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1. Attack of the Seawolf by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 416
Pages
(1994-06-01)
list price: US$6.99 Isbn: 0451180518 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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DiMercurio
The Return of Commander Devilfish
A great grabber. UNDOWNPUTABLE!
Intense! After reading this book I purchased the following novel Phoenix Sub Zero. If it lives up to the excellent reviews I am in for a wild ride!
Clancy could learnfrom THIS author... DiMercurio knows what he's writing about mostly due to the fact that he WAS a submariner and writes from experience.Now Clancy is no doubt a great author, but experience on a sub was something that he couldn't draw upon, and in 'Attack of The Seawolf' the experience Mr. DiMercurio has had is what elevates his stories above your average submarine storyteller.The plot isn't half-bad either--which is a definite PLUS to be sure.How would life on a cylindrical metal tube be like trapped in China? Better yet, how would America go about a rescue if that were the 'situation'?That is what we are faced with in this highly entertaining and VERY exciting novel.The action is virtually all over the place along with insights into the mind of the naval officers manning these amazing underwater machines.An all-around thrilling read that will satisfy YOUR thirst for a sub adventure, too. ... Read more |
2. Threat Vector by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 576
Pages
(2000-03-01)
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DiMercurio
The future of undersea warfare There are many charcters you have grown used to in previous books and some new ones as well. The sea battles are realistic as Dimercurio moves about twenty years into the future and speculates the type of weaponry available to attack subs: Plasma warheads (a small, focused nuclear weapon, Vortex undersea missles (a super cavitating munition) and a light imaging system (much better than conventional sonar). He also does something I like to do myself. He brings back a bad guy from the first book and sends him after Patch Pacino's Navy. Overall a great, great read.
Conservative female banker
All you need to know
Great series of novels !!! Keep it coming !!!! |
3. Emergency Deep by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 464
Pages
(2004-12-07)
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Great New Series
Balanced review
Emergency Yawn!!!!!
Outstanding!!!!!
It Sucks...period. |
4. Terminal Run by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 432
Pages
(2002-10-01)
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DiMercurio
A bit hard to swallow...
A great ride
one of the worst! Within a few pages we are introduced to "power women", SEALS, Officers aboard submarines, etc., even carrier based air squadron commanders.The hero here, son of the previous hero, is Patch Jr., a midshipman at Annapolis.Within a few minutes of reporting aboard a submarine at New London, he is given the "con" (as in command of the ship) to get her underway by pulling a daredevil driving stunt...this would never, ever happen.Within a few days of being at sea, he is sleeping with the engineering officer (a great argument against women on submarines)...and the techno stuff gets so confusing eventually you simply want to give up trying to follow any of the concurrent plots. This one is a waste of time, effort and brain cells!
Subs & Sex I enjoy reading and watching the submarine genre books and movies.Many people write and produce them but only a few do it right.DiMercurio is one of the Masters. The details of each dive, the attention to an actual cruise is amazing.I have never (outside of Disneyland) cruised in a sub however I feel as if I've been around the world underwater with Pacino and his crews.Thank you DiMercurio and keep on writing! ... Read more |
5. Voyage of the Devilfish by Michael DiMercurio | |
Unknown Binding:
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(1993)
Asin: B0041RSY7E Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Says a lot about American submariners
DiMercurio
Very Good!
Voyage of the Devilfish - A high speed, low drag thriller! Of all of the writers in this particular genre of fiction, I found Michael DiMercurio's style to be among the best and am quite happy to have discovered his novels.So few authors in this genre can actually say that "they've been there and done that" which, paired with his superb writing style makes for an excellent read!It is interesting to see that the author decided to use the Sturgeon class American submarine but for the purposes of the novel he renamed it the Piranha class.There's that and his obvious disdain for the earliest Los Angeles class submarines which weren't nearly as capable of the many roles it is today or of those of the Sturgeon class submarine. The premise: Prologue - Several years prior to the main events of this outstanding novel, the USS Stingray, captained by Commander "Patch" Pacino is under the polar icecap trailing a brand new Soviet submarine, NATO codenamed the Akula class.This Soviet Akula class submarine, the Leningrad is captained by Captain 1st Rank Alexi Novskoyy.Captain Novskoyy has decided that he is going to avenge the loss of the Kiev which collided with an American submarine four months earlier and it went to the bottom with all hands lost and he orders a warshot torpedo on the USS Stingray.The Stingray and its commanding officer, "Patch" Pacino is sunk!Back at the Naval Academy, Pacino's son Michael is attending his first year as a plebe and has no idea what has happened to his father. Over two decades later - Commander Michael Pacino is now in command of the USS Devilfish, still dealing