Barracuda Final Bearing The Michael Pacino Series Book 4 edition by Michael DiMercurio Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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A volatile new state calling itself Greater Manchuria emerges out of the political and military strife of Asia. Thanks to the connections of its brash leader, it boasts an atomic arsenal. Japan, threatened by its proximity to nuclear disaster, shocks the world by launching a sophisticated preemptive strike against its new neighbor.
Worldwide outrage at this aggression provokes the U.N. to blockade the trade-dependent nation. But Japan is ready—its sub fleet is armed to the teeth and thoroughly equipped to destroy the blockade. With the world now at the boiling point of all-out war, Admiral Michael Pacino gives his captain a "mission impossible" order to sink the Japanese submarine fleet. The gamble is desperate. The gamesmanship razor-edged. The warfare awesome …
Barracuda Final Bearing The Michael Pacino Series Book 4 edition by Michael DiMercurio Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
This novel is OK but not in the least bit plausible. For asinine reasons that defy understanding, the US essentially declares war on a Japan that is nothing like the present-day Japanese nation. So implausible is this scenario that some readers will have trouble deciding whether to root for the Japanese or for the US -- I'm not fooling. Oh well, this is essentially science fiction so I suppose it is OK for things to be weird.As usual in the Pacino novels, foreign (Japanese) torpedoes are wildly better than the American ones, and the Japanese submarines are far more advanced. You would think that by novel number four that the Americans would have learned how to design effective modern torpedoes, but no, the Vortex is the only one we have, and it is not really operational.
Admiral Pacino manages to kill his pilot in this novel -- and I found it hard to forgive him for it.
Those are the negatives, and they are more than a few. On the positive side, if you can get past these this is a fairly readable "beer and chips" kind of novel that at least kept me entertained. But make no mistake, this is not a Tom Clancy type of novel that features actual weapons systems, accurately portrayed. Almost all of the relevant weapons here are completely imaginary, as are the geopolitics. RJB.
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Barracuda Final Bearing The Michael Pacino Series Book 4 edition by Michael DiMercurio Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Enjoyed reading number 4 in the series, but to be honest, not as good as the previous ones. However, took about 30 seconds before ordering #5
Wish we really had Vortex torpedoes and Subs that could do 60 knots. I served on a Nuclear Sub and I get a kick out of reading Submarine stories.
Kept my interest throughout the entire book. Technically informative and scientifically correct about nuclear submarines and their performance and capabilities.
Every story keeps you turning the pages. The Vortex torpedo added some great twists to this one. The admiral managed to do to sea yet again.
What a great book. If anyone thought that world history Can't repeat itself, read this book. Of course it is fiction but one can never tell. I love the books from this author.
Both of these books have great story lines, and they do get your interest. There is one thing that I can quote from the book, that fits the writing style of this author. "Don't ask what time it is because he will tell you how to build a clock". The story line is frequently interrupted by an in depth explanation of how everything works, from missiles, to atomic reactors. I have skipped many pages with these explanations to get back to the story that's being told. Having said this, I have read all five books.
As a fan of the early Pacino series books, I think the series was somewhat hurt as it went on by what to my mind is the author's not so subtle underlying message the US is comically underestimating foreign threats post cold-war, is at imminent risk of military obsolescence, and is in dire need for major Navy spending - and specifically, submarine spending. Now, I do understand that virtually all military techno-thriller novels are somewhat infamous for their kind of throw-away explanations for major military conflicts, but DiMacurio seems to do this in a very pointed way - almost with an agenda in mind.
Some of this can be excused by the simple unpredictability of geo-political events. During the era in which this book was written (80's-90's), a lot of military policy wonks did indeed see the meteoric Japanese economic rise as invariably leading to a second conflict with the west. So, while in 2019, it's a bit jarring to read a plot about a crazy Japanese government haphazardly launching WMD's and wildly outclassing the US militarily, I can forgive that given the context of when the book was written. But, the depictions of everything from US military command, to the surface fleet - with the EXCEPTION of submariners - as being almost comically inept, petty, woefully outclassed technologically, and political comes off as heavy-handed. Likewise, the Japanese "Destiny" sub and its "Nagasaki" torps are depicted as so far and away superior to anything the US they take on almost magical qualities.
There's certainly a kernel of truth to say the tension between the surface fleet and the sub fleet and yes, post-cold war America does sometimes risk military complacency (though, it's worth mentioning that we are currently in the midst of massive new sub construction). But the author makes a bit of a caricature out of those concepts - in the extreme. Otherwise, the book excels where the author always excels. Once the combat starts, it's pretty riveting drama with a lot to eat up for any submarine/naval conflict fan. I guess much depends on whether the overall believeability problems detracts from that for you. For me it did, but I can see where others who just care about the combat and technical know-how of submarine warfare might overlook it. 3 out of 5 for me.
This novel is OK but not in the least bit plausible. For asinine reasons that defy understanding, the US essentially declares war on a Japan that is nothing like the present-day Japanese nation. So implausible is this scenario that some readers will have trouble deciding whether to root for the Japanese or for the US -- I'm not fooling. Oh well, this is essentially science fiction so I suppose it is OK for things to be weird.
As usual in the Pacino novels, foreign (Japanese) torpedoes are wildly better than the American ones, and the Japanese submarines are far more advanced. You would think that by novel number four that the Americans would have learned how to design effective modern torpedoes, but no, the Vortex is the only one we have, and it is not really operational.
Admiral Pacino manages to kill his pilot in this novel -- and I found it hard to forgive him for it.
Those are the negatives, and they are more than a few. On the positive side, if you can get past these this is a fairly readable "beer and chips" kind of novel that at least kept me entertained. But make no mistake, this is not a Tom Clancy type of novel that features actual weapons systems, accurately portrayed. Almost all of the relevant weapons here are completely imaginary, as are the geopolitics. RJB.
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