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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
The author was new to me when I found _Shadow Catcher_ sitting on the shelf in the thrillers section of the bookstore. It has a B-2 on the cover, the author flew B-2's & A-10's (my favorite plane), so I thought this would be something along the lines of a Dale Brown type of book. Oh, so wrong.
The primary good guy characters are B-2 pilots who act like SEALs. Most of the book centers around them on the ground. Any flying is mundane, even when they have to enter super contested airspace of China to land a super secret STOL plane. Nope, just fly in, land and then talk about the weather.
All of the characters exhibit one trait. The author attempts to lead the reader with red herrings, but isn't smooth. The dialogue either was wrong or playing to cliche. I almost stopped reading when one of the characters praises the Second Amendment for allowing him/her to have a gun in their house to defend themselves. Really.
I always cringe when non-computer types attempt to use technical language to impress. It usually ends in groans. No programmer would be showing the images being scanned through, as that would eat cycles. It is what I'd expect to see on TV. Also clip != mag.
In the end, it wasn't very good. Early Dale Brown or Larry Bond knew how to tell stories, have solid characters and also get the technical jargon correct (all things I look for). This book just came off as pilots wanting to be special operators.
The primary good guy characters are B-2 pilots who act like SEALs. Most of the book centers around them on the ground. Any flying is mundane, even when they have to enter super contested airspace of China to land a super secret STOL plane. Nope, just fly in, land and then talk about the weather.
All of the characters exhibit one trait. The author attempts to lead the reader with red herrings, but isn't smooth. The dialogue either was wrong or playing to cliche. I almost stopped reading when one of the characters praises the Second Amendment for allowing him/her to have a gun in their house to defend themselves. Really.
I always cringe when non-computer types attempt to use technical language to impress. It usually ends in groans. No programmer would be showing the images being scanned through, as that would eat cycles. It is what I'd expect to see on TV. Also clip != mag.
In the end, it wasn't very good. Early Dale Brown or Larry Bond knew how to tell stories, have solid characters and also get the technical jargon correct (all things I look for). This book just came off as pilots wanting to be special operators.