The President of the United States, Christine Todd, has her
full slate of battles to fight, some political, some
military and some highly personal. Despite all the
competing
priorities, her focus is on ensuring that the Iranians do
not get to fully develop their nuclear capabilities. That
would be far too dangerous, but how to stop them?
Meanwhile Brenna Stockard, Head of the Department of
Defense
Office of Special Technology and Director of the elite
joint
CIA-Defense Department called Whiplash, ponders over the
most optimal strategy. They could send in bombers, but the
fallout could have terrible consequences. They could use
the
very promising, but still not fully tested new nano-UAVs
(unmanned aerial vehicles), but they still need a pilot to
help guide them. The only one pilot who had the training
and
skills is Capt. Turk Mako, a top ace test pilot. Could they
afford to send in this valuable asset on what is almost a
suicide mission? How could they afford not to take this
option? With very tight timeframes, can Turk manage to get
in place to handle the mission? If he does, can he get
back
out of Iran alive?
Written by New York Times best-selling author Dale Brown
and
Jim DeFelice, DRONE STRIKE is the fifteenth book in the
Dreamland
Thriller series. Similar to others in the series,
DRONE
STRIKE reads equally well as a stand-alone read or as a
continuing part of the series which will be well
appreciated
by it legions of existing fans.
The story opens quietly enough as Turk, flying an old, but
highly modified Phantom-4, handles a demo of the new Hydras
technology for the stern Vice Admiral Blackheart. Like a
roller coaster slowly climbing to a high steep grade, this
scene sets the stage for readers to get to know Turk, his
attitudes, and learn about the new nanotechnology, along
with its strengths ad current shortcomings. From this
vantage point, Brown and DeFelice quickly speed up the
action and gets the readers' hearts pumping. With a well-
constructed and researched plot, readers are instantly
pulled in the arid deserts and air space over Iran as Turk
gets guided to his mission accompanied only by a small, but
highly skilled Delta Force Team and a very nervous and
sweat-soaked small plane pilot.
One of the things I also like about the Brown and DeFelice
writing team is that they do a very effective balancing act
in showing respect for the enemy's (in this case Iran)
capabilities and shortcomings and as well as developing the
enemy side's characters as realistically human similar to
how they develop the American ones. This is both a blessing
and a curse as there are many strong and likeable secondary
characters in DRONE STRIKE, but the body count is very
high.
Brown and DeFelice also highlight how easily mission plans
and small changes can cause situations to quickly spiral
out
of control with very unintended actions, especially in
unstable environments. DRONE STRIKE also gives a real
sense
of what it is like to be in a military role, their thoughts
and the conditions they have to endure. New and existing
fans are sure to be caught up in the terse and fast paced
plot as the action and conditions change quickly. Fans of
military and fast action adventures stories are sure to
relish DRONE STRIKE! Enjoy!
On the President's orders . . . one man is tasked with
averting nuclear warWhen the U.S. develops intelligence
showing that Iran is in the final stages of assembling a
nuclear bomb, the President orders Breanna Stockard and the
Whiplash team to destroy it before the renegade nation can
destabilize the shaky Middle East. Left with no other
choice, Stockard sends young Air Force ace Turk Mako behind
enemy lines. His orders: pilot a squadron of high-tech
nano-UAVs from inside Iran to destroy the weapon and its
assembly bunker. Turk and his accompanying Delta Force team
succeed, only to discover another site and another device.
With the fate of the region hanging in the balance, Turk
and Delta Force must fight off Revolutionary Guards,
Iranian MiGs, and the elite Quds Force to locate and
destroy the second weapon. With time running out, Turk
takes matters into his own hands, hoping to accomplish what
no machine ever could . . . stop a nuclear war before it
begins.
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