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Dreamland #10
Revolution
Pub 2012-09-25 560 English HarperCollins US In a volatile world. America's worst nightmares canbecome real-anywhere. anytime. and with no warning.But there is one potent a top-secret military facility in the Nevada desert where the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed. Masters of astonishing military technology that enables them to deploy almost instantaneously to any part of the Earth. the Dreamland team must now stop a dangerous revolution in the making in Eastern Europe-where a mysterious group of insurgents has blown up an essential pipeline. thereby disrupting Europe's gas supply. With NATO and the EU paralyzed by the crisis. it falls to Dreamland's best and brightest to keep the world from the brink of another Cold War.But the secret hand of an old enemy is pulling the strings from the shadows. hoping...
496 pages, Paperback
First published October 28, 2008
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Dale Brown
143 books1,135 followersFormer U.S. Air Force captain Dale Brown is the superstar author of 25 consecutive New York Times best-selling military-action-aviation adventure novels: FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG (1987), SILVER TOWER (1988), DAY OF THE CHEETAH (1989), HAMMERHEADS (1990), SKY MASTERS (1991), NIGHT OF THE HAWK (1992), CHAINS OF COMMAND (1993), STORMING HEAVEN (1994), SHADOWS OF STEEL (1996) and FATAL TERRAIN (1997), THE TIN MAN (1998), BATTLE BORN (1999), and WARRIOR CLASS (2001). His Fourteenth Novel AIRBATTLE FORCE will be published in late Spring 2003... Dale's novels are published in 11 languages and distributed to over 70 countries. Worldwide sales of his novels, audiobooks and computer games exceed 10 million copies.
Dale was born in Buffalo, New York on November 2, 1956. He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Western European History and received an Air Force commission in 1978. He was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber, and is the recipient of several military decorations and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon.
Dale was also one of the nation's first Air Force ROTC cadets to qualify for and complete the grueling three-week U.S. Army Airborne Infantry paratrooper training course.
Dale is a director and volunteer pilot for AirLifeLine, a non-profit national charitable medical transportation organization who fly needy persons free of charge to receive treatment. He also supports a number of organizations to support and promote law enforcement and reading.
Dale Brown is a member of The Writers Guild and a Life Member of the Air Force Association and U.S. Naval Institute. He is a multi-engine and instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found in the skies all across the United States, piloting his own plane. On the ground, Dale enjoys tennis, skiing, scuba diving, and hockey. Dale, his wife Diane, and son Hunter live near the shores of Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Dale was born in Buffalo, New York on November 2, 1956. He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Western European History and received an Air Force commission in 1978. He was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber, and is the recipient of several military decorations and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon.
Dale was also one of the nation's first Air Force ROTC cadets to qualify for and complete the grueling three-week U.S. Army Airborne Infantry paratrooper training course.
Dale is a director and volunteer pilot for AirLifeLine, a non-profit national charitable medical transportation organization who fly needy persons free of charge to receive treatment. He also supports a number of organizations to support and promote law enforcement and reading.
Dale Brown is a member of The Writers Guild and a Life Member of the Air Force Association and U.S. Naval Institute. He is a multi-engine and instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found in the skies all across the United States, piloting his own plane. On the ground, Dale enjoys tennis, skiing, scuba diving, and hockey. Dale, his wife Diane, and son Hunter live near the shores of Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
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January 14, 2026
Have enjoyed reading the Dreamland series of books so far, so thought I would continue with another one. The characters have grown on me, so of course need to see what challenges they face next in their personal and professional lives.
With the introduction of a new “by the book” general to oversee (and in his mind straighten-up) the tightly knit group of “cowboys”…seemed like an unnecessary addition to the group, in my opinion. His “pre-formed attitudes” about the staff under his new command seemed formulaic and predictable, which kind of made the novel drag for a while. The training on the flight apparatus for Zen to get him “mobile” and Breanna’s recovery progress also slowed the novel’s flow for a while too. These were of course necessary storylines for what was to come later in the novel, but maybe could have been covered in less pages possibly.
The rest of the story though added the usual intrigue and suspense that I continue to read books in this series for. A plausible scenario for a coup in a former member state of the broken apart Soviet Union going through the struggles of transitioning from dictatorship to democracy added the right amount of fast paced action and suspense to get the story moving along.
