The Cruiser: A Dan Lenson Novel
Dec 2014 · Dan Lenson Novels Book 14 · St. Martin's Press
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Newly-promoted to Captain, Dan Lenson's first glimpse of his command is of a ship literally high and dry. The USS Savo Island, which carries a classified, never-before-deployed missile defense system, has run aground on an exposed sandbar off Naples. Captain Lenson has to relieve the ship's disgraced skipper and deploy on a secret mission—Operation Stellar Shield—which will take his ship and crew into the dangerous waters bordering the Middle East.
As a climate of war builds between Israel and Iraq, with threats of nuclear and chemical weapons, Dan has to rally Savo Island's demoralized crew, confront a mysterious death on board ship, while learning to operate a complex missile system that has not been battle tested. But when the conflict reaches a climax, Dan is forced to make a decision that may cost hundreds of thousands of innocent lives—or may save them, but at the cost of his ship and his career.
Filled with dramatic sea adventure, authentic weapons and technology, and distinguished by Poyer's deep understanding of duty and the moral choices made in combat, The Cruiser is the fourteenth novel to feature Dan Lenson in military service that carries him throughout the world.
As a climate of war builds between Israel and Iraq, with threats of nuclear and chemical weapons, Dan has to rally Savo Island's demoralized crew, confront a mysterious death on board ship, while learning to operate a complex missile system that has not been battle tested. But when the conflict reaches a climax, Dan is forced to make a decision that may cost hundreds of thousands of innocent lives—or may save them, but at the cost of his ship and his career.
Filled with dramatic sea adventure, authentic weapons and technology, and distinguished by Poyer's deep understanding of duty and the moral choices made in combat, The Cruiser is the fourteenth novel to feature Dan Lenson in military service that carries him throughout the world.
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Leonard Kurland
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May 18, 2018
Very good book great detail except for a few minor points. Mr. Poyer would not make a good 1st Lieutenant in the "Old Navy". First : In harbor you enter by the Accommodation Ladder or Jacob's ladder and not boat ladder. Second: A Bo'sun call is on a Bo'sun's Pipe not a whistle. Third: A ship's Boat lowering crew hard hats are; White - Safety, Yellow - BM-in- charge and Coxswain, blue riggers and boat crew.
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Paul Robbins
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April 5, 2015
Wow Naval Warfare action at it supreme best. The fighting scenes are so exciting and full of tension I was about explode like one of the Guided Missiles the Cruiser shot off !! You will not be able to put this book down.
Benjamin Prill
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December 20, 2014
The only knock to this book is that David Poyer leave you hanging! I could not stop reading this. If you like military fiction this author is for you!
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About the author
DAVID POYER's naval career included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, the Middle East, and Pacific. The Cruiser is the fourteenth in his continuing Dan Lenson series. He's also written sailing, diving, and nautical history articles for Chesapeake Bay, Southern Boating, Shipmate, Tidewater Virginian, and other periodicals. His work has been required reading in the Literature of the Sea course at the U.S. Naval Academy. Previous novels in the Dan Lenson series include The Towers, The Crisis, and The Weapon. He lives on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with his wife and daughter, with whom he explores the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast in their sloop, Water Spirit.
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