with the demons from the mysterious loss of his father and his ship and struggling to maintain his marriage while at the same time commanding a nuclear attack submarine.At the same time, Captain Novskoyy is now Admiral Novskoyy, Supreme Commander, Russian Republic Northern Fleet.He's been working for several years on the design and construction of a super submarine known as the Kaliningrad and it is prepared to take its maiden voyage.A treaty between the Russians and the United States in which all submarine launched nuclear weapons are to be destroyed has been carried out.He doesn't believe the Americans are going to do this so he puts into place a plan that he believes will force them to do so... Before you know it, the Kaliningrad is heading for the polar icecap, the USS Devilfish is headed for the Kaliningrad while at the same time, some eighty different Russian submarines are headed for the eastern coast of the United States, rushing to achieve cruise missile launching points. What follows from there is one of the most captivating, intriguing and compelling underwater and political thrillers that I've ever read!I highly recommend this novel to any and all fans of this genre!{ssintrepid}
What a ride! The story centers on an agreement between America and Russia to dismantle Russia's remaining land attack cruise missiles which can be launched from AKULA II class fast attack subs. But not everyone is onboard, including one Admiral Alexi Novskoyy who plots to preemptively strike. He sets sail aboard the Kaliningrad (best described as an underwater battleship), and orders 80 AKULA II subs to take up station along the eastern seaboard. Commander Mike Pacino stand between the Kaliningrad and nuclear war. In a desperate race to battle beneath the arctic icecap where Pacino's sub is out gunned and out matched. But there is a personal side to this as well. Novskoyy is the man who killed Pacinoo's father 20 years earlier, and the tenseion regarding Pacino's true motives continues through out the book. This is a great great read. ... Read more |
6. Barracuda, Final Bearing by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 432
Pages
(1997-03-01)
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damp squib
DiMercurio
Dissapointing for Dimercurio
Who else hates the U.S.?
Home in on THIS superior Techno-Thriller! On a side note, recently I visited Portland, Oregon and floating on the Willammette River at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry is the decommissioned sub, USS Bluefish (remember the sub that came shooting out of the water in 'The Hunt For Red October' the movie?Well THAT is the same sub).I took a tour on this, the smallest American sub on active duty for many many years, and it was absolutely thrilling and amazing to walk the decks of a ship that had actually trailed Russian subs during the Cold War.It reminded me very much of reading Mr. DiMercurio's novels (ALL of which are awesome).If you ever get the chance to tour a sub, I suggest you do NOT pass it up--it was an incredible adventure to see first hand a little of what life was like on board one of these ships.'Barracuda Final Bearing' is easily one of the best sub stories available in print today.A MUST read for any submariner or anyone interested IN subs. ... Read more |
7. Piranha: Firing Point by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 350
Pages
(1999-02-04)
list price: US$12.40 -- used & new: US$1.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0340674717 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Paperback book
Enjoyable read, but watch out!
Great Marine Warfare Story
Interesting read.
A good exciting read |
8. Vertical Dive by Michael DiMercurio | |
Mass Market Paperback:
Pages
(2005)
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Customer Reviews (11)
It should have a warning label on it.
Vertical Dive - not top form
First time reader
NOT UP TO HIS PREVIOUS
Zoned-out Reader / Storyline Over Power with Jargon |
9. Phoenix Sub Zero by Michael DiMercurio | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(1995-06-01)
Isbn: 0340640065 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (14)
As a thriller, it's a page-turner..just don't stop to think.
First Submarine Thriller
DiMercurio
Good but not realistic enough
Like the Vortext Torpedo, it's got some bugs.... The Plot: The Islamic world has united and formed a massive powerful union (UIF) that wars against the west.The war itself is already old news when "Phoenix" starts.The UIF, led by the enigmatic General Sihoud and slowly realizing that the tide has turned against them, crafts a deadly weapon - a "dirty" radiological bomb that can coat a major american city with a sticky film of plutonium.Unfortunately (for them) the UIF have only figured out how to mount these bombs on short-range cruise missiles, and the UIF has no territory or assets anywhere near mainland America.When a US strike at Sihoud's command narrowly fails to kill Sihoud himself, the general escapes and rendezvous at sea with the "Hegira", a high-tech UIF submarine supplied (like most of the UIF's cutting edge weaponry) by Japan, and already armed with the deadly missiles.Knowing the situation desperate, Sihoud presses the sub to break out of the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic, where they will launch atleast one of their missiles on Washington.Complicating things is the experience and numerical superiority of the Americans, the fact that none of Hegira's torpedo tubes are designed to be re-loaded at sea (like the VLS tubes on latter models of the Los Angeles Class SSN), and that Hegira's hi-tech makes the sub's capabilities almost as mysterious to its crew as it does its enemies.On the other side, 3 of the USN's nuclear subs stand between