Executive Intent
A Novel
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4.0 • 230 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
“For fictional thrill rides on the printed page, get on board with the novels of Dale Brown.”
—New York Newsday
The incomparable Dale Brown (“The best military writer in the country” —Clive Cussler) roars back at full throttle with Executive Intent. The perennial New York Times bestselling master delivers another action-packed tale of international intrigue and technological weaponry that pits the world’s superpowers in a terrifying contest for dominance of outer space and the Earth’s oceans. Vince Flynn and Brad Thor fans will flock to the man whose electrifying visions of near-future warfare remain the gold standard of the techno-thriller genre. Executive Intent is Dale Brown at his best.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
China and Russia pursue newly aggressive policies in hot spots like Somalia and Yemen that threaten the U.S. in this exciting near-future political thriller from bestseller Brown (Rogue Forces). Kenneth Phoenix, the U.S. vice president, finds himself at odds with Joseph Gardner, the cautious U.S. president, who's inclined to cancel a space weapon system, which includes a precision-guided artificial meteorite, in favor of negotiating treaties to abolish space-based weapons. Characters from past Brown books, like Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan (ret.) and Lt. Col. Jason Richter, play key roles as the U.S. faces growing crises at sea and in space. Congress scarcely exists. Techno-thriller fans will enjoy the detailed descriptions of cutting-edge technologies as they morph into action sequences ( The sabots hit the Earth traveling almost two miles a second, each with the force of a two-thousand-pound high-explosive bomb, creating a crater large enough to fit a jumbo jet within it ).
Customer Reviews
Good Book
Good book. A little heavy on the military jargon and it took a while for the plot to develop. However, the story is very believable during these times.
Sliding scale
Abrupt ending, started out very interesting but got hurried at the end. Many sub-plots not explored or expanded
Not up to par
The story goes from full-speed to an unexpected full-stop at the end. I had to go back on my iPad and make sure I hadn't skipped over a large portion of the book. Not sure why it was written this way, but not what I've come to expect from this author.