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    Tiger's Claw
    Tiger's Claw
    Tiger's Claw
    Audiobook12 hours

    Tiger's Claw

    Written by Dale Brown

    Narrated by William Dufris

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    “Dale Brown is a superb storyteller.”
    —W. E. B. Griffin

    “The best military writer in the country.”
    —Clive Cusslar

    Former Air Force captain and New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown is an acknowledged master when it comes to bringing military action to breathtaking life and he has received glowing accolades since his debut publication, Flight of the Old Dog. Tiger’s Claw proves once again that every rave has been well deserved. Set in the near future, Tiger’s Claw imagines a scenario in which tensions escalate between an economically powerful China and a United States weakened by a massive economic downfall, bringing the two superpowers to the brink of total destruction. Brown’s popular protagonist, retired Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan (of A Time for Patriots, Rogue Forces, and other Brown bestsellers), is back with his son Brad McLanahan and they’re preparing for the impending apocalyptic clash of men and military technology. The incomparable Dale Brown scores again with a frighteningly possible story of war and global politics that’s ideal for fans of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateSep 4, 2012
    ISBN9780062131096
    Tiger's Claw
    Author

    Dale Brown

    Dale Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, from Flight of the Old Dog (1987) to, most recently, Eagle Station (2020). A former U.S. Air Force captain, he can often be found flying his own plane in the skies of the United States. He lives near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

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    • 3/5
      Geopolitical plot and find the military hardware descriptions interesting--China attempts to exert it's hegemony over the South China Sea....exaggerated as it was. Bradley McLanahan (Patrick's son) is featured as a large part of the story. Once again, the author fell short on the C2 relations. Detailed equipment descriptions abound. This was #18--off to #19.
    • 4/5
      Tiger's Claw is the 18th entry in the McLanahan series, after wavering a little earlier in the series it seems that the story line is picking back up in action and realism. This time it's a belligerent China attempting to claim the South China Sea & Spratley Islands as their own. (an exaggerated version of what they are doing right now in the real world...)

      It's an entertaining read, Bradley McLanahan (Patrick's son) is featured as a large part of the story once again as he was in A Time For Patriots, further building his characters development, making him more a part of the story and series than a side note.

      Once again however, as I found with A Time For Patriots, there is a long detailed build up of events leading to what could have been a fantastic climax, yet it's skimmed and resolved in a mere 30 pages leaving you feeling a bit ripped off. Had the book been 20% longer with the finale written in the same level of detail as the first 370 pages it would have been a 5 star read. You get the feeling the publisher has vetoed the 500-700 page manuscripts that the prior books had and said cut it down to 400 as that's what buyers want now - a quick read as opposed to a detailed one.

      It's a problem I see in many books of late, some examples are even worse such as popular authors like James Patterson where every fourth or fifth page is a new 'Chapter' with a title and only half a page of text. Then on the other pages the text is double spaced, large print so a 300 page book is really only ~150 pages which makes it seem like such an easy read giving people a feeling of accomplishment and making them feel good that they've finished a 'long' book, when in reality there's not a lot of content there.

      Well that went off on a tangent - Overall, good book, ending could have been better.