Barracuda 945

The theme of the book, that a terrorist could take down the USA power grid was a good one. But, it goes downhill from there. Buy a submarine from the Russians, using the Chinese...nope!!! There were several outright errors of fact. And, the chief terrorist, a clever SAS Brit of Iranian descent is able to persuade the ayatollah of his genuineness. And, again...who is Admiral Morgan and what role does he play? He's a national security advisor with pure parochial Navy in his heart...doesn't know how to pull any other levers. Thank goodness, we shed the Brit narrator this time.

I last read this book in May 2011, it was the first Patrick Robinson book I had read at the time and since then I've read the series from Nimitz Class onwards and reached this title earlier this month. I was wondering about whether to re-read it or not but figured it wouldn't be bad to refresh my memory for the following title.

I'm glad I did as it certainly is an action filled tale of terrorism and undersea skulduggery. The story revolves around an SAS soldier who defects to HAMAS and employs his years of training and front line expertise to help his long lost 'home' country/religion. Being a series about submarines predictably they end up buying a submarine via Iran/China (although not so predictably it's boring, you just know from the show more series where it's going, the actually manner of purchase is not dull).

Brings back memories of the Ben Adnam escapades however the plot is different enough that it doesn't feel stale, and amazingly for a novel about the US military/navy it doesn't end with them on top. show less

There were several aspects to this book that I found annoying, didn't add to the tension and would have been more suited to a movie script than a book. Other facts were repeated over and over and it all seemed that this book was padded out to meet a predetermined length. I found it disappointing as I've read a few books by Patrick Robinson and this was just a poor effort. It was barely tolerable.

Highly disappointed after reading this book. had very high regards for Robinson after reading his earlier books and blindly picked this book going by his reputation but was gravely disappointed by the book. There is nothing much to be written about this book. The plot sucks and you whats going to happen next with having to take a wild guess :-(. I would recommend Robinson fans to give a skip to this book...Seriously.

A spy novel about a British Special Forces person who converts to a Palestinian terrorist. He pulls off several cappers and plots to change the strategy for terrorism in the middle east. With Iran's help they purchase a couple of Russian submarines and set out to destroy the oil supplies from Alaska to San Diego. In the end the US special operations blows up the Panama Canal.

What to say about this book... I'm not very sure. If I'm honest, I expected something like a Tom Clancy kind of novel, especially considering the subject.
The pmot itself was kin of thrilling, suspensefull, but never really got me to the edge of my seat. I was actually continuously waiting for an actual fall out, more real fighting etc.
So.... you might say I'm a bit disappointed.

Terrorists lay siege to the West Coast in this engrossing if frustratingly digressive naval thriller that features a turncoat British officer matching wits with Robinson's series star, National Security Adviser Arnold Morgan. The crusty, steel-nerved Morgan, making his sixth appearance (The Shark Mutiny, etc.), goes up against former SAS commando Ray Kerman, who has become a leader in the terrorist group Hamas. Kerman has...