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Dreamland
The beast is alive and prowling the high seas. As extremist Islamic pirates, armed and supported by a powerful Saudi terrorist, prey on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden, America aggressively answers with serious muscle -- a next-generation littoral warship with a full range of automated weapons systems that the enemy has dubbed "Satan's Tail." However, unforeseen technological problems combined with the suicidal tendencies of a fanatical foe mean support is needed from above -- and a pair of Dreamland's awesome Megafortresses and their Flighthawk escorts are dispatched to the war zone. But bitter professional rivalries threaten to damage, perhaps even destroy, the mission, as a vengeful opponent takes advantage of the disruption -- to strengthen his outlaw navy and set its sights horrifically high -- raising the stakes in a battle the U.S. and the world simply cannot afford to lose.
375 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2001
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Dale Brown
151 books1,132 followersFormer 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.
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.
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July 4, 2021
Got very engaged in this military action plot (NMG). Enjoyable and full of twists to keep one guessing. Narrator is top notch. Some profanity.
Later add:
having read another in the series, I found the profanity and the anti-religion dialogue, as well as, some sexuality that I’ve seen described better with less lasciviousness. Most lascivious feelings or thoughts are aimed at women, who end up “the cause” however the character involved took responsibility on himself - gratitude here. Sexual thoughts and feelings are part of life but anti -God or -religion sermons are not my cuppa...last of this writing duo and this series for me.
Later add:
having read another in the series, I found the profanity and the anti-religion dialogue, as well as, some sexuality that I’ve seen described better with less lasciviousness. Most lascivious feelings or thoughts are aimed at women, who end up “the cause” however the character involved took responsibility on himself - gratitude here. Sexual thoughts and feelings are part of life but anti -God or -religion sermons are not my cuppa...last of this writing duo and this series for me.
May 16, 2016
4.0 out of 5 - Action packed military thriller reminiscent of early Tom Clancy.
November 23, 2022
Dale Brown's (along with Jim DeFelice) Dreamland is a very good book! I enjoyed reading it. Good story. A lot of setup the first half of the book- the first in the Dreamland series. This entails the various characters introduced and the previous history of the Dreamland base near Las Vegas. The last half had several interrelated missions in Africa thru Ethiopia, Somalia and into Sudan and Libya. Using the new experimental technology from Dreamland to search for, find and, ultimately, rescue several pilots and marines caught by the Somalies during the initial mission.
Someone who loves flying, airplanes and the technology, especially, the first-rate, cutting edge military technology being developed at Dreamland will love this book! Dale Brown does a great job of making this cutting-edge technology and the aircraft involved accessible to the reader. His background in the Air Force provides the knowledge to include in this story. I struggled just a bit early on in moving through the setup of the Dreamland base and the various characters involved in trying to keep the base on-line and thriving by justifying its existence to the President and the Joint Chiefs.
Again, Dale Brown and Jim Defelice do a great job in making the material accessible to the reader. I know there are a whole bunch of books in the Dreamland series. Those, probably, do not have to have the extensive setup, but maybe a quick overview. I am looking forward to checking out some of the other books in the Dreamland series.
Someone who loves flying, airplanes and the technology, especially, the first-rate, cutting edge military technology being developed at Dreamland will love this book! Dale Brown does a great job of making this cutting-edge technology and the aircraft involved accessible to the reader. His background in the Air Force provides the knowledge to include in this story. I struggled just a bit early on in moving through the setup of the Dreamland base and the various characters involved in trying to keep the base on-line and thriving by justifying its existence to the President and the Joint Chiefs.
Again, Dale Brown and Jim Defelice do a great job in making the material accessible to the reader. I know there are a whole bunch of books in the Dreamland series. Those, probably, do not have to have the extensive setup, but maybe a quick overview. I am looking forward to checking out some of the other books in the Dreamland series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 13, 2021
Dale Brown's Dreamland merupakan siri novel yang masih berkongsi 'universe' yang sama dengan The Flight of the Old Dog. Tetapi,merupakan 'offshoot' daripadanya. Yakni, walaupun masih berkait,Dreamland memiliki jalan ceritanya yang tersendiri. 'Timeline' atau garis masa novel ini mengambil tempat tidak berapa lama selepas apa yang berlaku di dalam novel Day of the Cheetah.
