Enemy Lines

Tides of War #3

by C. Alexander London

Cory McNab is a proud member of the US Navy's Marine Mammal Program. Along with his dolphin partner, Kaj, he teaches new recruits how to work with their dolphins to locate underwater explosives, intercept enemy swimmers, and otherwise keep America safe.

When an elite squad of Navy SEALs deploys to the Black Sea, they need the assistance of every dolphin in Cory's top secret Mark Sixty team. With countless lives at stake, a special task force of SEALs, dolphins, and handlers sets out under cover of night in a desperate effort to stop a war before it starts.

But Cory and Kaj soon discover that they're in over their heads. Because the Russian military has a Marine Mammal Program of its own. And their dolphins have been trained... to kill.

Genres: Childrens, War

210 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Jude T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is about Cory McNab and his dolphin partner Kaj. Kaj and Cory are part of the navy's marine mammal program, there job is mostly locating undersea mines and intercepting enemy swimmers, but when an elite squad of Navy SEALs deploy in the Black Sea to help the Ukrainian navy and let them out of a port that has been blocked by Russian commandos, they need Cory and the Mark Sixty team's assistance. What they don't know is that the Russians have a marine mammal program with dolphins...that are trained to kill. With two divers dead, Cory's quick thinking generates a plan that could save the lives of all the other divers but that could get every one killed if it dosn't work. His plan ends up saving the lives of the SEAL divers and the Russian dolphin, but comes at a hefty, and heartbreaking cost. Find out the entire story in this book, Tides of War: Enemy Lines.

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tides of War by C. Alexander London is about Cory Mcnab, a  member of the navy’s Marine Mammal Program and his other officers are sent on a mission to free other ships from russian rebels. But when they are deployed they find out that they the russians also have dolphins. But their dolphins are trained to kill and not locate undersea mines. My favorite part is when one of the dolphins on Mcnab ‘s side is injured and killed in action because of the enemy dolphin. I suggest this book to those who like reading about the U.S navy.

[Adrian Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the book was great I love how Cory has to make hard decisions and ask himself if what he’s doing is right. At one point of the book Cory was sent to kill a Russian dolphin because it was a threat to his team, when he’s in the water with the dolphin he realizes the dolphin wasn’t the problem it was the people that are giving commands to the dolphin so he decided not to inject the dolphin and take the risk of getting yelled at by the commander.

[Aj Bronson]

This book, in my opinion, was amazing. I've read the book "dog tags" also from Alexander London was about the same amount of action goodness as tides of war. Truly, a thrilling book that everyone can enjoy plus, it's not too long or too short, just the right size.

[Ethen Huebner · Rating 5 out of 5]

it pretty goooood

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing

[Grey Glaser · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good book towards the end but took more than half the book to really be good. I would recommend this story to anyone who doesn’t care for slow books.

[Travis Christensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a navy dolphin team. The dolphins are specially trained to go and find underwater mines and other things. In this book the mark 6 dolphin team are specially trained for everything. They have to go with a team of navy seals to a island that was taken over by the Russians and they have to take it back and collect Intel.

The prologue scene is really the one scene that really stuck out to me. They are actually on the island and they are trying not to get caught they are sneaking around. They find one of the russians specially trained dolphins but the dolphins use them for offensive war. they kill the dolphin. I remember feeling really anxious during this moment in the book.

Sometimes in life you may find yourself in a situation like cory the dolphin trainer. His dolphin was retired he had already served the country before. His cammanding officer cammanded him that he will bring the dolphin on the mission. "But ma'm Kaj is retired. I don't care he is still going on the mission". (London 34)

I thought that this was a really good book it had it's ups and downs but you can say that for every book. This book was action packed and you never knew what was going to happen next. sure it took a while in the beginning to get to all the action but once it was there it was well worth it. In the end this book was a great book overall and i would recommend it to people that like these kinds of books.

