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by David Poyer

Author:	David Poyer
Subcategory:	United States
Language:	English
Publisher:	St Martins Pr; 1st edition (August 15, 2013)
Pages:	432 pages
Category:	Fiction and Literature
Rating:	4.8
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David Poyer graduated from the . Naval Academy, Annapolis, and served on destroyers and amphibious ships. This is a novel written by someone who has lived through the events described.

David Poyer graduated from the . He transferred to reserve commission in 1977 and began writing. His other novels of the . Navy, The Med, The Gulf, and The Passage, also feature Dan Lenson. He was honored as a Distinguished Visiting Author at the . Most of the jargon used can be understood by their context.

Books in Dan Lenson Novels (17 Book Series). This book, though, is an exception. Page 1 of 1Start OverPage 1 of 1. Previous page. 1. The Med: A Thriller (Dan Lenson Novel. avid Poyer. 2. The Gulf: A Thriller (Dan Lenson Novel. Note that unlike the other services, the Navy is always at near-war, except when they are actually in a shooting war. Here they edge even closer than usual, as the g destroyer Ryan tangles with a rogue Soviet sub.

Captain Daniel Valentine Lenson, . Navy, traced the tracks and roads that edged the sweeping concavity of sea that was the Bay of Naples; the inner harbor; the stone moles, spidery thin and knobbed as a movie alien’s fingers. Cruise ships lay alongside the Mussolini-era passenger terminal, deck on deck shining in the sun like white steel wedding cakes.

Captain David Poyer's twenty-five books make him the most popular living author of American sea fiction. He lives with his wife and daughter on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Библиографические данные.

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David Poyer Praise for David Poyer's novels of the Modern Navy: Black Storm "No one writes gritty, realistic military fiction like David Poyer.

As the Ryan plunges into the dark waters of the Arctic Circle at the height of storm season, Lenson and the crew pursue a mysterious and menacing enemy. But he soon discovers a foe even more dangerous within the Ryan, advancing a shocking agenda that drives the ship closer and closer to disaster-testing Lenson's life and loyalty to their very limit. Praise for David Poyer's novels of the Modern Navy: Black Storm "No one writes gritty, realistic military fiction like David Poyer.

David Poyer's nearly fifty books have been USA Today bestsellers, sold to films, and been. HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE that St Martins/Macmillan is bringing back the first four Lenson novels in trade paperback. December 27, 2019 at 7:09 PM ·. Bill Ruehlmann, on a work originally produced for students at the . A different kind of David Poyer thriller: tales of ‘Heroes of Annapolis’.

Staurulakis murmured, pushing short hair back. For the first time since he’d met her, she seemed on edge. And no wonder, he thought as she outlined the situation. rs they’d identified along the coast. Increased activity from the truck-mounted jammers that would make detection of an incoming sea-skimmer much more difficult. Wenck and Slaughenhaupt hovered near the command table, looking grave

The first in the Dan Lenson series, Poyer's "The Circle" graphical explores what it is like to be a green ensign boarding his first ship. Assigned to First Division where all the malcontents work, Lenson runs up against a corrupt executive officer who threatens his future in the navy.

The first in the Dan Lenson series, Poyer's "The Circle" graphical explores what it is like to be a green ensign boarding his first ship. The scenes of the ship in raging seas above the Arctic Circle are excellent. The book ends with a drawn out courtroom scene that could have been shortened for dramatic effect. Still, an excellent glimpse into the challenges of life at seas.

Fresh from Annapolis, Dan Lenson boards an antiquated destroyer headed for the Arctic Circle, where he and the crew encounter a rogue sub, violent weather, and possible court martial. By the author of The Gulf. National ad/promo.

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Era

I have to rate this one five stars, although I had some issues with the story. This is a story about a brand-new Ensign assuming his first duty posting on an obsolete US destroyer. He is immediately challenged by corruption on the ship, certain bad sailors who use drugs, problems among the officers, and many of the other problems that plague our armed forces to this day.

I found the action surrounding the Russian submarine sometimes hard to follow. Great story though, with echoes of "Red October" but not really.

The Board of Inquiry sequence is what caused me to rate this one five stars. Never have I enjoyed a military law story more. This was very, very realistically done, and gripping. I literally could not put it down.

Then the author had to spoil the ending by having the protagonist, Ensign Lenson, behave with breathtaking stupidity and irrationality. No one, and I repeat no one, would have behaved as Lenson did in the last few pages. Rarely have I encountered a more screwed-up and implausible ending.

