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Sixth Fleet Under

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I bought this book after reading Malensek's first book, Black Rain For Christmas-an unusual book that I REALLY liked. This book has some of the same newspaper stories, but it was told mostly in the narrative instead of diaries like Black Rain. Still, I liked it a lot-kinda! The naval battles were very technical, and while some military wackos might like that, all I took home was the idea that aircraft carriers are NOT as invincible as I had thought. I was REALLY struck hard by the genetic medicine turned into precision-guided chemical weapons. That's very scary! In the end, I enjoyed this book-like his last-because it was so realistic, accurate, and a-political (for the most part!). Anyone who reads this will understand why nuclear weapons are NOT the most evil form of death that mankind has created. I think the thing that freaked me out the most was that the book was written before all this trouble with Iraq and North Korea over chemical and nuclear weapons. Malensek seems to have a knack when it comes to foreshadowing non-fiction in his works of fiction. Check this book out. It's a quick and relatively easy read that will leave you numb in the end. It's also very VERY thought-provoking.