This isn’t really a series to make you “think”, but rather just to escape into a world of action where reality gets slightly skewed, people put themselves in harms way, and use technically advanced tools to “do the right thing”, for the greater good. There are enough unanswered questions about what is next for the main characters to make the reader look forward to the next novel as well.
With the introduction of a new “by the book” general to oversee (and in his mind straighten-up) the tightly knit group of “cowboys”…seemed like an unnecessary addition to the group, in my opinion. His “pre-formed attitudes” about the staff under his new command seemed formulaic and predictable, which kind of made the novel drag for a while. The training on the flight apparatus for Zen to get him “mobile” and Breanna’s recovery progress also slowed the novel’s flow for a while too. These were of course necessary storylines for what was to come later in the novel, but maybe could have been covered in less pages possibly.
The rest of the story though added the usual intrigue and suspense that I continue to read books in this series for. A plausible scenario for a coup in a former member state of the broken apart Soviet Union going through the struggles of transitioning from dictatorship to democracy added the right amount of fast paced action and suspense to get the story moving along.
This isn’t really a series to make you “think”, but rather just to escape into a world of action where reality gets slightly skewed, people put themselves in harms way, and use technically advanced tools to “do the right thing”, for the greater good. There are enough unanswered questions about what is next for the main characters to make the reader look forward to the next novel as well.
September 11, 2019
I enjoyed the story of this thrilling military adventure. Probably would have given it 4 stars if there wasn’t so much tech mixed in. While I agree that it is exciting, and important to the story, it was a little too much for me. I like the play by play aspect of the action from all different angles. Thinking about moving on. Mostly because I liked the characters and would like to continue their story.
There is some language, but not a lot.
There is some language, but not a lot.
December 25, 2018
No surprises
No surprises in the plot line. But if you read more than one or two of Brown’s megafortress books, you get his style, and you begin to look for other things.
In this book, all of the Americans are well-known, so you look at character development in the Romanians.
A few new gadgets. Putting an attack laser in a B1 is a nice fantasy to explore. The author did not try to make the laser operation into a death ray, but seemed to describe a plausible effect for how it works. My only disbelief is how the device can keep the laser on one spot for several seconds, from a long range, between two points in space that are rapidly changing relationship to one another. But it’s a good concept.
No surprises in the plot line. But if you read more than one or two of Brown’s megafortress books, you get his style, and you begin to look for other things.
In this book, all of the Americans are well-known, so you look at character development in the Romanians.
A few new gadgets. Putting an attack laser in a B1 is a nice fantasy to explore. The author did not try to make the laser operation into a death ray, but seemed to describe a plausible effect for how it works. My only disbelief is how the device can keep the laser on one spot for several seconds, from a long range, between two points in space that are rapidly changing relationship to one another. But it’s a good concept.
May 2, 2019
India and Pakistan are out to have a nuclear war. Dreamland stops it by using T-rays that fried all of the electrical circuits in both countries and the bombs. The dreamtean sets out to get the bombs.
November 15, 2014
Dale Brown is “one of the best at marrying high-tech military wizardry with a compelling plot,” according to the Houston Chronicle. The Tulsa World says Brown “writes about weapons beyond a mere mortal’s imagination.” All of that is on display in this 2008 edition from Brown and co-writer Jim DeFelice’s Dreamland Series.
Try to imagine a mammoth B-52 loaded with laser weapons and command and control centers directing unmanned fighter drones loaded with missiles and bombs. Try to imagine a B-1 bomber in a dog fight with Russian-built Mig-29’s. Try to imagine jet packs strapped to the body of a lone skydiver who’s shot out of a B-52 at 32,000 feet. Try to imagine Skype-like video communications from flight helmet to flight helmet. You get the idea. The Dreamland Series is more like Star Wars or Battlestar Gallactica on steroids.
Dreamland Revolution isn’t all about the military hardware. Brown and DeFelice mix in a little drama and even a dash of romance here and there. Spoiler alert: there’s a lot of dramatic tension between Major General Terrill and his predecessor at Dreamland, Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh Bastian. There’s even tension between Bastian’s underlings, Major Jeffrey Stockard, (his son-in-law), and Bastian’s daughter, Captain Breanna Stockard, Jeffrey’s wife. Not to mention the political intrigue in Romania between its president and one of his treasonous generals.
Beyond the “high-tech military wizardry” that jumps out of every page here, (which is beyond this mortal’s imagination), I found a couple of other plot points that crossed over the line of believability. Could a paralyzed paraplegic be put in command of a real-life U.S. Air Force unmanned bomber program? Could that same injured airman be married to an active duty Air Force officer and both be under the command of the woman’s father? Could all three be involved in air combat over Romania together? Would today’s Air Force allow such nepotism? I'll let the reader decide.
