David Poyer
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English
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"Captain Dan Lenson is under fire both at sea, and in Washington. His command of the first antiballistic-missile-capable cruiser in the Fleet, USS Savo Island, is threatened when he's called home to testify before Congress. There, he must defend his controversial decision to prevent a massive retaliatory missile attack by Israel against civilian targets in the Mideast. Shaken by the near-end of his career, Lenson returns to command uncertain of his...
2) Black storm
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Series
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
Description
"Six days before America invades Iraq, Saddam Hussein issues an ultimatum; if coalition forces cross the border, he will turn Israel into "a crematorium." In the four days left before the ground war begins, Gunnery Sergeant Marcus Gault and his marine-army-navy team must land in Iraq, locate Saddam's ultimate deterrent, and target it for destruction with U.S. cruise missiles."--Jacket.
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Civil War at Sea ; 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Wealthy Elisha Eaker joins the Navy in 1861 to avoid an unwanted marriage and is assigned to the U.S.S. Owanee. Ker Claiborne, the ship's executive officer, is struggling with the choice between the Navy and Virginia. Their ship is then ordered to relieve Fort Sumter.
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Hemlock County ; 4
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
Description
Oil workers battle company goons in a labor conflict in 1930s Pennsylvania. It happens after five workers die in an accident at the Thunder Oil refinery, where management is penny-pinching on safety measures to increase profits. Leading the strikers is union organizer Doris Golden and driller Bill Halvorsen, their joint struggle giving birth to love.
8) The gulf
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Series
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
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English
Description
A U.S. destroyer is hit by an Iranian missile in the Persian Gulf. A conflict seems inevitable.
11) The cruiser
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English
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"On the brink of a nuclear war, Captain Dan Lenson must steer between frightening choices in this military thriller"--
Newly-promoted to captain, Dan Lenson's first glimpse of his command is of a ship literally high and dry. The USS Savo Island, which carries a classified, never-before-deployed missile defense system, has run aground on an exposed sandbar off Naples. Lenson has to relieve the ship's disgraced skipper and deploy on a secret mission--...
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English
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"The latest in David Poyer's acclaimed novels about the modern Navy and Marine Corps, Onslaught chronicles Dan Lenson's latest challenge as the U.S. Navy struggles to hold Taiwan, Korea, and Japan against a massive Chinese offensive. The prize: domination of Asia and the Western Pacific. As the United States' computer, satellite, and financial networks are ravaged by coordinated digital attacks, China and its associated powers begin to roll up and...
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2013.
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English
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After a tragic accident maims her laboratory assistant, Dr. Sara Pollard's career as a primate behaviorist lies in ruins. With nothing left to lose, Pollard, descendant of a Nantucket captain whose ship was sunk by a rogue whale, accepts an offer to join anti-whaling activists on a round-the-world racing yacht as the resident scientist, to sail from Argentina to the stormy Antarctic Sea. There they'll shadow, harass, and expose the Japanese fleet,...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"New threats surface in the aftermath of WWIII-this time, in the remote waters of the Arctic. Arctic Sea is the next thrilling entry in David Poyer's critically-acclaimed future war series. In the aftermath of a world war with China, Admiral Dan Lenson is assigned to set up a US Navy base on the rugged North Slope of Alaska, in response to Russian seabed claims that reach nearly to the US coast. Yet the current administration seems oddly reluctant...
15) Ghosting
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Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Jack Scales, a prominent neurosurgeon, is at the peak of his career. To celebrate, he decides to make up for lost time and buys a sailing yacht christened Slow Dance, for a family cruise to Bermuda. But, the family is strained: Jack's wife Arlen is secretly considering leaving the marriage; Rick, their bipolar twenty-year-old son, may need to be committed to a group home; Haley, a rebellious teenager, would rather be anywhere but trapped on a...
16) The Academy
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Series
Dan Lenson novel ; 22
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must...
18) The weapon
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to obtain the plans for a new Russian nuclear warhead, Navy commander Dan Lenson and his team are betrayed and barely escape with their lives, a situation that prompts an even more dangerous attempt to steal the weapon off of an Iranian submarine.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The war against China turns dire, as the United States struggles to survive in this gripping thriller featuring Navy commander Dan Lenson"--
The United States has suffered a devastating nuclear attack, and faces food shortages, power outages, cyber and AI assaults, and a wrecked economy. Admiral Dan Lenson leads an allied force assigned to turn the tide of war in the Pacific, using precisely targeted missiles and high-tech weapons systems. But as...
