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Rogue Warrior #15
Domino Theory
When the Rogue Warrior travels to India to help supervise security arrangements for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, he and his team find themselves up to their skivvies in terrorists of all types--Pakistanis. But it’s not just the Games that are being targeted for disruption--Demo Dick and his young bucks uncover a plot to steal all seventy nuclear warheads the Indians have amassed for war against the Pakistanis.
Rogue Warrior must overcome various obstacles to prevent disaster: a high-tech remote controlled attack helicopter that makes the Apache look like a child’s toy, an ominous chemical factory about to go boom, and tea and crumpets with the Queen.
We're just kidding about the Queen.
Marcinko and DeFelice sprinkle the action with trademark Rogue Warrior humor and non-PC asides in the latest installment of the best-selling series. As usual, the plot mixes fact with fiction, and incorporates some of the original SEAL Team 6 skipper’s recent experiences in India.
352 pages, Hardcover
First published May 10, 2011
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Richard Marcinko
59 books243 followersRichard Marcinko is the author of the Rogue Warrior thrillers and is a living, breathing hero honored with the silver star and four bronze stars for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals and other honors. After serving in Vietnam, he went on to start and command SEAL Team 6, the Navy's anti-terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high-level anti-terrorist unit. Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company and now lives in Warrington, Virginia.
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December 17, 2013
“Rogue Warrior: Domino Theory” by Richard Marcinko and Jim DeFelice is another in this action adventure series featuring Richard Marcinco, aka Demo Dick, aka the Rogue Warrior, and his band of elite warriors battling international terrorism. What starts out as a simple mission to help India beef up security for the hosted Commonwealth Games (something Red Cell is very apt at), becomes much more when the team finds themselves in the middle of a terrorist plot that could have world wide consequences.
All of the favorites are here: Trace, Doc, Mongoose, Shotgun, Junior, and of course the story teller himself, Richard Marcinco. If you have read the others in the series, you know what to expect. This book follows along with the formula that's worked, and will continue to work for those who enjoy this genre. It's not new, but it's a different setting. It's light, action packed, with the humor Marcinco likes to bring to these stories.
The tale twists and turns and has plenty of action, and enough technology and international politics to make one wonder what just might be real and what's fiction. Sometimes the lines become blurred and it is hard to determine, which is one of the things that makes these books fun.
And that is exactly what this book is for. Fun. It's an enjoyable action yarn with memorable and likable characters. I'm looking forward to the next one.
All of the favorites are here: Trace, Doc, Mongoose, Shotgun, Junior, and of course the story teller himself, Richard Marcinco. If you have read the others in the series, you know what to expect. This book follows along with the formula that's worked, and will continue to work for those who enjoy this genre. It's not new, but it's a different setting. It's light, action packed, with the humor Marcinco likes to bring to these stories.
The tale twists and turns and has plenty of action, and enough technology and international politics to make one wonder what just might be real and what's fiction. Sometimes the lines become blurred and it is hard to determine, which is one of the things that makes these books fun.
And that is exactly what this book is for. Fun. It's an enjoyable action yarn with memorable and likable characters. I'm looking forward to the next one.
March 30, 2012
Good book, just a few spots where I felt like he was writing to a kid.
April 11, 2023
RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: WHEN IN INDIA DON’T DRINK OR BATHE IN THE WATER & MARCINKO & STORY GETTING OLD.
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Commander Marcinko and the gang are hired to train and test Indian security forces, as well as protect the Commonwealth Games that are about to take place. The early scenes which encompass a raid on terrorists… falsely leads the reader to believe this book will be up to the lofty standards of the early “Rogue Warrior” and his “Red Cell” playmates. I have been a loyal “Rogue Warrior” fan from day one, and have read every book, and unfortunately Marcinko “ain’t” what he used to be as an author and storyteller. Interestingly enough, one thing I do give “Demo-Dick” credit for is that unlike such writers as the late Robert B. Parker with his Spenser series, Marcinko openly ages himself… and pokes fun at himself as he diminishes his participation in certain attacks… and unabashedly browbeats himself regarding some of his athletic skills.
I know the original “Rogue Warrior” would never bow to political correctness… and he always lampoons that very idea throughout his books… but his lack of real… and I mean real ball-busting-comradery… that real members of the military (and I can testify to that first hand) consider a show of friendship and endearment… is a thousandth of what earlier books considered standard fair. Additionally the booze “flows like mud” in this episode… as compared to flowing like Niagara Falls in the old days. The saga is dragged out excruciatingly slow and meandering… and about the only thing that affects the reader is how dirty the water is… how much the water stinks… how much sludge and waste… they walk through… swim through… and are engulfed in. The only character that is appealing enough for the reader to hope shows up in coming pages is six-foot-eight-three-hundred-pound Paul “SHOTGUN” Fox. Shotgun who has a love affair with Twinkies, Drakes Cakes, Peanuts… and any other junk food known to mankind anywhere on this planet… isn’t prevalent enough to save this drooping saga.
