Vengeance

Rogue Warrior #11

by Richard Marcinko, Jim DeFelice

Former SEAL Team Six leader and American hero Richard Marcinko is back in action with a thriller ripped from tomorrow's headlines. Mixing fact with fiction, Marcinko returns to his authentic, no-holds-barred style in the latest explosive installment of his New York Times bestselling series, Rogue Warrior®: Vengeance.

Armed with irreverent wit and a fully loaded submachine gun, Marcinko's fictional alter ego takes no prisoners as he and his Red Cell II team tackle fat-cat American bureaucrats as well as terrorists. Interspersing action with his classic combination of wisecracks and earthy humor, Marcinko crams a chemical explosion, a high-speed helicopter chase, a train hijacking, and a headless corpse into the first few pages. When it becomes clear that terrorists are gunning for Demo Dick as well as the country's most precious symbols and institutions, things become very personal. Forget the Rogue Warrior's usual terms of endearment -- this time he's out for blood.

Launched on an all-out international hunt, Demo Dick discovers a plot targeting the country's largest shipping port for liquefied petroleum gas...but that's just a prelude for Independence Day.

Of all the thriller writers out there today, only one has truly walked the walk and talked the talk. Marcinko infuses his new book with stories and details that could come only from the inside -- which makes them all the more alarming. Reserve the edge of your seat for this one....

Genres: Military Fiction, Fiction, Action, Thriller

400 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 2005

About the author

Richard 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.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/richar...

Reviews

[James · Rating 1 out of 5]

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!

[Tony · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[KC Pondujnnnnnn B Bv V Cffdssaaqlhnm · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Andy Herzfeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Davey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Silly, implausible, revenge from Vietnam

[John Ayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Greer Andjanetta]

The 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!!

[Ed · Rating 4 out of 5]

#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?

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[John F. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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!

[Ed · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing.

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, someone told me that this book was real. Is that true??? Heavens, a busy fellow if so.

[Howard A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reality and true experience adds a dimension to a novel that theorists can never hope to replicate.

[Dale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Guns. Violence. Cursing. More guns. Pure fun.

[Leslie Godwin]

a 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.

[James Maida · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Marcinko! Love it!