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Title: Poyer Reverts back to the Crazy Captain Theme
Review: I am a fan of David Poyer. The long-suffering Dan Lenson feels like my friend. But, in his early books Poyer had what I call his "Crazy Captain" theme. Seemingly every Captain that Dan served under was a nut case. I can only assume that David had some "Crazy Captain" experience of his own that makes the theme so real for him.I was thrilled when he left that theme behind in "The Command" for example.But in "The Threat" the theme of the psychologically tortured mind makes my friend Dan into a bumbling jerk who screws up every good thing in his life.David, your readers don't buy your books in order to read about screw-up heroes with performance problems. We have enough problems of our own.Stick with the great settings and high adventure. Drop the mental angst.Buy the book and read it. But, don't be surprised if you come away angry at Poyer over what he does to our friend Dan.
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