[Jacob Missbrenner · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a great and touching book on saving lives in the midst of a war which would typically have you take one. The book completely deviated from the saying "Sometimes in order to save a life you need to take one" and went a 180 to Cory and his belief to save a life because in his mind war is confusing and sad, and the animals and man involved are slaves to their own doing, Basically saying that these animals such as the dolphins like Thomas and Kaj, are innocent because their life isn't dictated on their own free will but the will of those that have them in captivity. Thomas died in a brash derision by Cory to save the lives of the divers defusing the mines and he vowed to make things right. Cory was then put into operation for the assassination of the Russians marine assets or the Russian dolphin, but Cory had a trick up his sleeve. He wanted to give the Russian Dolphin a new life allowing him to live one that doesn't involve injecting divers with CO2 to kill them. He got Dr.Morris and Skunk to play along so he could inject the Dolphin not with the paralyzing drug but just a clear vitamin liquid so he could lie and say he injected him, and then get the Russian handler to get the Dolphin to move so he could lead the dolphin into the Ship and give him to the Marine program so he could get a new life, but the handler was shot but the dolphin got the command, but the CO2 injection dart on the dolphins nose also had a tracker so he took dart and placed it on Thomas's corpse and got the Dolphin and Kaj to plant C4 on the under sea mines and blow it up as they lead the Russian Commandos into the Mine field. In the end, the SEALs kept the plan to themselves saving Cory and themselves too, got the Russian Dolphin a new and better home, and helped the Crimean Peninsula by clearing the mines which would help boats and ships get through unharmed. in he end, Cory did face dilemmas, but he saved lives and kept in mind that all lives have their porpoises! (corny pun)

[Matthew Bengel]

I am on page 13 of 210.
I think its cool that a dolphin is in the navy and I hate that Cory has to kill a dolphin in the beginning of the book

[Ryan Bolourian · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book Tides of War is a very interesting and action packed book. The book is about how the army get dolphins and train them to go under water and catch bombs that nearby. At the beginning of the book it might be hard to understand what is going on, but as you keep reading the book just gets more interesting, it will get you to a point where you don't want to stop reading. I would highly recommend this book, and if you like action this is the book for you.

[Jocelyn Montalvo Cullum]

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[Jackson]

Had a lot of thrill.

[Jeannette · Rating 5 out of 5]

✅

[Victor]

Tides of War Enemy Lines was quite short but in my opinion was a bit challenging. I say this because they use a lot of military phrases in the book and I didn't understand a lot of them because I really don't really know anything about the military or how they communicate in their code names or whatever they do in general. Thankfully the book was descriptive and I was able to figure out what the words meant later in the story. Another thing that made the book challenging was when they were describing words and some of the descriptive words they were using were words that I have not learned yet. Other than that the book was easy to understand. One thing I liked about this book was that I felt a connection between the characters and I like Cory, Thomas, Skunk, and some other characters. What really made me sad and almost tear up a little bit was Thomas's death. I liked the fact that I felt sad for him because I noticed the author Alexander London did a good job on making the reader have a connection with the characters. I would recommend this book to advanced readers in sixth grade and over. my rating on this book is a 5 star out of 5.

[Ryan watson]

The story mainly takes place in the Black sea and the Crimean Peninsula. This story is about Cory McNab, leader MK 6D marine mammal team which consists of Dolphins and their handlers. Cory and his team are given a mission to disarm all the mines so that Ukrainian warships can assault the peninsula. It is easier said than done because the Russians have their own Marine Mammal program, but the only difference is that their dolphins have been trained to kill.

I like how open minded Cory McNab is because his plans always have great outcomes. People who like animal stories and action books should read this book. I recommend reading the 1st book of the series to get a better understanding of the storie line and Cory McNab. I truly recommend this book because it focuses more on emotion and thought rather than action itself. Although the plot is small and not very challenging, I think that you should still get this book.

[Zachary L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the book’s twist. Alex London is so accomplished in these middle-school level books and knows how to perfectly accomplish a story and develop it. The use of a Prologue and the hidden nature of plans are slightly annoying but create immense suspense and help to make the book enjoyable. Those it feels quite overused and seems to be a template nowadays, it still provides a thrill that is truly enjoyable.