Fatal Terrain

by Dale Brown

Book Overview

The bestselling author of Dale Brown's Dreamland and Warrior Class, Dale Brown thrills readers with his chillingly realistic descriptions of high-tech warfare. Now, in this explosive novel, Brown takes to the Asian skies... The People's Republic of China has launched a terrifying attack against Taiwan. Cold. Swift. Deadly. The U.S. isn't willing to stand by and watch, but when they come to Taiwan's aid, they're dealt an unexpected blow from Chinese...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425162605
• ISBN13: 9780425162606
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Fun Read

Despite the liberal posters and armchair military experts, I loved this book! Sure, many of the weapons and situations are fictional (as far as I know). The excessive military jargon was almost humorous and actually fun to read. Brown makes sure you know what all the acronyms mean. The situations and flight duals with jets and missiles were great. The plot had some great twists.It had me looking up all the different aircraft used. A fun and hard to put down book, I would highly recommend it!

The Chinese Invade Tiawan?

Fantastic Audio Book by Dale Brown. He is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. In this story the US is about to retire the B2 and other large heavy artillery bombers from service as many see they are no longer needed...At the same time China has decided that it finally wants Taiwan back and is going to go after it. Mostly with the plans of one man with a few outrageous ideas, making it seem like the US is helping Taiwan and is sabotaging many different Chinese events etc. When in fact it is all just part of the Chinese plan. In this one you see the retired McClannahan as well as Gen. Brad Elliot. They along with some of their new toys from Sykmasters Inc. and a few pals you have seen before or in the future stories, help to turn the tide of the on slot. In addition the Chinese actually use Nukes much to everyone's surprise. This is a fast paced audio with lots of information coming at you. One this that was sorta annoying was that the narrator used the same voice for a few of the characters which confused me at first.

Fatal Terrain is a great military read.

Dale Brown's Fatal Terrain is one of the best military novels of our generation. I have read several of his novels, and thought this was the best by far. He really goes to lengths to make sure you understand what's going on and this makes for a great read for anybody, knowledgeable of the military or not.

Fatal Terrain a fitting end of supercrew

In Fatal Terrain, Dale Brown plays out an all-too-real scenario...Communist China trying to retake possession of Taiwan. And unfortunately, the US response is just how I imagine it to be, complete with interservice rivalry and backroom backstabbing.No doubt, Brad Elliott is a maverick, and he doesn't always lead with his head. But he is the leader of this group, after all, a group that has done everything from knock out a Soviet laser sight to patrolling America's woefully unsecure borders. He reminds me a lot of General Mackenzie Hawkins (from Robert Ludlum's The Road to Gandolfo and The Road to Omaha). You hate him too much to get rid of him.Overall, it's everything a fan of Dale Brown could want...Lots of action, lots of drama, and gadgets out the wazoo...If you're a Dale Brown fan, you owe it to yourself to get this one...

Not Bad. Not bad at all

Fatal Terrain is Dale Brown's much-anticipated 10th novel, and it was a pretty darn good read. The theme of a Chinese attitude of aggression towards its neighbors seems realistic in light of the Chinese display of force a couple years ago near Taiwan. In the book China decides to attack Taiwan using "all" the weapons in its inventory. By the last 1/3 of the book, Chinese nukes were flying quite freely all over the Far East, and I really liked the notion of the "lone wolf" EB-52 Megafortress standing alone (well, almost alone) against the largest standing army in the world, even if it was a little bit unrealistic. A good read, the pages just flew by. READ IT!