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Whiplash: A Dreamland Thriller LP (Dreamland (Harper Paperback))

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A completely different style and tone for the Dreamland series (and Dale Brown in general), Dreamland: Whiplash shifts the series from focusing on aviation and military action in the recent past (filling in the gaps of Dale Brown's solo novel series timeline) and centers on CIA and covert action in the near future. Most of the old characters are dropped and new ones introduced. There's less technical descriptions. The vast majority of the action is on the ground, in Iran and central Africa, but since there's already dozens of Dale Brown books with airplanes and big battle scenes, who cares? It's a great thriller, realisitic and believable. Hopefully the series will continue to follow this style, because it was better than any Vince Flynn or Brad Thor books. I even liked it better than the previous Dreamland books, and it's too bad this book wasn't given a hardcover release.

I was very happy to see that the Dreamland series wasn't over. My favorite characters of the series happened to be the Whiplash guys so this was right up my alley. If you were a fan of all the pilots and flying, this probably isn't for you. This book doesn't leave off right at the last Dreamland book, it instead jumps right into our current year so the characters are a bit older and Dreamland is no more. There's a new gang in town with a few of the old characters thrown in. A few new high tech toys are put to use but personnaly, I think the Dreamland team had better stuff. Overall, I enjoyed the book and hopefully we don't have to wait years for the next one to come out.

I've liked all the Dale Brown books and this was no exception. The characters are like
old friends, and it's always good to see them again. It's also always nice to be able to
lose yourself in a good thriller told well.

Whiplash is a good book which could have been made better if written completely by Dale. Jim DeFelice is a good writer in his own right, but Dale seems to be more technical in his approach to researching his subjects and has a great grasp of military technologies. It's great to see old characters mature and new ones grow. Can't wait for the next one...

Dale Brown is to our Air forces what W.E.B. Griffin is to our Army & Marines and Tom Clancy our Navy.
His character development and attention to detail place you with the team and as the story develops, the outside world ceases to exist

The book arrived in excellence condition. The delivery time was excellence. I would recommend this product.