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Summary: The Tom Clancy of the 21st Century!!!!
Review: David Meadows is clearly the Tom Clancy of the new century. His knowledge of the Sixth Fleet and the countries of the Med is clearly evident on every page! Moreover, his characters are realistic three dimensional folks that draw you into the story. I am a Navy Reservist and I found these books impossible to put down. I highly recommend the Sixth Fleet series and his new Joint Task Force series to anyone who likes a great, action packed military story!
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Summary: Sixth Fleet -- An incredible book series!!!
Review: Captain David Meadows has done an incredible job crafting this very believable and technically accurate story(ies). I suspect his characters' personalities are based on those of Marines and Sailors he has served with. In view of the events of September 11, 2001, Captain Meadows' plots are extraordinarily relevant. Moreover, he gives the reader a very believable look at the politics of war and the work behind our national military strategy. A very entertaining book series that is very hard to put down. Most important, Captain Meadows' work serves as a real tribute to the unsung heroes of our country, our servicemen who are deployed overseas!
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Summary: The Sixth Fleet Series
Review: I have read all 3 of the 6th Fleet books in order. Fortunately, I was able to buy #s 2&3 immediately after 1 because the story line demands that the reader get the next one ASAP to follow the plot line. That's the good news - the bad news is that #4 is not available and I have marines escaping the desert, an enemy sub near the fleet, An REMF general stomping around that should be keel-hauled and the Med threatened by the most radical new nation that can be imagined, Americans are held hostage in N Africa, top drawer SEALS are AWOL [manage-a-tois; no one is the new Demi Moore]AND Korea exploring. Aside form that there's no demand for the coming volumes. The characters are almost too well developed. But the series is starting to become a soap opera [As the Fleet Turns, The Blue and the Beautiful]. Great marketing ploy but a strain on the reader. {PS. Berkley needs a competent editor. Subs have Hulls not Hauls and MANY others plus some sentence structure gaffs.} All things said, I'll buy the future volumes, got to get the heros out and see the bad guy get their just desserts.
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Summary: Realistic and enjoyable.
Review: As a veteran of the Sixth Fleet I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is well written by an author that has actually spent a career in the Navy, not just learned about it through research. This is an excellent first work by an author with great talent. I finished this book yesterday and started the next in the series today, happy to see it pick up just where this one left off. I recommend this book for those that want the "true" realistic flavor of our modern military.
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Summary: Charicature of "the enemy"
Review: "The bad guys" are incredibly stereo-typical and cartoony in this cut-short book. It is very clear to me that this book was part of a longer story that was randomly broken into pieces in order to be printed as more than one volume...the ending leaves every single thread hanging. That said, at least the premise of the situation is pausible enough to suspend your disbelief and help you get through the book. I bought this series because I read that EP-3Es were given some serious exposure. The sections where they appear contain a few technical inaccuracies (such as saying that the plane would make a pass at 50ft over the ocean to count survivors...in reality the plane would likely not drop below 300 feet). Overall, the series is off to an okay start, but I wouldn't put the talent or the accuracy anywhere near Tom Clancy.
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