Hal ini bermakna Dreamland memiliki watak-watak utama yang berbeza. Brad Elliot digantikan dengan Tecumseh Bastian,Patrick McLanahan dengan Jeffrey Stockard,Wendy Tork dengan Breanna Bastian Stockard dan beberapa watak yang lain yang dicipta khusus untuk siri novel kali ini. Tecumseh Bastian merupakan seorang pegawai tinggi Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat yang berpangkat Kolonel Leftenan yang ditugaskan untuk mengurus Dreamland selepas Brad Elliot dipecat dan ditugaskan di bawah organisasi rahsia yang baharu.
Secara amnya,tidak banyak perbezaan yang saya perhatikan hasil pembacaan saya pada siri novel Dreamland ini. Walau bagaimanapun,meski masih wujud perincian ketenteraan yang lazim terdapat di dalam novel sebelumnya,namun,ianya agak kurang diberikan perhatian dan diutamakan aspek-aspek penceritaan yang lain. Hal ini mungkin berlaku kerana siri novel Dreamland ini tidak hanya ditulis oleh Dale Brown,tetapi turut melibatkan input dan sentuhan penulis yang bernama Jim DeFelice.
Hal ini bermakna Dreamland memiliki watak-watak utama yang berbeza. Brad Elliot digantikan dengan Tecumseh Bastian,Patrick McLanahan dengan Jeffrey Stockard,Wendy Tork dengan Breanna Bastian Stockard dan beberapa watak yang lain yang dicipta khusus untuk siri novel kali ini. Tecumseh Bastian merupakan seorang pegawai tinggi Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat yang berpangkat Kolonel Leftenan yang ditugaskan untuk mengurus Dreamland selepas Brad Elliot dipecat dan ditugaskan di bawah organisasi rahsia yang baharu.
Secara amnya,tidak banyak perbezaan yang saya perhatikan hasil pembacaan saya pada siri novel Dreamland ini. Walau bagaimanapun,meski masih wujud perincian ketenteraan yang lazim terdapat di dalam novel sebelumnya,namun,ianya agak kurang diberikan perhatian dan diutamakan aspek-aspek penceritaan yang lain. Hal ini mungkin berlaku kerana siri novel Dreamland ini tidak hanya ditulis oleh Dale Brown,tetapi turut melibatkan input dan sentuhan penulis yang bernama Jim DeFelice.
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November 3, 2021I don’t think I can get through this one. The characters are alright, but there’s so much technobabble that it detracts from the reading experience and makes the plot hard to follow.
August 10, 2023
Dreamland is a book in the "technothriller" genre, where recent technical development let people do unexpected things in a geopolitical environment. I guess it somewhat touches on science fiction, but it is typically more based on secret military weapons than breakthroughs in physics knowledge.
In a way it is a successor, or spin-off to the Patrick McLanahan series, where the last book at the time had all the main characters fired for letting a spy in. Now the research centre, Dreamland, is also threatened as the end of the cold war has people talking about downsizing the military expenditures.
It is important to see the political landscape where this was written. It was published in June 2001, just months before the attack on the World Trade Center, and with the US in peace (except for "war on drugs"). Publishing a novel about a clash with Islamists might have seen like an eerie prediction but it is clear from the book that the author actually knew absolutely nothing about Islamists beyond what Fox News or the year 2000 equivalent of news entertainment and scaremongering told him.
It is easy twenty years later to point out all the errors, but I get the distinct feeling that the author either was intentionally ignorant or did not mind treating his readers as they are ignorant morons that will swallow anything. While I don’t mind books simplifying reality a bit, there are limits to what I find acceptable and this is way past those limits.
For instance, did the author not have access to maps? Having airplanes with a combat range of 700 km or so take off from Libya and fight over Somalia, 1,500 – 2,500 km away from the Libyan border, is just silly.
