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Tiger's Claw (2012)

by Dale Brown(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061990019 (ISBN13: 9780061990014)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

William Morrow

series

Patrick McLanahan

review 1: Retired Patrick McLanahan has been working with others to resurrect mothballed bombers and upgrade them with the intent of subcontracting to the government supplying planes and all personnel required to fly and support them. When the Chinese begin to rattle sabers and claim exclusive of major shipping lanes and disputed islands in the South China Sea it soon becomes apparent that the US is woefully lacking in resources to counteract the Chinese. When diplomatic efforts fail due to Chinese duplicity Patrick and his civilian company step in to fill the gap. Patrick's son makes appearance in another of Dale Brown's military adventures. Always and enjoyable read.
review 2: My first Dale Brown book - and certainly my last. Tom Clancy without any of the redeeming ... morequalities. I enjoy the geopolitical plot and find the military hardware descriptions interesting (to a point, and like Clancy, he often doesn't know when to stop; sometimes I felt like I was reading an inventory sheet for an Offut AFB base storeroom). But subtlety and nuance are apparently not writing tools Mr. Brown covered in his writing class after the Air Force. Most of the good guys were cartoonish one dimensional characters spouting neocon bromides or, if they are bad guys, acting as neocons would expect them to behave, and both were a big turn off. I am generally someone who believes in making sure our country is properly protected, but also understand the world is pretty complicated, and Mr. Brown's frequent derision for divergent viewpoints on economic matters and their impact on national defense got tiresome quickly. And here's more bad news: the ending seemed tailor-made to tee up "Tiger's Claw II - The Chinese have more nutjobs too." Read "The Bear and the Dragon" instead. less

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