Red Ice by R. Karl Largent

Commander T. C. Bogner #2

by R. Karl Largent

RED MENACE After the USSR collapsed, the United States and its powerful allies were content with the new world order. But Russian scientists were constructing a technological marvel that would bring their leaders the power they craved.RED SECRETS Then Russian intelligence sent the Chinese spy sabotage the project to the bottom of the Barents Sea – along with the last copy of the Lyoto-Straf's computer files. And whoever got there first would control humanity's destiny.RED TERROR Deep beneath the frigid waters to lay the design for a doomsday device, the commander T.C. Bogner was sent on a high-tech chase to retrieve it – at any cost.

Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

R. Karl Largent, a.k.a. Robin Karl or Simon Lawrence, is an author, lecturer, and columnist who teaches writing at Tri-State University. Before launching his writing career, he spent 30 years in industry, the last 17 as VP of Marketing for a Fortune 500 multinational. A former horse show judge and trainer of youth horses, he competed in SCCA road racing events, flew as a weather observer in the USAF, completed a tour of duty in the Arctic and served with the U.S. Weather Bureau.

R. Karl Largent is the author of over 600 columns. He has also authored nearly two dozen novels including the bestselling "Red" series. He has also written six non-fiction books as well as numerous articles for magazines, newspapers and other publications.

Reviews

[Tomasz · Rating 2 out of 5]

There is a sentence on the cover claiming that author can be called 2nd Tom Clancy. Unfortunately this book did not convince me to agree with such judgement. Action is built, built, built and suddenly book ends. No real tension, no reading till late night. My time wasn't completely wasted but there are many better action thrillers.

[Fred Rayworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was actually disappointed when one of my favorite icky bug authors switched genres and went for military style thrillers. However, since I loved his writing, I just had to get anything R Karl Largent wrote. Red Ice was one of the first T.C. Bogner novels I found. I originally read it twenty years ago but never go to review it until now (as of 2015).

Always a huge fan, I was not disappointed in Red Ice. Largent kept his same style and form and translated it into an outstanding thriller. Told in solid third-person with brisk narrative and not bogged down in any rambling exposition, this story is on par with any of the thriller greats of not only then, but now.

I was sad to hear of his passing years ago and his stories are a fine legacy to a great writer. Red Ice is no exception. It is well worth the search to find a copy. Highly recommended.

[BradMD · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bored early. Quit reading at page 92.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was better than Red Tide. A little more action-packed and a better mystery. There were some odd Russian names that the author chose which took some getting used to. Namely, one of the characters was named E-Alexa Chinko. I've never seen a first name spelled like that and am not aware if that is a Russian custom. I've read Tom Clancy and have never seen a name like that in his books.

Tom Clancy is a better author than Largent, despite what the fact that the cover says it "out Clancy's Clancy", it doesn't.

But, I'm interested in seeing where Red Skies takes TC Bogner.