Black Storm

If you like adventure stories with good realism and technology, then you'll like Poyer. Overall, this is one of his best. Thank the muse that he has gotten away from his "Crazy Captain" theme that left a bad taste from some of his earlier stories. Highly recommended! If you want the REAL info, you might also want to read "The Threatening Storm -The Case for Invading Iraq" by Kenneth Pollack. It is a the real stuff behind Poyer's story. --fjd

No one does it better than David Poyer in this genre...no one! In Black Storm:Tales of the Modern Navy, a weapon of mass destruction intended for Israel becomes the focus in this MUST READ Navy Thriller.

The Authur takes us into a new environment for Commander Lenson, the Persian Gulf ground war. As usual , he does a vantastic job with details, descriptions and character layout. The book maintains an active pace from the beginning and keeps the reader on his toes. Good job again David !!

I just finished reading David Poyer's latest tour of duty with Lieutenant Commander Dan Lenson. I recommend it highly to anyone who wants to enlist for an "A-Ticket" ride ready for immediate departure.LTC Lenson's diaspora scrabbles across the rocky deserts of Iraq only to slosh trough the sewers of Bagdad. Poyer's warts-and-all portrait of personal and military ethics brings the combat experience into fine focus.While BLACK STORM is set in the closing moments before the allied invasion of Iraq it is not a history lesson. BLACK STORM reads the tea leaves of tomorrows headlines. Read this book before some Hollywood hack neuters it for the screen.

David Poyer's latest Dan Lenson novel takes us back to the Middle East and places him up against a fantastic nightmare situation. Although the timing is 1991 just before the American ground attack, several of the issues raised are very timely following the shocking events of September 11, 2001. Protagonist Lenson remains human and believable in facing the new challenges, which makes him a more credible hero than Clancy's Ryan, in my opinion. Furthermore, without the burden of Clancy's wordiness, Poyer's attention to detail in the novel's setting, even in the sewers under Baghdad, come across plausibly. And his knowledge of the modern U.S. military is extraordinary. THE CIRCLE remains my favorite Poyer novel in the Lenson series, but BLACK STORM comes close.