Shadow Command: A Novel

Author - Dale Brown ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from William Morrow was reviewed on 7-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book Shadow Command: A Novel by William Morrow. This is my second Dan Brown novel that I have read in the recent years. I would love to say that this was a great book full of action and adventure and the technical gadgetry of the last book that I read. However, this book is just horrible. My biggest problem is with the ending of the book. I won´t give away the ending, but Dan Brown asks the readers to imagine the last 5-6 chapters of the book without going into specific detail on how the ending came to be. Literally, you read the 3rd to last chapter and the next chapter you read skips ahead about 5 chapters. You have no idea what is happening or why. Either the editor cut this out or Dan Brown didn´t want to finish this one. Either way save your money, there are better books.¤

2) Hardcover Book Shadow Command: A Novel by William Morrow. I had to give up after the first chapter because of numerous violations of the laws of Physics. I love to read science fiction but it has to be plausible at some level. This book has no grounding in reality and therefore no believability.¤

3) Hardcover Book Shadow Command: A Novel by William Morrow. There is one great flight scene, where we (the good guys) engage two MiG fighters. It is a terrific scene, early in the book; after that, just put the book down. What follows are absurd - and unnecessary - numbers of double entendres and sexual innuendo; trysts galore; a fairly weak plot; & little character development. Who wrote this? Is simply can´t be the man who wrote "Day Of The Cheetah," because the character development, plot, writing, and flight scenes are superb. I´ve read all of Dale Brown´s books, and I was very disappointed with this one.¤

4) Hardcover Book Shadow Command: A Novel by William Morrow. The book was the most difficult read I have encountered since Tom Clancy overwelmed me with Weapons Technology and Agency Initials. The autored seemed bogged down in detailing this stuff, leaving the story, moral, and flow lost to the reader.¤

5) Hardcover Book Shadow Command: A Novel by William Morrow. I´m glad I didn´t read the other reviews before I read this. I have to agree there is some cheesy sex parts in it that could have been left out. I´m not a prude or anything it just doesn´t go so well with the flow of the book.

Other than that I did like it pretty well though. I like to use these kind of books as a bit of an escape from reality. On that front it does deliver big time. One person said that he hopes the officers in the military aren´t like McLanahan. Personal opinion if we had stuff like is in the book and an officer like him in real life the conflict in Iran would have been solved a long time ago.

It is a bit over the top but still a good read if you are a fan of his writing. Maybe wait for it in paperback, but I don´t regret the hard bound copy either.¤

6) Hardcover Book Shadow Command: A Novel by William Morrow.

General Patrick McLanahan´s new Aerospace Battle Force has grown into a full-fledged task force based on the Armstrong Space Station. Providing almost instant access to space and every corner of the globe using the Black Stallion spaceplanes, the ABF´s powerful network of satellites and unmanned aircraft controlled from space can not only attack any target anywhere on the planet within hours but can even invade any computer network as easily as making a phone call.

But the program has its critics and doomsayers, including Russia, the United Nations, and the American press. Wealthy, Western-educated, and sophisticated Russian president Leonid Zevitin uses a combination of top-secret anti-spacecraft weaponry, fearmongering, and new U.S. president Joseph Gardner´s own egotism in an effective plan to eliminate all support for the space program. Gardner and his allies in Congress and the Pentagon will stop at nothing—even destroying one of their own—to get what they want.

Yet McLanahan and his forces refuse to allow the Russian aggression to stand. McLanahan ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran.

President Gardner orders McLanahan´s immediate arrest. But before authorities can throw him in jail, they have to figure out how to retrieve him from the space base orbiting the earth. Currently in control of the Aerospace Battle Force from Armstrong Space Station, McLanahan closely watches Russia´s movement of weaponry while defending himself against the President´s attempts to discredit him. In a race against time, McLanahan must outmaneuver his own countrymen, defeat the Russians, and expose the truth . . . or die trying.

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