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Jason Richter and his high-tech unit Task Force TALON are charged with securing the Mexican border, where a terrorist band has been operating with impunity and enflaming the passions of the population.Tags
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The Edge of Battle focus on the border war along the Mexican border. Commander Veracruz, a drug dealer and smuggler, is calling upon Mexican nationalism to take back the southeastern part of the United States back to Mexico. As part of this, Veracruz's forces slaughter a group of US border guards. To combat this Operation Rampart has been created led by Major Richter and his high tech special forces task force.
This novel lacks any kind of believability and credibility. It's almost silly in parts and difficult to take seriously. I found the whole aspect of Mexico trying to take back the Southwestern United States, and especially the big reveal of who Veracruz is, to be just ridiculous. There was almost nothing about this book that I show more liked. The writing is substandard. There is a lot of action, but I didn't find it to be particularly compelling. Bottom line, I would recommend passing on this novel. There are far better thrillers out there than this one.
Carl Alves - author of Blood Street show less
This novel lacks any kind of believability and credibility. It's almost silly in parts and difficult to take seriously. I found the whole aspect of Mexico trying to take back the Southwestern United States, and especially the big reveal of who Veracruz is, to be just ridiculous. There was almost nothing about this book that I show more liked. The writing is substandard. There is a lot of action, but I didn't find it to be particularly compelling. Bottom line, I would recommend passing on this novel. There are far better thrillers out there than this one.
Carl Alves - author of Blood Street show less
The author either had no opinion of the immigration issue, or he was trying to appease both sides. It spent 100 pages telling both sides, with no real action, only promised action. I put it aside after 100 pages. sorry, but this was a really stupid book.
This novel involved way too much unrealistic dialogue. The novel was uninteresting, unmotivated, and fairly boring.
Lots of unnecessary 'fill'. Disconnected pattern.
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Dale Brown was born on November 2, 1956 in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Western European history, where he wrote a column for the University's newspaper, The Daily Collegian. He went on to freelance for computer magazines, such as Run and Compute's Gazette for Commodore. He received an Air Force show more Commission in 1978 and while there, he received the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Combat Crew Medal and a Marksmanship Ribbon. He also wrote for several military base newspapers while he was still enlisted. He left the Air Force as a Captain and remains a multi-engine and instrument rated private pilot. He is a director and volunteer pilot for AirLifeLine, a nonprofit national medical transport for needy people who cannot afford to travel for medical attention. He is the author of several series including Dale Brown's Dreamland and, Patrick McLanahan. Dreamland. His title Tiger's Claw made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Act of War (book 2)
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3552 .R68543 .E34 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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