I would also like to know how the pilots in a falling plane with no engines experienced 4g. Normally in free fall the effective acceleration is zero g. Rotation of some kind? More likely the author again decided to treat his readers as ignorant morons. Especially since a weak limbed civilian technician walked around doing things in those 4g.
Then there is how the book describes women. "She said with her beautiful mouth", about one of the star scientists. It’s that super model nuclear physicist in the 1999 James Bond movie "The World is not Enough" again, isn’t it? I would have liked to see the author use the same adjectives about some male characters. It would be obviously laughable, but now it’s just sad.
And did I mention geopolitics? I.e. the politics controlling relations between states and state entities. In this book Iran is the bad boy, and the author takes the chance to put everyone annoyed with the US as partners or potential partners with Iran, a theocracy that is more of a threat to their countries than the US was. That is not how the world works!
Hmm, now I wonder if George W. Bush read this before the Iraq war. Or maybe he shared the same ignorant world view as the author.
I did read the whole Patrick McLanahan series up to this point even though it annoyed me at the end. I should have held on to that feeling rather than giving the author a second, or third, chance. It’s just that there are so few good techno thrillers around and I like the genre, but it has to be done at least reasonably well.
In a way it is a successor, or spin-off to the Patrick McLanahan series, where the last book at the time had all the main characters fired for letting a spy in. Now the research centre, Dreamland, is also threatened as the end of the cold war has people talking about downsizing the military expenditures.
It is important to see the political landscape where this was written. It was published in June 2001, just months before the attack on the World Trade Center, and with the US in peace (except for "war on drugs"). Publishing a novel about a clash with Islamists might have seen like an eerie prediction but it is clear from the book that the author actually knew absolutely nothing about Islamists beyond what Fox News or the year 2000 equivalent of news entertainment and scaremongering told him.
It is easy twenty years later to point out all the errors, but I get the distinct feeling that the author either was intentionally ignorant or did not mind treating his readers as they are ignorant morons that will swallow anything. While I don’t mind books simplifying reality a bit, there are limits to what I find acceptable and this is way past those limits.
For instance, did the author not have access to maps? Having airplanes with a combat range of 700 km or so take off from Libya and fight over Somalia, 1,500 – 2,500 km away from the Libyan border, is just silly.
I would also like to know how the pilots in a falling plane with no engines experienced 4g. Normally in free fall the effective acceleration is zero g. Rotation of some kind? More likely the author again decided to treat his readers as ignorant morons. Especially since a weak limbed civilian technician walked around doing things in those 4g.
Then there is how the book describes women. "She said with her beautiful mouth", about one of the star scientists. It’s that super model nuclear physicist in the 1999 James Bond movie "The World is not Enough" again, isn’t it? I would have liked to see the author use the same adjectives about some male characters. It would be obviously laughable, but now it’s just sad.
And did I mention geopolitics? I.e. the politics controlling relations between states and state entities. In this book Iran is the bad boy, and the author takes the chance to put everyone annoyed with the US as partners or potential partners with Iran, a theocracy that is more of a threat to their countries than the US was. That is not how the world works!
Hmm, now I wonder if George W. Bush read this before the Iraq war. Or maybe he shared the same ignorant world view as the author.
I did read the whole Patrick McLanahan series up to this point even though it annoyed me at the end. I should have held on to that feeling rather than giving the author a second, or third, chance. It’s just that there are so few good techno thrillers around and I like the genre, but it has to be done at least reasonably well.
September 14, 2021
Dreamland
by Dale Brown is my first book by the author and the first in the Dreamland series, AND definitely my LAST read. As much as it might be touted as a military action-packed book, and rightly so, it has one great weakness and failure - character development. I would have loved to see characters growing, emotionally, connecting, and at least being real. These characters are so blunt, not relatable at all.
It is a technically charged story, with so many characters (poorly developed at that), inconsistently referred to by their nicknames and haphazardly in their real names—parading in and out of the narrative only creating confusion. I don't want this at all.
It is a good read, for a thriller, but it's got too much technical language and jargon (though not as much) to the point of boredom.
