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Rogue Submarine #4
Rogue Defender: Rogue Submarine, Book 4
Book four of the Rogue Submarine a crew of mercenary submarine sailors and an ex-US naval officer take on the largest military force on Earth.
North Korea has crossed the Demilitarized Zone; the United States is hit by electromagnetic pulse attacks; and the Middle East is unraveling. Has Armageddon begun, or is a mortal puppet master pulling the strings?
Regardless of the answer, the US military is too overwhelmed by global events to continue protecting Taiwan. Chinese troops have gained a foothold on Taiwanese soil, and the tiny island nation has been stripped of her allies. Faced with impending destruction, the Taiwanese will do anything to survive, even if it means crossing the line into nuclear warfare. Their plan is desperate, and quite possibly insane. There's only one man crazy enough to carry it former naval officer-turned renegade, Jake Slate.
North Korea has crossed the Demilitarized Zone; the United States is hit by electromagnetic pulse attacks; and the Middle East is unraveling. Has Armageddon begun, or is a mortal puppet master pulling the strings?
Regardless of the answer, the US military is too overwhelmed by global events to continue protecting Taiwan. Chinese troops have gained a foothold on Taiwanese soil, and the tiny island nation has been stripped of her allies. Faced with impending destruction, the Taiwanese will do anything to survive, even if it means crossing the line into nuclear warfare. Their plan is desperate, and quite possibly insane. There's only one man crazy enough to carry it former naval officer-turned renegade, Jake Slate.
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First published March 15, 2013
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February 19, 2018
Ok book
I don’t really want to do a review but Amazon doesn’t want to let me out of the book without writing 20 words. Stupid.
I don’t really want to do a review but Amazon doesn’t want to let me out of the book without writing 20 words. Stupid.
April 16, 2013
Rogue Defender by John R. Monteith
This is the fourth novel in a series of naval action thrillers. Here are links to my previous reviews: Rogue Crusader and then Rogue Avenger and finally Rogue Betrayer.
http://bookrevues.blogspot.com/2012/0...
http://bookrevues.blogspot.com/2012/0...
http://bookrevues.blogspot.com/2012/1...
or see them here on Goodreads.
This novel again pulls from the headlines of the world. North Korea is implicated in a scheme to increase the vulnerability of Taiwan. Jake Slate and Pierre Renard are determined to thwart the scheme.
This is my least favorite book of the series. Jake seems to vacillate between schizophrenia and normalcy. The characterizations are fine if you have read the previous books but this would be a difficult book to read as a stand alone.
The descriptive aspects of the book have changed as well with words like sauntered into a room used instead of simply walking into the room. It seemed more contrived and thesaurus oriented.
Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed the book but it doesn’t seem to have the chutzpa of the previous works.
This is the fourth novel in a series of naval action thrillers. Here are links to my previous reviews: Rogue Crusader and then Rogue Avenger and finally Rogue Betrayer.
http://bookrevues.blogspot.com/2012/0...
http://bookrevues.blogspot.com/2012/0...
http://bookrevues.blogspot.com/2012/1...
or see them here on Goodreads.
This novel again pulls from the headlines of the world. North Korea is implicated in a scheme to increase the vulnerability of Taiwan. Jake Slate and Pierre Renard are determined to thwart the scheme.
This is my least favorite book of the series. Jake seems to vacillate between schizophrenia and normalcy. The characterizations are fine if you have read the previous books but this would be a difficult book to read as a stand alone.
The descriptive aspects of the book have changed as well with words like sauntered into a room used instead of simply walking into the room. It seemed more contrived and thesaurus oriented.
Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed the book but it doesn’t seem to have the chutzpa of the previous works.
January 23, 2016
John Monteith's ROGUE DEFENDER is the fourth installment in the "Rogue" series, and is yet another testament to both the author's skill and his submarine experience.
Jake Slate is back, but this time he knows his heart may not be in his latest mercenary mission. Still, he agrees to help his friend Pierre defend Taiwan against mainland China's aggression, which the United States is unwilling to do. The stakes ratchet ever higher as the use of tactical nuclear weapons by the Taiwanese is first considered and then authorized, threatening to escalate the entire region into a full on nuclear fight. In the moment of truth, with his finger on the trigger, will Jake kill again, or will he let his anger guide him to a less violent solution?
Monteith's "Rogue" series are full of solid technical facts coupled with keen storytelling. As with the first three, this moves quickly and keeps the reader engaged throughout, climaxing in an unforeseen but rewardable conclusion to this chapter.
If you like Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, Jeff Edwards, Dale Brown, etc, you need to give Monteith a shot.
Jake Slate is back, but this time he knows his heart may not be in his latest mercenary mission. Still, he agrees to help his friend Pierre defend Taiwan against mainland China's aggression, which the United States is unwilling to do. The stakes ratchet ever higher as the use of tactical nuclear weapons by the Taiwanese is first considered and then authorized, threatening to escalate the entire region into a full on nuclear fight. In the moment of truth, with his finger on the trigger, will Jake kill again, or will he let his anger guide him to a less violent solution?
Monteith's "Rogue" series are full of solid technical facts coupled with keen storytelling. As with the first three, this moves quickly and keeps the reader engaged throughout, climaxing in an unforeseen but rewardable conclusion to this chapter.
If you like Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, Jeff Edwards, Dale Brown, etc, you need to give Monteith a shot.
April 18, 2013
I should point out that I have not read the previous novels in the series, thus I lacked what the main character had encountered previously. What I found most confusing was trying to keep straight who actually owned which submarines versus who was currently operating them. I did not have time to "take notes" and keep things straight.
June 1, 2013
The main character of a thriller should not be whiney and annoying. There is no place for such protracted vulnerable soul searching.
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