Battle Born - Dale Brown

After the success of his previous novel, ‘The Tin Man’, Dale Brown brings back Patrick McLanahan. He is now working with the US Air Force in Nevada and is training a tactical strike unit. All of a sudden, the peace in Asia is broken. South Korea invades North Korea and wins the war, creating the United Republic of Korea. However, this new country now has many warheads and is willing to do anything, even attack China, to keep its sovereignty. It is up to McLanahan’s unit to deal with the problem. If I am honest, I found this novel rather hard going. Not only is it long, but it is densely packed with information and is full to the brim ...  Read the complete review

Penetrate, Decimate and Dominate... Battle Born, the latest offering from the master of the airborne technothriller Dale Brown does not disappoint. McLanahan is back in the driving seat this time flying the EB52's successor, the EB1-C Megafortress. Tasked with taking out ballistic missiles McLanahan enlists a group of somewhat unorthodox bomber pilots out of Reno. As Korea and China head seemingly towards an unstoppable nuclear exchange time is running out for McLanahan and the others at HAWC to get the new squadron up and running. Dale Brown once again thrills with excellent, fast paced battle sequences both in the air and on the ground mixed in with ...  Read the complete review