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Slick
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 Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject: New Larry Bond novel on the way! |
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From Barnes and Nobel:
| Quote: | Format: Hardcover, 368pp
Pub. Date: April 2005
DANGEROUS GROUNDS
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The USS Memphis, a dilapidated submarine that should have been mothballed decades ago, has been given one last mission by the newly elected president. The task: To sneak illegally into Russia's coastal waters and recon the leaking nuclear fuel containers hidden on the floor of the Arctic Ocean. More than just an environmental nightmare, this radioactive burial ground houses enough nuclear capability to destroy most of America's major cities.
The Memphis's commander, Lowell Hardy, had been looking forward to flag rank and pleasant duty upon the sub's decommissioning. Now he is trapped in an inconceivably dangerous and illegal mission which could easily end his career, if not his life and the lives of his crew. But, it's the crew who feel Hardy's tension as he tyrannizes everyone on board in an effort to ensure they'll be ready for anything:
Jerry Mitchell: A former naval pilot with political connections, he is a novice submariner, unprepared for his demanding job as a weapons officer. Central to the Memphis's mission, Mitchell may be its greatest liability...or its ultimate salvation.
Dr. Joanna Patterson: The senior civilian scientist, appointed by and reporting to the president, she is a world-class expert on nuclear fuel contamination -- and every bit as demanding as Hardy. Patterson and her partner, Dr. Emily Davis, soon find themselves battling flaring tempers, faulty machinery, lethal radioactivity, and the raging arctic seas.
The submariners: Seething with rage at their Captain Bligh-like commander and the equally domineering Joanna Patterson, they are also at war with Jerry Mitchell, and one another. Like the captain, they feel they deserve better, not this antiquated relic, not this hostile scientist, not this novice weapons officer, and definitely not this disastrously dangerous mission.
Nor is this mission what it seems. Lurking beneath the frigid, black, radioactive waters is a secret far more deadly than anything naval command could imagine -- a secret so menacing the Russian Fleet is hell-bent on destroying the Memphis and all who sail in her. |
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Bill Nichols
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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This could be good! I know Larry (we used to play a lot of Harpoon together), and I know he knows subs.
I'm itchin' to read it and maybe even make-up a scenario or two around it.  |
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Slick
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Bill Nichols wrote: | This could be good! I know Larry (we used to play a lot of Harpoon together), and I know he knows subs.
I'm itchin' to read it and maybe even make-up a scenario or two around it. |
Larry Bond and Tom Clancy are my favorite authors bar none! In my opinion, Bond blows Clancy out of the water in writing detailed combat novels.
His last three works have been of the Clancy-ish Special Ops genre. I’d love to see him try another novel similar to either Red Phoenix, Cauldron, or Vortex.
Bill, how about sending a “ping” to Mr. Bond about his future topics? 
(Actually, he is supposed to be very superstitious in talking about unfinished or future works in process.) :nope: |
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Overkill
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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I'll be glad to read a good modern day sub novel again.  |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Larry Bond wrote Red Phoenix right? Excellent book. |
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XabbaRus
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't find Red Phoenix as good as Cauldron or Vortex. |
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Scion
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Bill Nichols wrote: | | (we used to play a lot of Harpoon together), |
You are the luckiest guy on the planet  |
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Slick
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | Larry Bond wrote Red Phoenix right? Excellent book. |
Yes, and he "co-authored" Red Storm Rising with Tom Clancy.
I thought Red Phoenix was his best, but all three of his first were real page-turners as was RSR. |
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XabbaRus
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yea it shows with RSR that Clancy had help.
The only really decent novel by Clancy for readability and techno- nuttines is The Hunt For Red October. |
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