Pacific Siege

SEAL Team Seven #8

by Keith Douglass (Pseudonym)

When renegade Japanese troops, led by maverick General Nishikawa, seize control of a Russian island and its military garrison, SEAL Team 7 is sent in to restore the peace, before the Russian hostages are killed and Russia retaliates against Japan. Original.

Genres: Military Fiction, Fiction

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Will · Rating 4 out of 5]

This ST7 novel was very good, and Douglass seems to do a better job with this series compared to the Carrier series, although both are good. As the title of my review states, Team Seven fight in two theaters this novel, although the main plot centers around the Pacific. The first several chapters have the Seals in Iraq, on a mission the rescue a Kuwaiti government prisoner. Almost though the story was not going to match the cover. But the Seals fight through Iraqi soldiers, helicopters and MIGs to escape Iraq. A familiar face is not in this novel, Magic Brown, still recuperating from his injuries suffered in Iran on the previous mission, "Deathrace".
So the middle of the book keeps the SEALs training in Coronado and Niland, with a new recruit. Word from CIA Contact Don Stroh is that a situation in North Korea is heating up and the Seals may be needed there. Well as they move to the Carrier USS Monroe, something else happens. A Japanese general invades the Kunashir Island which is Russian territory, but was owned by Japan prior to the end of WWII. General Nishikawa wants Russia to give the land back, but diplomacy has not worked in the past. His and many other Japanese have buried ancestors there.
The Russians are ready to take out this band of Japanese invaders, but the U.S. and the Seals arrive first, and eventually, after some tight/tense moments at sea between the Russians and Americans, they work together to track the general down.
Well rounded novel, that had plenty of action and dialogue and did not center on the Seals all the time, involving more of the Carrier crew. Some Bond like spy weapons are introduced that the Seals use, to take out the Japanese without injuring or killing them. One of the better ones in the ST7 series.

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is set on a small island in the Pacific ocean near Japan. Seal team seven has been sent on an unusual mission for them, a non-lethal one. A Japanese general and several of his men have taken over an island that was given to Russia after World War II. They made this move because they wished to worship their ancestors, and they were not allowed access to the graves. Russia threatened violent reprisals, and Japan found it necessary to stay neutral. They ask the United States for help, and seal team seven was sent to solve the problem.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Keith Douglass' Seal Team Seven series. I get caught up in the action and can't put the book down. The descriptions of the characters in the front of the book are helpful so someone can pick up a book in the middle of the series or the beginning and still know who all the players are. These books are action packed and I thoroughly enjoy reading them. Now I need to get the rest of the series (I only have 5) and then get the Carrier series.

[Ralph McEwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

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