But the Board of Inquiry sequence was so realistic, clearly written, and gripping that I nonetheless feel compelled to rate this one five stars. RJB.

Vizuru

This is a novel written by someone who has lived through the events described. All of the Dan Lenson novels have you feeling you are there with him. Some other reviewers complain about the use of technical terms or terms specific to the navy, or to sailors. Most of the jargon used can be understood by their context. If there are any terms that are not clear, they should use a dictionary.

I have read all of the Dan Lenson novels once. This is my second time through them and they are as fresh as the first time I read them. If anyone likes military stories that are written form experience by a good author, I recommend any of these books. I would start with "The Circle" as it is the first book in the series, from the perspective of Dan Lenson's career. The publish dates do not reflect Lenson's timeline in the service. the author's website lists the books in this order.

Dukinos

As I'm not a navy guy I had a tough time following all the Navy acronyms and jargon. The parts of the book where the ship was going through a storm was gripping. It made me more tense than anything I can recall. However, that story arc had an unsatisfying ending. The last part of the book, dealing with military courts, was quite good. All in all this will be the last of Mr. Poyer's books that I read. However, if you are a Navy guy your mileage may differ.

Nejind

This review concerns the St. Martin's Press paperback only. It does not concern the contents of the book but rather the horrible printing job.

This book is unreadable due to the shoddy printing job. The type is heavy and fuzzy. There are almost no periods at the ends of sentences. Small i's are most often undotted. There are weird spaces. Shame on you, St. Martin's Press, for producing a product with no quality control at all.

SupperDom

First, I have no personal or business connection to the author, the author's agent, or the publisher. I have read and enjoyed all of the author's books in which Dan Lenson appears as the main character. This is one of the best in the series. It is the first, figured by date of events in the book; but it was actually a prequel, published after several other books set in later times.

It is really two stories. The first is a naval thriller in the tradition of The Hunt for Red October, although Poyer is a much better writer than Clancy. The second deals with a naval disaster and the resulting board of inquiry and will remind the reader of the last part of The Caine Mutiny. The writing is superb, equal to any writing about the oceans, from Conrad to O'Brien. The reader can almost feel the waves and wind. The characters are vivid and well depicted. The dialogue is great, too.

For those who like naval adventure, this is a great book.

Falya

I've read several of Mr. Poyer's books, and overall prefer the Galloway series to the Lensen series. This book, though, is an exception. "The Circle" is a fictional, first-hand account of our Navy at near-war, as experienced by a newly minted Ensign. Note that unlike the other services, the Navy is *always* at near-war, except when they are actually in a shooting war. Here they edge even closer than usual, as the overdue-for-scrapping destroyer Ryan tangles with a rogue Soviet sub.

I came into the USAF as a new officer at the end of the Vietnam era, just slightly after the timeframe of this book. Poyer's bang-on depiction of the military people and controversies of that time brought back lots of unpleasant memories. He also accurately portrays the issues a new officer struggles with, as he tries to fit in but also exhibit the leadership qualities expected of him (or her, but back then it was mostly "him"s). This isn't one of those warm, cozy reads; this is more of a fingernails on the chalkboard experience.

The negative reviews here seem to agree that the first 2/3s of the book is great, and the last 1/3 drags. What Poyer has done is take two books about the same subject, and splice them together into one. That splice is where the problem comes in. The first "book" (ch 1-21), which is mislabeled as a techno-thriller but is more accurately described as action or military fiction, is superb. I would rank this not far behind Alistair Maclean's "HMS Ulysses", which I think is the best fictional naval action book ever written. Poyer, like Maclean, brings his first person experience and uncannily descriptive writing skills into play, and crafts a suspenseful, well-paced, fascinating story. Every person and object has a place in his story; there is no extraneous detail or sideline thrown in just to keep you off balance or fill the pages. The second "book" (ch 22-epilogue) is mostly written as a court transcript, with a few pages of dialogue thrown in for continuity. This transcript is extremely repetitive, with details of the tragedy being rehashed over and over. It's even worse because after the exciting, "you are there" realism of the first part, you now get dry-as-bones courtroom testimony. I'll give Poyer credit for a brave try at something new and different, but the effect is an utter failure. You really can't skip the last part if you want to understand what happened, but it's boring and painful to wade through. It doesn't help that when you reach the end, your reward is not uplifting and enriching, but depressingly thought-provoking.

Despite the ponderous transcript, I still give this 5/5 stars. The rest of the book is just so good, and so exciting, and so believably true to life, that I would recommend this book to anyone. Buy it, read it, and just grind through the last 1/3 - it's worth it.

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