In the coming weeks we’ll be reviewing the new book Damn Few, written by former U.S. Navy SEAL Rorke Denver. A thinking warrior who talks more about books than weapons, Denver tackled his first book with energy. You’ll also notice that Rorke co-starred in the recent action film, Act of Valor. Here is the book trailer for Damn Few. Please stay tuned to Boston Book Bums for our thoughts on Damn Few.
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Biblioholic Review: Tier One Wild
25 Jan
The field of adventure and military fiction is pretty clogged these days. Lots of armchair warriors or those with dubious “snake eating” creds fill the physical and virtual bookshelves of popular fiction. There are a handful of bonafide fighters turned novelists out there and Dalton Fury is one of them.
Fury, a pen name, is a former officer in the elite “Delta Force” and authored an early non-fiction take on the efforts to find and kill Osama Bin Laden. After that book Fury branched out and created a fictional, battered and outsider Delta operator in Kolt Raynor. Raynor appeared in Black Site, Fury’s inaugural action fiction tale that was fast paced and enjoyable. Fury follows-up Black Site with a new Raynor adventure, Tier One Wild.
Raynor, once an outcast from the special operations mainstream, has now been re-qualified and is welcomed back to the world of Delta in an adventure story that hopscotches around the globe hitting every conceivable hotspot. The story opens with audacious action as Raynor and his small team of shooters literally descend from the night sky to assault a hijacked jetliner. Thing is, Fury doesn’t make it a simple land, creep and linear assault. Nope, the adventure quotient immediately amps up as the jet starts to take off and the Raynor team lands ON the accelerating aircraft. What follows is a quick, brutal action of close quarters battle.
From there, Tier One Wild bounces from India, to the United States, Libya, Egypt and Yemen. Surface to air missiles are on the loose and Raynor’s team needs to stay one step ahead of the terrorist band, led by an American ex-pat turned radical. Ultimately, the trail takes bullet spewing twists and turns to a conclusion where Raynor must take action by his own hand.
The technical details, gear and guns are punctuation to a kinetic story. The “bad guy” Abu al-Amriki appears as a mad, calculating master mind in Black Site and his story arc effectively propels forward into Tier One Wild without getting bogged down in typical xenophobic characterizations.
As military thrillers go, Tier One Wild has a clear story, clear characters and smooth, rapid pacing. If you’re a fan of the genre, you’ve probably already picked up Fury’s work. If on the fence about military adventure fiction, this book is a good entree to the crowded field.
Tier One Wild by Dalton Fury was purchased for review by the Boston Book Bums
Battle Rattle Books
12 Dec
- Reflexive Fire author Jack Murphy and Brandon Webb, co-author of The 21st Century Sniper, offer signed editions (via Kit Up!)
- Author gets behind the gun to prepare novel (via Youtube)
- Review of Pearl Harbor Christmas (via Cleveland.com)
- An illustrated look at OBL take-down (via GQ)
- Combat Paper Project aims to heal through arts (via Daily Illini)
- US Army signals officer pens her first novel (via KDHNews)
- Review of Pacific Crucible (via Journal Star)
- Used books from PA library end up in Afghanistan (via Times Leader)
- Review of Praetorian (via Garstang Courier)
- What military themed library books are popular with kids (via School Library Journal)
- Army behavioral specialist writes science-fiction novel while deployed to Iraq (Loudon Times)
Battle Rattle Books
5 Dec- New coloring/activity book aimed at helping wounded vets (via US Army)
- History book picks include 100 weapons from the past (via The Globe and Mail)
- Medal of Honor recipient picks his top books on war (via The Week)
- Novelists and USO go down range in support of troops (via SLO Tribune)
- Battles and move as pivots of history (via LA Times)
- New book, Britain’s War Machine, takes new look at the David v. Goliath image of World War II (via Guardian)
- Book paints portrait of key player in the lead up to invasion of Iraq (via Salon)
- Author defends surrendering general officer in new title (via Chicago Tribune)
- Actress, beauty and weapons inventor- Hedy Lamarr featured in book (via Winnipeg Free Press)
- Discovery of a pistol owned by Hitler in author’s house prompts book (via Lake Forest Sun Times)
- Naval aviator from the era of Top Gun pens own book on the period and the movie (via Pantagraph)
- Military historian profiles British officer and ‘boffin’ (via Derry Journal)
Battle Rattle Books
28 Nov- Collecting the stories of veterans before their voices are lost (via Tampa Bay Online)
