Someone once called Poyer "the thinking man's Tom Clancy" and I'd have to agree. He creates fantastic action and settings so well you feel like you're there (I'd never have even condsidered there'd be oil floating on top of the water in the Middle East). The main character in this series, Dan Len...
David Poyer is one of my favorite writers. Dan Lenson is the primary protagonist in this naval series and he is a fascinating, troubled character representing at the same time an ideal, intelligent and highly competent naval officer and an alcoholic, self-doubting man always on the edge of either...
#7 in the Dan Lenson series.Dan Lenson series - Set in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, a team of five U.S. Marines plus Lt. Comdr. Dan Lenson (a navy missile expert) and army Maj. Maureen Maddox (a biological warfare savant) moves across 500 miles of desert, from Saudi Arabia to Baghdad, trying...
I don't read military thrillers anymore. After 20 years serving in the Navy, I've outgrown military novels. I mention this one because when i read it, I was stationed aboard a brand new amphibious assault ship called the Wasp. The character in this novel, Dan Lenson, is a newly minted staff offic...