The Pepperdogs: A Novel

by Francis J. "Bing" West Jr., Bing West, Bing West

Book Overview

When a fellow Marine is kidnapped, Captain Mark Lang and his recon team, the Pepperdogs, disobey orders and cross into snowbound Serbia to rescue him. A leader who can't quit, Lang is urged on by his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743235894
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Best Marine book yet

As a Marine, take my word for it..This book really shows what the Marine spirt is all about. Great reading, as good as a Clancy book.

Thriller is knowledgeable, swiftly paced

Bing West has used his insider's knowledge of weapons and tactics skillfully, not overloading the reader with techno-babble, to write a brisk, knowledgeable, swiftly paced thriller that will keep you turning pages until the very end. This elitist reservist group, in top physical and mental shape, is referred to en masse as the Pepperdogs because they can run like dogs with pepper on their butts. The rescuers defy the chain of command that obliges U.S. officers to consult with NATO members first before acting, since the war in Kosovo was technically a NATO, not an American operation.What makes for a good novel may not be the most effective way to work things out on the world stage, where West once had a supporting role.All in all, this book puts West among the great war novel writers with W.E.B. Griffin and Tom Clancy.

Pepperdogs

I found this book to be factual and as a former Marine I could relate very easily to what the characters in this book were going through. After reading this book, I would rank Bing West among the great war writers as W.E.B. Griffin and Tom Clancy. As an Old Corps Marine, one can appreciate the sentence that Bing West writes...."no crusty Marine colonel limping along behind them, telling them what to do." Any Marine would see the allusion to Colonel Chesty Puller. I would recommend anyone to buy this book, as I surely enjoyed it.

exciting techno-thriller

Captain Tyler Cosgrove, US Marine Corps Reserve, is doing his last patrol in Kosovo because he has been granted leave to fly back to the states to see his dying mother. One hour before his patrol is over, his path crosses that of Soca, a psychopathic Serb who just killed a woman in cold blood and stole her valuables. When the captain tries to stop him, his foe knocks him unconscious and takes him across the border into Serbia.Captain Mark Lang is very close to Cosgrove and is determined to find him and bring him home. Accompanying him are the men in his unit, THE PEPPER DOGS. They all come from New York and their families are all close friends. When an official rescue attempt fails, the men go it alone. Deliberately ignoring orders and prepared to take the consequences, their exploits are being broadcasted on to the net with pictures and text turning them into real American heroes. Politically and diplomatically their country doesn't know what to do with them but even the hard-liners hope they will make it back to safety.BING WEST has written an exciting techno-thriller that is in the same class as the works of Dale Brown and Tom Clancy. The men that comprise THE PEPPERDOGS are true heroes because they do the right thing in searching of their friend even though they have to go outside legal channels to do it. There is so much action in this novel that the reader will want to finish in one sitting to find out if everyone makes it back alive.Harriet Klausner

The Pepperdogs is a book for women as well as men

I just read this thrilling adventure and I must say women will find it as enjoyable and interesting as men. Of course it has hot marines, but it also pulls at your heart strings and brain cells, too. The tale is smart, sophisticated, fast paced, with more that one woman in a strong role. Not just the weapons are high tech; clever uses of cell phones, websites, and hand held computers keep The Pepperdogs an appealing page turner of a read. Realistic, tender relationships engaged in true suspense make it difficult for the reader to put down the book until the outcome is known. Read it during the day, because if you start it at night, as I did, you won't want to turn off the light till you know if each relationship is resolved--and you won't know that till the last page.