There are one or two very short back-handed mockery’s of Secretary Of State Clinton that do produce a giggle, but overall this episode needs a large infusion of what originally made this series great. I also feel that a change of scenery to the United States would help provide a better stage for the *hell-raising-hard-drinking-hard-playing-guttural-insubordinate-string-pulling-Dirty-Dozen-like* band of scoundrels we fell in love with. (But seemed to be AWOL in India!)
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Commander Marcinko and the gang are hired to train and test Indian security forces, as well as protect the Commonwealth Games that are about to take place. The early scenes which encompass a raid on terrorists… falsely leads the reader to believe this book will be up to the lofty standards of the early “Rogue Warrior” and his “Red Cell” playmates. I have been a loyal “Rogue Warrior” fan from day one, and have read every book, and unfortunately Marcinko “ain’t” what he used to be as an author and storyteller. Interestingly enough, one thing I do give “Demo-Dick” credit for is that unlike such writers as the late Robert B. Parker with his Spenser series, Marcinko openly ages himself… and pokes fun at himself as he diminishes his participation in certain attacks… and unabashedly browbeats himself regarding some of his athletic skills.
I know the original “Rogue Warrior” would never bow to political correctness… and he always lampoons that very idea throughout his books… but his lack of real… and I mean real ball-busting-comradery… that real members of the military (and I can testify to that first hand) consider a show of friendship and endearment… is a thousandth of what earlier books considered standard fair. Additionally the booze “flows like mud” in this episode… as compared to flowing like Niagara Falls in the old days. The saga is dragged out excruciatingly slow and meandering… and about the only thing that affects the reader is how dirty the water is… how much the water stinks… how much sludge and waste… they walk through… swim through… and are engulfed in. The only character that is appealing enough for the reader to hope shows up in coming pages is six-foot-eight-three-hundred-pound Paul “SHOTGUN” Fox. Shotgun who has a love affair with Twinkies, Drakes Cakes, Peanuts… and any other junk food known to mankind anywhere on this planet… isn’t prevalent enough to save this drooping saga.
There are one or two very short back-handed mockery’s of Secretary Of State Clinton that do produce a giggle, but overall this episode needs a large infusion of what originally made this series great. I also feel that a change of scenery to the United States would help provide a better stage for the *hell-raising-hard-drinking-hard-playing-guttural-insubordinate-string-pulling-Dirty-Dozen-like* band of scoundrels we fell in love with. (But seemed to be AWOL in India!)
June 6, 2018
OUTSTANDING! PURE GENIUS!
WOW! Demo Dick had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. I never saw the end coming the way it did! Outstanding book! I will recommend this book to everyone i know. Thank you Captain Marcinko for another excellent adventure!
WOW! Demo Dick had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. I never saw the end coming the way it did! Outstanding book! I will recommend this book to everyone i know. Thank you Captain Marcinko for another excellent adventure!
June 26, 2018
Love his books.
November 8, 2014
Another fun "Rogue Warrior" adventure this time set in India. Plenty of the action, politically incorrect humour, and international intrigue that longtime readers would expect from a Marcinko book....but I gotta say, the Jim DeFelice co-authored novels aren't as fun as the ones ol' Demo Dick wrote with John Weisman. Among other things, the Ten Commandments of SpecWar and the Glossary are conspicuous by their absence. Also, while in every other Rogue Warrior novel, the villains (the organization, flunkies, and head honchos alike) were clearly defined from the get-go, here the villains are more nebulous, with no clearly defined leader.
Nice to see old team members like Doc Tremblay and Trace Dahlgren, and Mongoose and Shotgun are cool new additions to the team, but I gotta admit I miss a lot of the old crew like "Stevie Wonder," Boomerang, Duckfoot Dewey, and so forth.
Still entertaining and worth reading, druthers aside. Hooyah.
Nice to see old team members like Doc Tremblay and Trace Dahlgren, and Mongoose and Shotgun are cool new additions to the team, but I gotta admit I miss a lot of the old crew like "Stevie Wonder," Boomerang, Duckfoot Dewey, and so forth.
Still entertaining and worth reading, druthers aside. Hooyah.
May 20, 2012
As always, a great quick read with plenty of action, gruff language, and lots of dead tangos has Mr. Marcinko has taught us these past decades.
I Salute you Mr. Marcinko in bringing these great adventures from your colorful and strong lived life.
I Salute you Mr. Marcinko in bringing these great adventures from your colorful and strong lived life.
July 4, 2011
Entertaining but not up to the standards of Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, WEB Griffin, et al. I have really enjoyed many of Jim Defelice's collaborations this was OK but there are better adventure books/writers out there. If you are looking for better Navy SEALS stories try Patrick Robinson.
October 3, 2011
Why do I continue to torture myself with this guy?
October 29, 2011
I didn't care for Marcinko's writing style but I'll try one more to see if I will like it better.
July 26, 2013
Good read, strong formula for his style, but enjoyable. A little egotistically strong for my taste, but great action and decent characters.
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March 29, 2014A good read not as good as previous Rogue Warrior titles but still an enjoyable read.
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July 8, 2017Great book! Enjoy reading Richard Marcinko's books.
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