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Commander T. C. Bogner #1
Red Tide
The techno-thriller that out-Clancys Clancy--from the bestselling author of Ancients and The Prometheus Project.
With a cadre of top-ranking Soviet officials plotting to overthrow the heirs of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, Commander T. C. Bogner must use his high-tech equipment to defeat his foes' cunning.
"(Largent is) a writer to watch!" – Publishers Weekly.
448 pages, Paperback
First published December 28, 1992
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R. Karl Largent
26 books10 followersR. 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.
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.
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September 27, 2017
I've read this years ago when I picked it up new.
I recently bought a batch of R. Karl Largent books and am making my way through them. I vaguely remember the beginning of this book but not much else.
The story was pretty good, a post-cold war story about Russian Hard-Liners vs the American Government. It's a bit dated now, but was entertaining enough. I liked the book, but as with my previous read, the ending left a little to be desired. It ended quite quickly and not neatly. The Bogner character is setup as the "only man to get this job done" type. But, near the end, he fails to bring backup nor seemed to even have a plan resulting nearly in his death. I expected the character do something unexpected after the reveal of the mystery "Russian" Illegal in Jamaica. Similar to the ending of The Prometheus Project with it's character Elliot Grant Wages, the character was setup to be a guy who gets things done, but seems to stumble upon success at the end.
This is the third R. Karl Largent book I've read so far and all three started off really well, but I had issues with their endings. This book starts a series with the T. C. Bogner characters, so the ending may be a setup for book #2.
I recently bought a batch of R. Karl Largent books and am making my way through them. I vaguely remember the beginning of this book but not much else.
The story was pretty good, a post-cold war story about Russian Hard-Liners vs the American Government. It's a bit dated now, but was entertaining enough. I liked the book, but as with my previous read, the ending left a little to be desired. It ended quite quickly and not neatly. The Bogner character is setup as the "only man to get this job done" type. But, near the end, he fails to bring backup nor seemed to even have a plan resulting nearly in his death. I expected the character do something unexpected after the reveal of the mystery "Russian" Illegal in Jamaica. Similar to the ending of The Prometheus Project with it's character Elliot Grant Wages, the character was setup to be a guy who gets things done, but seems to stumble upon success at the end.
This is the third R. Karl Largent book I've read so far and all three started off really well, but I had issues with their endings. This book starts a series with the T. C. Bogner characters, so the ending may be a setup for book #2.
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