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The Med (Dan Lenson Series #1)

by David Poyer
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A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean.

Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61-- carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines-- steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold-- alive.

With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life. Driven by believable, flesh-and-blood characters, it is a painstakingly detailed portrait of amphibious warfare as only David Poyer can paint it. The Med is today's most explosive tale of international crisis, personal valor, and emotional struggle-- a disturbingly plausible novel that crackles with non-stop action.

Synopsis

A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean.

Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61— carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines— steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold— alive.

With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life. Driven by believable, flesh-and-blood characters, it is a painstakingly detailed portrait of amphibious warfare as only David Poyer can paint it. The Med is today's most explosive tale of international crisis, personal valor, and emotional struggle— a disturbingly plausible novel that crackles with non-stop action.

About the Author, David Poyer

David Poyer's naval career has included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific. His seventeen novels have won millions of readers around the world, and his sea fiction is required reading in the Literature of the Sea course at the U.S. Naval Academy. The Med is the first in his novel-cycle of the modern Navy, which also includes The Gulf, The Circle, The Passage and Tomahawk. He lives in Virginia with his wife and daughter.

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"One of the outstanding bodies of nautical fiction during the last half-century."--Booklist

"Poyer knows what he is writing about when it comes to anything on, above, or below the water."--The New York Times Book Review

"Everything works in this first-rate, unsentimental, and thoroughly accurate look at the present-day navy...very well-handled!"--Kirkus Reviews

Book Details

Published
May 1, 1991
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pages
576
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN
9780312927226

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