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If you're just looking for a good "action book", than Red Storm Rising's the best choice. It literally reads like a movie.
Example (Keep in mind, after page 124 it's basically all like this):
"Back me up."
Smith was amazed. "Let me, sir, I-"
"Back me up." Edwards whispered. He set his M-16 down and drew his combat knife.
The Russian soldier made it easy, as he stook on tiptoe, entranced with the goings-on within the farmhouse. Ten feet behind him, Edwards got to his feet and approached one slow step at a time. It took him a moment to realize that his target was a full head taller than he was--how was he supposed to take this monster alive?
He didn't have to. There must have been an intermission inside. The Soviet private slumped down and reached in his pocket for a pack of cigarettes, then turned slightly to light one from a cupped match. He caught Edwards out of the corner of his eye, and the American lieutenant lunged foreward with his knife, stabbing the larger man in the throat. The Russian started to cry out, but Edwards wrestled him down and slapped his left hand over the man's mouth as he struck again with his knife. Edwards twisted the man's head one way, and the knife the other. The blade grated against something hard, and his victim went slack.
Edwards felt nothing, his emotions submerged in a flood of adrenaline. He wiped the knife on his trousers and stook on the man's body to look in the window. What he saw caught the breath in his throat.
"Hi guys!" Garcia whispered. Two Russian privated turned to face a pair of M-16's. They had left their rifles in the truck. Garcia gestured at the ground with his rifle and both wend face down, spread-eagled. Rogers frisked them both for weapons, then went around the front to report in.
"Took em both alive sir." He was surprised to see their "wing-wiper" lieutenant with blood on his hands.
Imagine action scenes like that, almost nonstop, covering everything from Submarine/Anti-Submarine warfare, massive land battles, Naval battles, airborne battles...it really is like reading the best war/action movie ever.
Example (Keep in mind, after page 124 it's basically all like this):
"Back me up."
Smith was amazed. "Let me, sir, I-"
"Back me up." Edwards whispered. He set his M-16 down and drew his combat knife.
The Russian soldier made it easy, as he stook on tiptoe, entranced with the goings-on within the farmhouse. Ten feet behind him, Edwards got to his feet and approached one slow step at a time. It took him a moment to realize that his target was a full head taller than he was--how was he supposed to take this monster alive?
He didn't have to. There must have been an intermission inside. The Soviet private slumped down and reached in his pocket for a pack of cigarettes, then turned slightly to light one from a cupped match. He caught Edwards out of the corner of his eye, and the American lieutenant lunged foreward with his knife, stabbing the larger man in the throat. The Russian started to cry out, but Edwards wrestled him down and slapped his left hand over the man's mouth as he struck again with his knife. Edwards twisted the man's head one way, and the knife the other. The blade grated against something hard, and his victim went slack.
Edwards felt nothing, his emotions submerged in a flood of adrenaline. He wiped the knife on his trousers and stook on the man's body to look in the window. What he saw caught the breath in his throat.
"Hi guys!" Garcia whispered. Two Russian privated turned to face a pair of M-16's. They had left their rifles in the truck. Garcia gestured at the ground with his rifle and both wend face down, spread-eagled. Rogers frisked them both for weapons, then went around the front to report in.
"Took em both alive sir." He was surprised to see their "wing-wiper" lieutenant with blood on his hands.
Imagine action scenes like that, almost nonstop, covering everything from Submarine/Anti-Submarine warfare, massive land battles, Naval battles, airborne battles...it really is like reading the best war/action movie ever.