Hidden in the Nevada desert is America’s most advanced aerospace weapons testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation’s top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force’s top guns come to test them—on the front lines of a new era in warfare.
The fiasco of a spy’s infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess—and save Dreamland from the Congressional chopping block—Lt. Colonel William Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian is sent in. He’s just the guy to shake things up … and does when a situation erupts in Somalia. Into a hotter-than-hot war zone, he sends his own daughter—the pilot of a Megafortress bomber—and a high-tech, unmanned flight system that could make or break the future of Dreamland …
Colonel Bastian's daughter, Captain Breanna Stockard, is married to Major Jeff "Zen" Stockard who is wheelchair-bound after a training mishap. Due to his disability, Jeff is bitter with life, insecure (though Breanna really loves him), and suspicious of his wife. Though their relationship is strained (and why I have vowed not to touch any of Dale Brown's books or any other book in the series, the characters are not well developed to enable the reader connect with them as it ought), they work together - father, daughter and son-in-law - into battle-torn Somalia using the Megafortress test bomber, securing Dreamland's funding and restoring its dignity.
It is a technically charged story, with so many characters (poorly developed at that), inconsistently referred to by their nicknames and haphazardly in their real names—parading in and out of the narrative only creating confusion. I don't want this at all.
It is a good read, for a thriller, but it's got too much technical language and jargon (though not as much) to the point of boredom.
Hidden in the Nevada desert is America’s most advanced aerospace weapons testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation’s top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force’s top guns come to test them—on the front lines of a new era in warfare.
The fiasco of a spy’s infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess—and save Dreamland from the Congressional chopping block—Lt. Colonel William Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian is sent in. He’s just the guy to shake things up … and does when a situation erupts in Somalia. Into a hotter-than-hot war zone, he sends his own daughter—the pilot of a Megafortress bomber—and a high-tech, unmanned flight system that could make or break the future of Dreamland …
Colonel Bastian's daughter, Captain Breanna Stockard, is married to Major Jeff "Zen" Stockard who is wheelchair-bound after a training mishap. Due to his disability, Jeff is bitter with life, insecure (though Breanna really loves him), and suspicious of his wife. Though their relationship is strained (and why I have vowed not to touch any of Dale Brown's books or any other book in the series, the characters are not well developed to enable the reader connect with them as it ought), they work together - father, daughter and son-in-law - into battle-torn Somalia using the Megafortress test bomber, securing Dreamland's funding and restoring its dignity.
March 19, 2019
Was excited about this new series from Brown based on the goings-on at Dreamland. The opening novel takes place in 1995, not long after the events in his novel Day of the Cheetah. Basically, General Elliot is out of the picture at Dreamland, and Congress and all the other higher ups are close to closing this place down.
Enter Colonel Dog Bastian. He takes over Dreamland, figuring it will be ditched by the powers that be. This is the slow, and I mean slow part of the book, pretty much the first one half to two thirds of the book. Generally, we introduce new characters, besides Bastian, including his daughter and pilot Breanna Stockard, and her husband, who is wheel-chaired after a training accident in the prologue, Jeff. A few cameos from Dale Brown's other novels appear, such as McClanahan and Briggs. The only one that takes part in most of this novel from the past novels is Nancy Cheshire.
While they are working on projects at HAWC, tensions are mounting in Somalia, where Iranians are shipping in Silkworm missles. Also, involved is Libya. The Iranians are trying to get a "Greater Islamic League" set up against the west.
Eventually, our friends at Dreamland are sent over, in their modified EB-52 Megafortresses...along with U/MF's Flighthawks, which are unmanned planes flown by Jeff from inside the EB-52.
The novel picks up speed in the last one quarter as we have aerial and land battle scenes. Can the guys and gals of Dreamland succeed in their mission, and if so, this could save the Dreamland facility.
Also enjoyed Brown and Defelice adding some action from the Navy, and Marines in this one. If not for most of the book being slow, this would have ranked higher.
Betting the series will get better, now that the characters have been developed. Worth getting if you're a techno-thriller fan.
