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Rogue Warrior #11
Vengeance
The Rogue Warrior ® walks the razor's edge of alarming reality in this blazing thriller of the war on terror. Former SEAL Team Six leader Richard Marcinko and his Red Cell II team give Homeland Security a wake-up call with a series of simulated terror attacks. But there's nothing fake about the railroad bridge wired with explosives -- or the dismembered corpse -- the team unearths while they're busy scaring the daylights out of the American public. With the enemy on the brink of unleashing hell on U.S. soil, the Rogue Warrior launches an all-out international manhunt. And when it's clear that Marcinko himself is a moving target, Demo Dick wants more than dead terrorists -- he wants vengeance . . . .
464 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 31, 2005
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Richard Marcinko
62 books247 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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April 7, 2012
You know, I used to like Dick Marchinko's novels, but this one and the others with out Weisman, are horrible. I gave them a chance and read most of them. But yuk!
February 3, 2021
The Rouge Goes Stale
"Violence of Action" ended so promisingly, I assumed "Vengeance" would be just as good.
Well, as the Rouge himself used to say in his Ten Commandments of Specwar, "Thou shalt never assume."
The story lacked suspense, the fact the Rouge's romance with teammate Trace, so Bondian in "Violence of Action", was "past", an annoying (if you ask me) computer expert named Shunt, and a lame finale left me feeling like this adventure--to borrow something the man himself said two books before--was hobbled, bobbled, and badly cobbled. To cap it all, Marcinko's no holds barred condemnation of the flaws in the US Navy, the military at large, and the government were nonexistent. I was going to let this one off as a fluke, but "Holy Terror" confirmed for me that the ol' Rogue had gone stale.
"Violence of Action" ended so promisingly, I assumed "Vengeance" would be just as good.
Well, as the Rouge himself used to say in his Ten Commandments of Specwar, "Thou shalt never assume."
The story lacked suspense, the fact the Rouge's romance with teammate Trace, so Bondian in "Violence of Action", was "past", an annoying (if you ask me) computer expert named Shunt, and a lame finale left me feeling like this adventure--to borrow something the man himself said two books before--was hobbled, bobbled, and badly cobbled. To cap it all, Marcinko's no holds barred condemnation of the flaws in the US Navy, the military at large, and the government were nonexistent. I was going to let this one off as a fluke, but "Holy Terror" confirmed for me that the ol' Rogue had gone stale.
November 13, 2017
Fun adventure
A little over the top, but that's what these books are supposed to be. Gotta love Demo Dick! Kicking butt and taking names.
A little over the top, but that's what these books are supposed to be. Gotta love Demo Dick! Kicking butt and taking names.
September 22, 2020
Richard Marcinko is one of my favorite writers. He adds plenty of color to his stories and bases them on scenario's that are very realistic. He damn well should know as the Seal Team 6 founder as well as Red Cell. His real life activities hurt a lot of pride with the brass who finally got him back because he proved their security was weak and lacking. He knows his business about being thrown under the bus by the military as well as worthless, shit for brained bureaucrats. We need more men in power positions like him so we don't play tiddly winks with Russia and China. If you like socially inappropriate and terrorist getting blinked out read this.
March 10, 2021
Silly, implausible, revenge from Vietnam
March 10, 2017
This book was okay. It reads like the narcissistic fantasy of some security consultant mixing what he really does in with some potential security scenarios and a heaping pile of bull crap. Marcinko is a former SEAL and I am sure the story plays well for people interested in these narcissistic fantasies. Is it worth reading? I'm retired, I bought it for a buck and I have a lot of time on my hands. I will make that my answer.
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August 14, 2010The quality of writing in this book was evident from the opening sentence of the book, i.e.
"It was your basic freight train: big, slow, and
ugly, springs squealing like a pig in a Missouri
hog pen."
