Designation Gold (Rogue Warrior) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Richard Marcinko (Author), John Weisman (Author) "BORIS, LOOKING LIKE YOUR EVERYDAY RUSSKIE ALIEN IN HIS third-generation night- vision driving glasses, slowed the blacked-out Zhiguli to about thirty kliks an hour as..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
In his distinctively terse, staccato voice, Marcinko reads his latest mission of doom (e.g., Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Audio Reviews, LJ 4/15/94) involving the Rogue Warrior's travels to Moscow to find, and kill, those who murdered a good friend (who was also the U.S. defense attache) and his family. Of course, there is more than meets the eye. While tracking the killer, the Rogue Warrior gets entangled in an international plutonium smuggling ring that involves several governments. The action is nonstop and filled with nice tidbits about weapons, etc. While this is neither great literature nor politically correct, folks who enjoy an adventure will want to hear this. For popular collections.?Michael T. Fein, Catawba Valley Community Coll., Hickory, NC
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
The Rogue Warrior has come to Moscow to investigate the assassination of Paul Mahon, U.S. Defense attaché in Russia. Marcinko knows who killed him -- Andrei Yudin, a godfather in the Russian Mafia -- and he wants to know why. Instead, he finds a cabal of corrupt, mob-linked russian politicians. The revelation gets him yanked back to Washington, where orders come down to disband his elite team of SEALs.

But even as the Pentagon's chain of command becomes a noose around his neck, Marcinko begins to cut and slash his way to the truth behind Mahon's death. More about survival than revenge, his mission soon leads him to a black-market network peddling terrorism in Paris, sinister trading in the Middle East, and a devil of a deal that puts American's safety up for sale....

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671896741
• ISBN-13: 978-0671896744
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #322,442 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 4 in The Rogue Warrior Series.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good espionage, bad military ops, February 18, 1998

By	"raisuli" (dallas, tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rogue Warrior: Designation Gold (Rogue Warrior Series) (Audio Cassette)

Demo Dick has the makings of a good plot here, and a slammin' opening situation - Dick helping the Russians? - but, alas, downhill from there. Dick, you write well about spec-ops and the warrior mentality. But enough already with fictions about "every politician is a greedy traitor", and "every soldier or sailor not in spec-ops is a doofus who knoweth not war". And why has the great leader of mench written a plot in which he works almost entirely without the Team? Dick, keep the goons with you at all times - it's a better story than "Well, there I was ... alone and unarmed, when suddenly ...". Alone, Dick spys on Russians, Israelis, French, US Admirals, US Embassies, ad nauseum. Keep writing them, I'll keep reading them, in hopes thou returneth to thy old ways.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good book but starting to stray from the realm, March 25, 1998

By	stephen g. carroll (Sarasota, FL USA) - See all my reviews

Interesting as specwar stories go but starts to lose some appeal as a one man band. As a 23 year ex-navy type I find it personally satisfying when he screws with the Navy system and some of its special characters (ala Pinky). Reel the story in a tad and work more with the team and we edge a little closer to removing the distinction between a fiction and non-fiction. Doing so would make for a better read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marcinko delivers yet again, October 26, 2003

By	"navcowboy" (Houlka, MS United States) - See all my reviews

Well folks what can be said about Mr. Marcinko that hasn't been said a million times already. What you have here is a man who did his time with the Navy, and a true patriot. Unlike his first book, these for the most part, are fictional stories. However they are being told from the point of view of the warrior that is carrying out orders that mean nothing to the people that issue them.

As a member of the military (Navy) I know many of you may feel my opinion is biased and I suppose it is. Yet even for non military members The Rogue Warrior series is a excellent way to enlighten yourself on what those select few do day after day.