- Aging Army vet collects and dispatches books to troop, 32,000 strong and growing (via Cleveland.com)
- Australia writes after the wars have been fought (via The Australian)
- New book features women and guns (via NPR)
- A new take on the divided loyalties during the Civil War (via Herald-Mail.com)
- Limited run book on the art of guns and hunting (via RifleShooter)
- Master of the field, arrogant as well (via Stuff NZ)
- Interview with former Special Forces soldier turned author (via Virtual Pulp Press)
Battle Rattle Books
21 Nov- Book lauded as non-ficiton about Osama Bin Laden raid being vigorously lambasted (via AP)
- The warpath between Albany and Montreal explored in interesting new book (via Foreign Policy)
- Books for our brothers and sisters in Canada honoring their war dead and sacrifices (via The Record)
- Author of War Horse helps celebrate new sculpture at Ground Zero to commemorate efforts of US Army 5th SFG and “Night Stalkers” (via Clarkesville Online)
- New book chronicles Gallipoli Samurai (via Armidale Express)
- Learning in Afghanistan under the roof of a new school dedicated to Massachusetts soldier (via Herald News)
Battle Rattle Books
7 Nov- The collectability of books on the Civil War (via Somerville News)
- New book being called monumental history of World War II (via SFGate)
- Kids book set in war-time Shanghai (via Hyphen)
- David Baldacci’s new hero take military turn (via Daily Beast)
- Aussie writer’s new book about dropping of atomic bomb (via Sydney Morning Herald)
- Coronado bookseller relies on military for its continued success (via Coronado News)
- Value of printed book extends to history and soldier’s rucksack (via Economic Times)
- Sketches of war published in new book (via News Times)
- Ahead of Veterans Day, some military book recommendations (via Tuscon Citizen)
- Book points out how stirrup changed battle (via Forbes)
- Former soldier, turned author sees first book published (via Daily Herald)
Battle Rattle Books
24 Oct- GI Joe artist a particular hit with soldiers (via Delmarva Now)
- Harvard professor new book on Indian leader attempts to align with Axis (via DNA)
- New bio of General Omar Bradley (via Poughkeepsie Journal)
- New Jack Reacher tale focuses on character’s MP past (via My San Antonio)
- Issues with Bibles in battle (via Atlantic)
- Andy McNab continues to prove a popular author, post SAS career (via Spenborough Guardian)
- Ian Fleming loved his commando past (via Guardian)
- Final days of US Grant (via CS Monitor)
Battle Rattle Books
17 Oct- Rin Tin Tin, epic star of film and television had his start on the battlefields of WWI (via Seattle Times)
- From soldier book to opera (via Quincy Herald)
- One man World War II story (via Irish Times)
- Retired Marine officer and author to speak about Nazi occupation (via Barrington Patch)
- Book tie-in to BBC military archaeology series inked (via The Bookseller)
- War Horse a kids book club pick (via NBC)
- Army Reservist personally spearheads Afghan children literary movement (via Defense.gov)
- Former Marine pens book about combat (via Daily Camera)
Battle Rattle Books
10 OctLast week it was Spine Design. This week we go “down range” with another news feature, Battle Rattle Books.
With this new we’re going to find book themed news stories, blog posts, products or opinion pieces that have connection to the military, domestic and foreign. History books are a big favorite of the B3 team, and a chunk of them are military non-fiction titles. So we figure provide some news on what is happening in the world of books and soldiering.
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- Moneyball and the military (via National Review)
- Military history not just for men (via Guardian)
- Book drive for military kids (via Jacksonville.com)
- New book chronicles Lockheed Martin plant (via Cherokee Tribune)
- The perils of IEDs and those who disable them in Bomb Hunters (via Telegraph)
- Book details steps of success for USMC first female African American pilot (via Washington Post)
- Getting into action against zombies in print from a military perspective (via Military.com)
- Review of book about Australian tunnel fighters in the Vietnam War (via Sydney Morning Herald)
- Tampa area residents collecting books for troops (via New Tampa Patch)
- Review of new book about Opium Wars (via Independent)
- Hero military working dogs get their own books (via Dogster)
- Operation Record a Story kicks off with list of ships and posts where military parents can read a book to their kids, virtually (via Sacramento Bee)
- New book chronicles repatriation of fallen Canadian soldiers (via Trentonian)
- Gay soldier’s experiences in Iraq in new book (via Army Times)
- Review of Soldiers by Richard Holmes (via Guardian)
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