Larro Darro
Super Member
I read Red Storm Rising when it first came out, just a couple of years after I got out of the Navy. It was late at night when I got to the part where the Russians used the missiles to mimic Backfire Bombers, luring the F-14's away from the flat tops. Then the real Backfires came in, causing havic. One moment the USS Saipan was steaming along beside the USS Nimitz, the next it had exploded and sank. Having spent over two years on that old tub, I had to put the book down for a few minutes, until the hollow feeling had passed. Knowing people on a lot of the ships involved in the book added to the realism.
He was a master at his craft. Like others here, I didn't care for the later books that were co-authored. They just didn't have the character development of his earlier novels.
He was a master at his craft. Like others here, I didn't care for the later books that were co-authored. They just didn't have the character development of his earlier novels.