Retribution

Dreamland #9

by Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice

In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed at a top-secret military facility. America’s best defense, they keep the nightmare at bay with astonishing technology. But now the terror is aimed directly at the heart of Dreamland. The Dreamland team has used stealth, raw nerve, and technology to defuse nightmares all across the globe. But now the darkness is racing toward America at blinding speed. With more than two dozen nuclear devices unaccounted for, the global masters of terror have set a catastrophe in a surprise attack more deadly than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined. If the nation is to survive, Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian and his crew will have to reach deep into their cutting-edge arsenal. And they’ll have to do it short-handed—because two of Dreamland’s best and bravest have been lost at sea . . .

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Military Fiction, War, Action, Audiobook, Suspense

544 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 28, 2007

About the author

Former U.S. Air Force captain Dale Brown is the superstar author of 25 consecutive New York Times best-selling military-action-aviation adventure novels: FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG (1987), SILVER TOWER (1988), DAY OF THE CHEETAH (1989), HAMMERHEADS (1990), SKY MASTERS (1991), NIGHT OF THE HAWK (1992), CHAINS OF COMMAND (1993), STORMING HEAVEN (1994), SHADOWS OF STEEL (1996) and FATAL TERRAIN (1997), THE TIN MAN (1998), BATTLE BORN (1999), and WARRIOR CLASS (2001). His Fourteenth Novel AIRBATTLE FORCE will be published in late Spring 2003... Dale's novels are published in 11 languages and distributed to over 70 countries. Worldwide sales of his novels, audiobooks and computer games exceed 10 million copies.

Dale was born in Buffalo, New York on November 2, 1956. He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Western European History and received an Air Force commission in 1978. He was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber, and is the recipient of several military decorations and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon.
Dale was also one of the nation's first Air Force ROTC cadets to qualify for and complete the grueling three-week U.S. Army Airborne Infantry paratrooper training course.

Dale is a director and volunteer pilot for AirLifeLine, a non-profit national charitable medical transportation organization who fly needy persons free of charge to receive treatment. He also supports a number of organizations to support and promote law enforcement and reading.

Dale Brown is a member of The Writers Guild and a Life Member of the Air Force Association and U.S. Naval Institute. He is a multi-engine and instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found in the skies all across the United States, piloting his own plane. On the ground, Dale enjoys tennis, skiing, scuba diving, and hockey. Dale, his wife Diane, and son Hunter live near the shores of Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Reviews

[Paul]

I didn't like it. It felt too much like a GI Joe cartoon. Lots of action. Lots of tech. Very little plot or character development.

[Tim]

Longer than it needs to be and saved only by an interesting and exciting finale. This rating might be a bit high based primarily on that. 6 of 10 stars.

[Thomas Randle]

It jumps from scene to scene, too much and rapidly.

[Greg Johnson]

This is a series of books about a Special Ops group of pilots in the Air Force. In this installment, the commander of Dreamland and fellow pilots helped avert WWII by using a secret weapon EMP to disable nukes fired between India and Pakistan. Now, they race against the clock to retrieve their war heads with assistance from the Navy. Also the unit is searching for a pair of downed pilots. Fast paced and high action.

[B Howard]

Could not finish. Supposed to be set in desert in Southwest but starts out in the area of India and Pakistan. Way too much military-speak for me. All the funny names for people and weapons and aircraft and ships had me completely confused. I never knew what was going on or where. Hated the incredibly long chapters. C. 2009

[Mike Beason]

Action-filled!

An action-filled novel about the start of what could be
WW3, beginning when Pakistan and India launch against each other, along with meddling from the Chinese and U.S... Dreamland gets involved with their new robotic aircraft and other toys to gather up the unused nuclear warheads. But one got away...

[Ray]

All ways a good read

[DustinR. Konkler]

The Chinese carrier's name changed from the last book. And I'm not sure why the Chinese would name their carrier Khan?

[Joseph J. Brice]

Dale Brown books always entertain!

This book never stops the suspense! Once you start reading it is hard to put down! I’ve read them all.

[Linda McCune]

A good military techno thriller.

[James C]

The book Dreamland Retribution is about a war between Pakistan, China, and India. The war comes around when twenty-five nuclear warheads disappear and the United States is said to be friendly with all of these Nations they are in between who they should fight for in the conflict, but it ends up that no one is friendly and it is a race against time to who can find the nuclear warhead first. If any other country finds the nukes then they are going to be set racing right towards the United States and at the other countries in the conflict, The Dreamland Team from the U.S is sent out to find the nukes before the other countries do. China’s vessels find a nuke and they bring it back to their ship the Mega Fortress when the Dream land finds out that they have the missile there is very little that they can do. The U.S shoots a missile up at the nuke and they knocked it out of the sky only hundreds of feet away from blowing up Nevada. Thanks to the Dreamlands commander and their cutting edge equipment they were able to save millions of people.
My Favorite Character in this book was Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian is the leader of Dreamland because he is the Protagonist in the book and he is very interesting. Dog is awesome because he is a strong bold character that you don’t want to cross. I like him because he rules his squad with an iron fist and doesn’t take no for an answer and this pays of when he saves the United States.
I would recommend this book to anyone they likes books with heavy conflict in them. I enjoyed this book because it was intense and I got locked into it unlike I would in most other books. I think that this is a good book because it runs multiple story lines with many characters in it that doesn’t make sense at first but they all come together at the end making this story worth reading.

[Rob]

It kept me interested, but not as deep as I Flight of the Old Dog or his earlier novels did. I definitely felt the struggles that Dog was going through with the new commander of Dreamland. From the first moment the General was introduced, I knew it wasn't going to be pretty. LOL

This book is towards the end of the series and if given the chance, I will try to read the ones before and after it just so I "get the whole picture". Still a good read.

[Ultan]

The Dreamland team used stealth, raw nerve, and technology to defuse a nightmare on the other side of the world. But now the darkness is racing toward America at blinding speed. With more than two dozen nuclear devices unaccounted for, the global masters of terror have set a catastrophe in motion--a surprise attack more deadly than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined

[Andy]

borrowed from the library to read on the plane - it was ok but not really a gripping story

[Amos]

of Walmart 7/1/11 started am 8/17/2011, finis 8/18/2011 at 12 pm
slow to get emersed into the story but once in I find it hard to put down!

[Alex]

Loved it.

[Ebb]

I jumped out of order, not remembering how they go. I like the book, great on the Kindle Fire HD.

[Norah S.]

Military...meh...