It goes downhill from there. An adventure/mystery novel about a plot against the president of the US, the hero and chief character is the very macho author himself who manages to overpower numerous opponents simultaneously, escape miraculously from impossible situations and heal overnite from grievous injuries. The author also makes a concerted effort to inject as much profanity as he can into every paragraph and most sentences (an effort which is likely wasted as the type of person who would enjoy this type of dialogue probably can't read anyway).
Stay well away from anything written by Richard Marcinko!!
"It was your basic freight train: big, slow, and
ugly, springs squealing like a pig in a Missouri
hog pen."
It goes downhill from there. An adventure/mystery novel about a plot against the president of the US, the hero and chief character is the very macho author himself who manages to overpower numerous opponents simultaneously, escape miraculously from impossible situations and heal overnite from grievous injuries. The author also makes a concerted effort to inject as much profanity as he can into every paragraph and most sentences (an effort which is likely wasted as the type of person who would enjoy this type of dialogue probably can't read anyway).
Stay well away from anything written by Richard Marcinko!!
February 1, 2015
#11 in the Rogue Warrior series. goodreads has it listed as #12 by listing The Real Team (1999) (Biographical sketches of the real Navy Seals who appear as characters in the Rogue Warrior novels) as part of the series. The current entry is the first with co-writer Jim DeFelice (a frequent co-writer with thriller writer Larry Bond) after 9 entries co-written with John Weisman and then a solo effort.
#11 - Rogue Warrior series - Red Cell II assignments for Homeland Security are getting boring but things spice up when their simulated attacks begin to overlap real terrorist activity. Things get personal when it seems that someone is targeting Dick Marcinko and using inside info to do it. Will the climax be an attack on a LNG tanker in MD or a poison gas attack in Las Vegas?
#11 - Rogue Warrior series - Red Cell II assignments for Homeland Security are getting boring but things spice up when their simulated attacks begin to overlap real terrorist activity. Things get personal when it seems that someone is targeting Dick Marcinko and using inside info to do it. Will the climax be an attack on a LNG tanker in MD or a poison gas attack in Las Vegas?
November 11, 2014
This book wasn't one of my favorites of his (Red Cell still takes the cake!), but I haven't read his stuff in awhile so maybe it just takes some getting back into. :)
I will say that I always love how his books involve to-the-minute current events. Plus I find his take on events and people, etc always interesting as you know that he KNOWS things the general public doesn't.
Looking forward to your next one in the series, Rogue. I got behind in the series for awhile, but will be caught back up soon!
I will say that I always love how his books involve to-the-minute current events. Plus I find his take on events and people, etc always interesting as you know that he KNOWS things the general public doesn't.
Looking forward to your next one in the series, Rogue. I got behind in the series for awhile, but will be caught back up soon!
January 21, 2015
These are all running together.
Too farfetched, though I admit I was frightened for the guy. No I wasn't. In life, fiction, or not-quite, Marcinko makes it out. Maybe with some scars, but that's just a trophy.
Too farfetched, though I admit I was frightened for the guy. No I wasn't. In life, fiction, or not-quite, Marcinko makes it out. Maybe with some scars, but that's just a trophy.
December 7, 2019
I didn't see the end coming!
Fantastic book! Energy packed! Teamwork to the max! I wonder if the Rogue Warrior married Karen or retired with Trace? I absolutely loved every one of these Rogue Warrior books!
Fantastic book! Energy packed! Teamwork to the max! I wonder if the Rogue Warrior married Karen or retired with Trace? I absolutely loved every one of these Rogue Warrior books!
February 12, 2008
Disappointing.
August 13, 2008
Wow, someone told me that this book was real. Is that true??? Heavens, a busy fellow if so.
January 13, 2011
Reality and true experience adds a dimension to a novel that theorists can never hope to replicate.
July 11, 2012
Guns. Violence. Cursing. More guns. Pure fun.
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July 28, 2012a little slow to get to the main story of someone from Nam trying to mess with the rogue warrior. not real satisfying outcome, but not unreadable.
January 3, 2013
Classic Marcinko! Love it!
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