Larry Bond's First Team

by Larry Bond, Jim DeFelice, Jim De Felice

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of the classic technothrillers Red Phoenix and Day of Wrath , Larry Bond has won praise for the gritty authenticity of his military-political adventures as well as for his matchless talent at generating edge-of-your-seat suspense. Now Bond debutes an exciting new series that rockets straight from the cutting edge of America's war on terror . . .Officially designated the Joint Services Special Demands Project,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765307111
• ISBN13: 9780765307118
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Different thriller

The plot of this book follows the normal thriller pattern - you meet the hero, there's a problem, more problems, blind alleys, etc. Which is all good. It moves very fast and there's a lot of action, etc. It doesn't skimp on combat, etc.But what stood out for me were the characters. They actually seemed affected by what happened in the book - they were more like real people, even the supposedly minor ones, than a lot of other books I seem to be reading these days. So much so that at some points they did things that annoyed me, even though they made sense to the characters themselves. By the end of the book I really cared about what was happening to them and I wanted to find out more - which I think is a sign that it was very good. I'd definitely pick up a sequel.

Terrific Techno

Larry Bond's First Team was mind bending! I really enjoyed this book. The characters were real and it seemed like anytime the action was in danger of lagging something got blown up real good. What more could you want from a techno. I just loved it!

Great series start

Really interesting characters make this a great read. I'm a little prejudiced (sp??) because the hero and his sidekick are Irish-Americans, but I the action rolls on and on, so I think others will like it, too.

First Team Sizzles!

Action from the first page to the last! Starts with a bang, and keeps on firing! Written as the first book of a series, the only thing missing in this book is the seriousness that we are used to seeing in Bond's earlier books. The plot is good, considering today's regular warnings of possible terrorist attacks within the U.S. Let's just hope Bin Ladin and his evil cohorts played their best card first, on Sept. 11, 2001, and that we don't have to worry about something like this happening in the near, or distant future. A little too much comaderie, and male bonding for a bunch of tough, action oriented Special Forces guys, but you need something to make these guys human, and not just cardboard cutouts of cartoon heroes. You get the feeling from the second chapter that this is the beginning of a series, but still, all in all, it was fun to read, if you don't take it TOO seriously. So just sit back and enjoy the action. You'll be glad you did.

A great read

I have read all of Larry Bond's works and found this one to be on par with each and every one of them. From the first page to the last I found the plot twists and characters to be very entertaining.