If you can swallow all that and also put up with Brown and Defelice’s insistence on using military nicknames for all the main characters and if you can keep up with the mind boggling maneuvers “Earthmover, Dog, Zen and Rap” perform while fighting off incoming Soviet, air-to-air missiles over Romania, then in the words of the New York Times, you’ve got yourself “quite a ride.”
Try to imagine a mammoth B-52 loaded with laser weapons and command and control centers directing unmanned fighter drones loaded with missiles and bombs. Try to imagine a B-1 bomber in a dog fight with Russian-built Mig-29’s. Try to imagine jet packs strapped to the body of a lone skydiver who’s shot out of a B-52 at 32,000 feet. Try to imagine Skype-like video communications from flight helmet to flight helmet. You get the idea. The Dreamland Series is more like Star Wars or Battlestar Gallactica on steroids.
Dreamland Revolution isn’t all about the military hardware. Brown and DeFelice mix in a little drama and even a dash of romance here and there. Spoiler alert: there’s a lot of dramatic tension between Major General Terrill and his predecessor at Dreamland, Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh Bastian. There’s even tension between Bastian’s underlings, Major Jeffrey Stockard, (his son-in-law), and Bastian’s daughter, Captain Breanna Stockard, Jeffrey’s wife. Not to mention the political intrigue in Romania between its president and one of his treasonous generals.
Beyond the “high-tech military wizardry” that jumps out of every page here, (which is beyond this mortal’s imagination), I found a couple of other plot points that crossed over the line of believability. Could a paralyzed paraplegic be put in command of a real-life U.S. Air Force unmanned bomber program? Could that same injured airman be married to an active duty Air Force officer and both be under the command of the woman’s father? Could all three be involved in air combat over Romania together? Would today’s Air Force allow such nepotism? I'll let the reader decide.
If you can swallow all that and also put up with Brown and Defelice’s insistence on using military nicknames for all the main characters and if you can keep up with the mind boggling maneuvers “Earthmover, Dog, Zen and Rap” perform while fighting off incoming Soviet, air-to-air missiles over Romania, then in the words of the New York Times, you’ve got yourself “quite a ride.”
December 27, 2014
After finishing the original Dreamland series centered on Patrick McLanahan, I was reluctant to get into this new series, as it was co-written, rather than written solely by Dale Brown. I feared the quality of the original series would suffer. I'm delighted to say I was wrong. The new series is more exciting than the original series. I can hardly set the books down when I near the ends.
This book continues the excellence of the series. I've not read them in strict order, as a few are not available for electronic devices and I'm reluctant to order hard cover or paperback books due to having too many, and a lack of storage space. So I only have the ones in Kindle format and skipped the others. I've found that the books stand on their own nicely, although there are some references to previous events from other books.
This book continues the excellence of the series. I've not read them in strict order, as a few are not available for electronic devices and I'm reluctant to order hard cover or paperback books due to having too many, and a lack of storage space. So I only have the ones in Kindle format and skipped the others. I've found that the books stand on their own nicely, although there are some references to previous events from other books.
April 23, 2015
It wasn't great. I remain a steadfast Dale Brown fan, but I've always preferred the Patrick McClanahan books over the Dreamland series, and this is a good example why. The plot works for most of the book, but falls apart in its believably towards the end. The characters are a little flatter than the McClanahan cast, and the dialogue feels a little weaker. That said, the action scenes are on par with everything else he writes, and it certainly has its exciting points. Overall, I'd stick with Patrick over the Dreamland crew.
July 1, 2013
The masters of astonishing military technology that enables them to deploy almost instantaneously to any part of the Earth, the Dreamland team must now stop a dangerous revolution in the making in Eastern Europe—wherea mysterious group of insurgents has blown up an essential pipeline, thereby disrupting Europe's gas supply.
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December 21, 2008
Brown's action scenes and explanation of gadgetry and how it's used is captivating, but the rest of the book made me want more actoin and gadgetry.
October 30, 2012
AWESOME as per usual... :D
February 6, 2013
Despite the fact Dale Brown has written a few very good novels, I found this story boring and over political. I cannot recommend it at all. 1 of 10 stars
October 19, 2015
Fairly engaging. I liked this better than the stories based heavily on the middle east.
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