A Deeper Blue (Baen Techno-Thriller) by John…

A Deeper Blue (Baen Techno-Thriller) (original 2007; edition 2008)

by John Ringo

Series: Paladin of Shadows (book 5)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
357	7	72,037	(3.85)	5
Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL VX is not a good way to die. So when the President of the United States gets confirmed intelligence that a shipload of the stuff is headed for Florida, he orders that every stop be pulled out. Including bringing in his ultimate weapon: The Kildar. Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his followers, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the U.S. no longer matter to the newest in an ancient line of mercenary leaders. But when his best friend and intel specialist both are seriously wounded in an ambush aimed at him, the Kildar gets his gameface on. The terrorists will learn to fear the Ghost all over again. Set in the Bahamas and Florida, A Deeper Blue is a fast-moving thriller that starts off at a rocket pace and never slows down. The novel proves once again the adage that sometimes it takes bad people to do good things. Fortunately, Mike Harmon is a very bad man. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). .… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	Avatarus
Title:	A Deeper Blue (Baen Techno-Thriller)
Authors:	John Ringo
Info:	Baen (2008), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	None

Work Information

A Deeper Blue by John Ringo (2007)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

aristablightnn, Phiala, Crowbarscout, jsfrodo, Slagenthor, danielskatz, magurba, paulkellis, mbaushke

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 5 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 7 (next | show all)

The Mountain Tigers and their indestructible commander, the Keldara, AKA Mike Jenkins, come to the US to stop a terrorist plot to spread VX gas in Florida. John Ringo's Ghost series is unequaled in military action and constant tension. Terrorists have a multi-pronged approach and Mike has the disadvantage as the infiltrators execute a brilliant plan at a place and moment of their choosing. But the Kildar is the wrong guy to stop once he has his mission set. (

)

NickHowes | Sep 15, 2016 |

Terrorist are smuggling VX into the country. Unfortunately; Mike is distrought over the loss of Gretchen and is trying to pull it back together. Best book in the series to date. Not as overboard with the sexual exploits and a riviting story. (

)

dswaddell | Jul 22, 2008 |

Still grieving Gretchen's death, the Kildar is awash in whiskey and not inclined to get involved in the United States' latest terrorist crisis. But when his team leaders take the job without him and get themselves shot to bits, Mike has no choice but to save the world... again. And like Super Bowl victors, where do heroes end up? Why Disneyland, of course... need I say more?

Terrorists, fast cars, beautiful (young and/or deadly) women, money, guns, and someone to shoot: all the usual elements are here. Unfortunately, at this point the plot is a bit weary, and while the action never slows down, there are simply so many characters in play that there's very little time to focus on any one in particular. Ringo's agenda isn't subtle - bash the idiots in office and their dove-like tendencies - but while the ride is still a thrill, the vehicle is getting a wee bit tired. (

)

SunnySD | Jun 27, 2008 |

This is one of the Ghost series, also called the Kildar series. It's an interesting, and completely fantastic, military fiction piece. I like it, simply because it hits a lot of things I'm interested in (honor, glory, warfare) yet it rankles with it's unwavering support for American policies, if not American politicos. Sometime's it's nuanced in it's understanding, sometimes it's all hoo-ah. (

)

tandu | Apr 29, 2008 |

Never managed to get my interest. (

)

omphalos02 | Dec 4, 2007 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 7 (next | show all)

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
John Ringo	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Miller,Kurt	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Russo, Carol	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Paladin of Shadows (book 5)

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

A Deeper Blue

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you.
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes.

Rolling Stones
"Paint it Black"

Dedication

For the poor bastards, male and female, guarding the thugs in Guantanamo, stuck in paradise doing pretty close to the world's crappiest job. This one's for you, folks.

And, as always: For Captain Tamara Long, USAF Born 12 July 1979 Died 23 March 2003, Afghanistan You fly with the angels now.

First words

The freighter rolled eastward on easy swells, but nothing was easy about the task.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

English

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

John Ringo bibliography

▾Book descriptions

Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:

THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL

VX is not a good way to die. So when the President of the United States gets confirmed intelligence that a shipload of the stuff is headed for Florida, he orders that every stop be pulled out. Including bringing in his ultimate weapon: The Kildar.

Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his followers, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the U.S. no longer matter to the newest in an ancient line of mercenary leaders.

But when his best friend and intel specialist both are seriously wounded in an ambush aimed at him, the Kildar gets his gameface on. The terrorists will learn to fear the Ghost all over again.

Set in the Bahamas and Florida, A Deeper Blue is a fast-moving thriller that starts off at a rocket pace and never slows down. The novel proves once again the adage that sometimes it takes bad people to do good things. Fortunately, Mike Harmon is a very bad man.

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Terrorists are trying to smuggle a shipload of VX into US. When President hears of this he puts everything in work to stop the terrorists including calling on Michael again. Initially Michael wants no part of this. But once his best friend gets seriously wounded in an ambush set up by the terrorists Michael gets back into the action.

Haiku summary