Ah, Dale Brown. Another cookie cutter plot, with ineffective politicians who despise the military techno-gear until it's too late. If the technology and the political scenarios weren't so interesting, I'd have given up on you by now. As it is... Three stars.

Ah, Dale Brown. Another cookie cutter plot, with ineffective politicians who despise the military techno-gear until it's too late. If the technology and the political scenarios weren't so interesting, I'd have given up on you by now. As it is... Three stars.

As much as the geek in me loves Dale Brown’s technology, the Patrick McLanahan story is getting very very old. Same story every time – McLanahan has his gadgets and goes off to save the world. The President and other Defense Department folks oppose him as a loose cannon. Blah blah blah.

I enjoy Brown’s novels for being a bit forward-looking, and yeah, for the sweet technology. However, his plots are getting tired; every book for the last several has been the general with all the cool toys saving the world whilst facing opposition from a political and military establishment that distrusts him. It worked the first few times, but now, it’s getting a bit threadbare.