Hegira and the US - Seawolf, Augusta and Phoenix.Seawolf begins the book in dry-dock, where the Navy had been working feverishly to install tubes for the "Vortex", a revolutionary type of torpedo.When a test for the new torp (a rocket-propelled wonder obviously influenced by the real-life Soviet "Shkval") goes disastrously wrong (both the test target and shooter are destroyed), the USN works feverishly to remove the tubes.The hunt for the Hegira puts a crimp on those plans as well, and Pacino is forced to go to sea with the hated Vortex.Augusta is a latter model Los Angeles Class SSN, almost a match for Seawolf, and commanded by a fearless master of submarine warfare.Between the two subs is Phoenix, an aging "Flight I" Los Angeles Class boat, commanded by the very competent if less-than-stellar commander Kane. This was a very good submarine thriller (considering "Shark Mutiny" was my last one) which, like the vortex missile packs a punch and a misfire in the same shot.What goes wrong is the basic premise - a pitched war with the UIF (and even the UIF idea) seem pretty far-fetched.Dimercurio goes to a lot of trouble creating Sihoud and getting him to Hegira - but since he doesn't do anything once he's on board (not being experienced or even informed on the dynamics of sub-war), there's no real reason for him to be there at all.The idea that the US will give in after it's been hit by one of the UIF's dirty bombs (in an attack they know can't really be repeated) is also a big stretch.Isn't there an at least as strong possibility that we'd just hit back harder?Other stretches are the Vortex torpedoes - it's clear that they're hazardous from day-one (the Navy test fires them from unmanned drone subs) - but the Navy still guts their top attack sub just to install the unproven weapon aboard.(That Pacinio works up a solution to the problem that otherwise eludes its designers doesn't make that twist any more acceptable)The UIF are largely generic bad guys and (outside of the war situation) they're not really that bad (Dimercurio gives the Islamic crewmen a conscience that's reviled by the suffering they're about to unleash).The book is pretty short on surprises (including an ocean map that charts the course of all subs in the book).The biggest flaw of the book is that it's not really about anybody, so with all of the action going on, we never really know who we're supposed to pay attention to or care about.Though Pacino is supposed to be the hero, the guy Dimercurio really should have headlined was Kane.With his less than stellar credentials and his creaky old submarine, Kane's life expectancy is excitingly low, and the story does place a lot of emphasis on him, without ever showing it cares about what's going through his mind.Dimercurio introduces his characters with a fairly detailed description (unlike Dale Brown, he manages to keep this from interrupting the action) that never otherwise affects how they act or interrlate throughout the rest of the book (Kane's insecurity allows his XO to become a rival figure on the boat, an intriguing idea that disappears once they confront Hegira). On the plus side, "Phoenix" survives its implausible premise, and the action guarantees that you won't put it down half-finished.The technology of military subs is too complex to be satisfyingly synthesized for landlubbers like us, so Dimercurio does a bang-up job making it as clear as he does and further by conveying the tension each crew faces despite the techno-speak.The compact plot keeps your attentions even if it makes clear why we won't have a sub-thriller as enjoyable as "Red October" or "Sink the Potemkin". ... Read more |
10. Complete Idiot's Guide to Submarines (The Complete Idiot's Guide) by Michael DiMercurio, Michael Benson | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(2003-02-04)
list price: US$18.95 Isbn: 0028644719 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Submarines
Why $150?
Mediocre
Over priced
An Excellent Resource, and a Lot of Fun! |
11. La Dernière torpille by Michael Dimercurio, Denis Chapuis | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(2003-04-15)
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12. Menace en haute mer by Michael Dimercurio | |
Mass Market Paperback: 544
Pages
(2002-10-15)
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13. Seawolf by Michael DiMercurio | |
Mass Market Paperback: 508
Pages
(1999-03-01)
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14. IMMERSION D'URGENCE by MICHAEL DIMERCURIO | |
Mass Market Paperback: 601
Pages
(2010-03-11)
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15. Piranha : Tempête en mer de Chine by Michaël Dimercurio | |
Mass Market Paperback: 440
Pages
(2002-01-31)
Isbn: 2253172278 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
16. Michael Dimercurio: Michael Pacino, Ssnx, Programme Vortex, Destiny, Richard Donchez (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 26
Pages
(2010-08-03)
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17. Biography - DiMercurio, Michael (1958-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by Gale Reference Team | |
Digital: 4
Pages
(2006-01-01)
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18. Barracuda.Final Bearing by Michael DiMercurio | |
Unknown Binding:
Pages
(1996)
Asin: B0046JVDD4 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
19. Opération Seawolf by Michael DiMercurio | |
Mass Market Paperback: 409
Pages
(1996-05-01)
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20. Voyage of the Devilfish-21.95 by Michael DiMercurio | |
Hardcover:
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list price: US$4.98 Isbn: 0831734396 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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