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The Med

Dan Lenson Series, Book 1

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A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean.

Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61 - carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines - steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold - alive.

With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life. Driven by believable, flesh-and-blood characters, it is a painstakingly detailed portrait of amphibious warfare as only David Poyer can paint it. The Med is today's most explosive tale of international crisis, personal valor, and emotional struggle - a disturbingly plausible novel that crackles with non-stop action.

©1998 David Poyer (P)2019 Tantor Genre Fiction Military Sea Adventures Thriller & Suspense War & Military
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Riveting read, very gritty and narrated with a realism... very gung ho but that's to be expected.

Riveting listen, very gritty

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Story is entertaining, with lots of detail about even minor characters, although interaction between hostages and captors far fetched Military details very poor though ; an amphibious task force commander issuing orders for a beach landing 4 hours later? try 24! And USMC not inserting covert recon teams in advance? Highly unlikely.

Good story with significant flaws

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Slow going, pointless sex scenes, poor story, poor characters, and I almost stopped reading as it was so poor.

Disappointing.

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I have listened to hundreds of audio books and can count on one hand how many I don’t complete but I had to give up on this one. The narrator is so monotonous he was sending me to sleep and the story just drones on about various sailors and marines doing nothing more than living normal military lives. Not for me!

Soooo boring

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