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Title: Too Much Gee-Whiz, Not Enough Story
Review: I read a lot of military/techno thrillers in the Tom Clancy vein, so I was excited to pick up this book. I was barely able to get through it. I like "tech" as much as the next guy, but in this book Dale Brown seems to pile the technical details of weapons systems, satellites, and aircraft (and futuristic toys) on top of each other just to demonstrate how smart he is. The details frequently do little to advance the story.I found the characters to be without nuance. The "good guy" is always right, the "bad" guy is always wrong. Brown's depiction of how senior military officers behave towards one another is, in my view, far fetched. These are Generals, not boot camp trainees.All in all, a clever premise for a major military conflict that left me unsatisfied in the telling.
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