of this book were entertaining, but some of it seemed false, and tedious. Also, some of the dialouge seemed fake, like real people don't talk like that. There were also descriptions of actual battles during the war discussed by Riker in the novel. I don't know if he was accurate or not, but at times it almost sounded like he was making it up. But, this book was all around a good read, and I will read the next book in the series.

The actual author is William Keith. He has over 60 published novels, many under pen names. He is an outstanding author of military fiction and science fiction. His recent works in the Bolo series (published under his own name) combine the two.