The Malacca Conspiracy

I'm really glad that the Brit is not reading this one. But, that only revealed the really crappy writing: Muslim bashing, unresearched and Navy biased author's filler. The theme is a good one; a large Islamic nation making jihad on the world. The details are ludicrous. For example...a rescue assault led by a USN surface warfare officer, consisting of USN SEALs, including a JAG officer just because his (second time kidnapped) girlfriend is the victim. In the exfiltration, the helicopter is shot up and the pilot chooses to autorotate a landing, when a normal landing would appear appropriate. I quit reading after that. Did not even wonder about the ending. This book is really bad!

If you enjoyed the "Navy Justice Series", then you will be happy to know that in this book Zack Brewer and Diane Colcernian are reunited. But if you haven't read the series mentioned, no problem, you can easily read this as a stand alone story. As the back cover says: "Hang on . . . and hold your breath!" This was a fast moving adrenaline packed story that at times I couldn't read fast enough.

This is a story of a political assassination and terrorism on the waters from Singapore to Indonesia. Their is a nuclear attack threat to America and Zack and Diane are in the midst of the action. It is a race against the clock and the author does a great job of giving you the step by step plot and all the people (good and evil) involved in making show more the plan and then in keeping it from succeeding. show less

NCLA Review -If you wish to embark on an adventure with numerous twists and turns from the comfort of your easy chair, this book will send you on your way. Brown has taken a very serious political forum (nuclear warfare) and managed to scare the daylights out of the reader. It is an on-the-edge-of-your-seat page turner. “So much to gain with total disregard for those that might get in the way" is definitely the mindset of General Persaka and his most devoted staff. Certainly not a feel-good book, Brown does a terrific job of bringing the characters to life and inspiring anger and compassion in the reader. Rating: 3 —PL

The Malacca Conspiracy is my first novel experience with author Don Brown, but after reading this and getting snippets of previous books including the Navy Justice Series, I'm very intrigued and want more. This novel was real and engaging. It was nerve wracking and page turning. I was terrified and excited all in the same breath. I truly enjoyed this novel and want more like it.

I wonder if my navy wife sister will need to borrow it...

Sloppy writing, tries to hard, tad unrealistic. Had to force myself to finish it.

Thoroughly enjoyable thriller set much of the time in Indonesia. The return too of Zack and Diane. Good edge of the seat stuff

First thing first, I am a muslimah from Malaysia. Generally I don't really care about this genre of Islam-bashing (usually they are being written by someone who never bother to read about the topic) but I give it a go since I was bored and I've heard it’s quite a thrill.

But I was dead wrong... this book is factually ridiculous for a fiction...

If you've been in any of the South-East Asia country that is mention in this book, ALL of portrayals are fiction except the history part. Which I guess the writer came up with from reading newspaper and books. And he didn't even read up on anything with Islam and have a brainless idea for an extremist Islam terrorist that is not portraying Islam at all. (Islamic extremist are usually holy people) show more He should changed it into Ku Klux Klan since there's nothing much different after all.


But then after I read through Indonesians terrorist parts and fillers and then "Bang…bang…bang…bang… BOOM" and it became more ridiculous that I had to skim most parts through.

ALL the female characters in this book acts as unnecessary filler which should make sense since its a macho-men-christian-military-heavy themed action book but there's a limit to how ridiculous it can be in this book.

Plus, people don't say, he look "Malaysian", Malaysia is a multi-racial country. There's Malay, Chinese, Indian, Eurasian (some Malaccan people are from Portuguese-descent with Christian names), Sabahan, Sarawakian and others. It’s usually Malay-Malaysian or Chinese-Malaysian. Names for Malaysian are virtually endless and all Don come up with was Indonesian-like names. Shame.

If anyone has been in Malaysia should know, to find a real native of Malaccan Malaysian with Indonesian name is rare unless they came from Kampung Jawa in Malacca. Most of Malay in Malaysia uses Arabic names because by law, ALL of them are Islam.

And I had to Google the word "Un hum del Allah" just to know what the word mean and found it mean nothing but gibberish with the word Allah and defined as "Praise to God" in Arabic which obviously made the writer didn't even read or wiki-ed anything about Islam.

Real Islamic extremist is scary. Their motives are usually selfish even when they think they are not, their followers are usually gullible and brainwashed and most are unafraid on harming everyone even their own woman and children. They adored anything from middle east and always cite a twisted version Al-Quran verses as their motives since islam extremist are generally religion-obsessed like any other psycho and hated anything and EVERYTHING related to the west and most importantly, they won’t ever drink wine. Wine is ridiculously expensive in SEA and rare and even putting the scenes of terrorist drinking wine is already ridiculous.

This book is very predictable and for a fiction it lack imagination in some areas like characterization, prose, and wordings but totally imaginative in geographical and factual areas. It’s like Twilight. Only it’s not about vampire. show less