Enter Colonel Dog Bastian. He takes over Dreamland, figuring it will be ditched by the powers that be. This is the slow, and I mean slow part of the book, pretty much the first one half to two thirds of the book. Generally, we introduce new characters, besides Bastian, including his daughter and pilot Breanna Stockard, and her husband, who is wheel-chaired after a training accident in the prologue, Jeff. A few cameos from Dale Brown's other novels appear, such as McClanahan and Briggs. The only one that takes part in most of this novel from the past novels is Nancy Cheshire.
While they are working on projects at HAWC, tensions are mounting in Somalia, where Iranians are shipping in Silkworm missles. Also, involved is Libya. The Iranians are trying to get a "Greater Islamic League" set up against the west.
Eventually, our friends at Dreamland are sent over, in their modified EB-52 Megafortresses...along with U/MF's Flighthawks, which are unmanned planes flown by Jeff from inside the EB-52.
The novel picks up speed in the last one quarter as we have aerial and land battle scenes. Can the guys and gals of Dreamland succeed in their mission, and if so, this could save the Dreamland facility.
Also enjoyed Brown and Defelice adding some action from the Navy, and Marines in this one. If not for most of the book being slow, this would have ranked higher.
Betting the series will get better, now that the characters have been developed. Worth getting if you're a techno-thriller fan.
January 29, 2021
As with other books by Dale Brown, “Dreamland” is kick-ass adrenaline rush with lots of military high tech. It follows the storyline developed in other works by Brown, such as “Flight of The Old Dog” and “Day of the Cheetah,” where Dreamland is a top-secret, aeronautical high-tech weapons testing facility located in Nevada. The inclusion of Jim DeFelice as co-author in the Dreamland series adds a more human element to the narrative.
The main characters in “Dreamland” sound like an incestuous orgy. The base is headed by Lt. Col. Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian. His daughter, Captain Breanna “Rap” Stockard, is a top pilot of Megafortress, a converted B-52 on steroids. Breanna is married to Major Jeffrey “Zen” Stockard, head of the Flighthawk remote control flight program. Jeffrey is anything but Zen-like, as his anger at being paralyzed in a previous crash nearly ends his career and marriage. Throughout the book there is a tension between manned aircraft and drones, between human brainpower and artificial intelligence. And, of course, there is tension between Breanna, her husband and her father.
The action kicks up a notch in the second half of the book where an elite team is sent to Somalia to frustrate the designs of Iran in controlling the oil shipping lanes. (As I read this 20 years after the book was written, Iran continues to do the same thing.) Two pilots are shot down, and it is up to a team from Dreamland to rescue them using their highly classified equipment. This nearly escalates into WWIII as almost all of North Africa becomes involved in the fighting.
Overall a very good read by consistently talented authors.
The main characters in “Dreamland” sound like an incestuous orgy. The base is headed by Lt. Col. Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian. His daughter, Captain Breanna “Rap” Stockard, is a top pilot of Megafortress, a converted B-52 on steroids. Breanna is married to Major Jeffrey “Zen” Stockard, head of the Flighthawk remote control flight program. Jeffrey is anything but Zen-like, as his anger at being paralyzed in a previous crash nearly ends his career and marriage. Throughout the book there is a tension between manned aircraft and drones, between human brainpower and artificial intelligence. And, of course, there is tension between Breanna, her husband and her father.
The action kicks up a notch in the second half of the book where an elite team is sent to Somalia to frustrate the designs of Iran in controlling the oil shipping lanes. (As I read this 20 years after the book was written, Iran continues to do the same thing.) Two pilots are shot down, and it is up to a team from Dreamland to rescue them using their highly classified equipment. This nearly escalates into WWIII as almost all of North Africa becomes involved in the fighting.
Overall a very good read by consistently talented authors.
October 1, 2018
The plot of the book I read, called Dreamland, does not seem to match this Goodreads description.
This is the book description of the one I got from the library:
Hidden in the Nevada desert is America's most advanced aerospace weapons testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation's top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force's top guns come to test them--on the front lines of a new era in warfare...
The fiasco of a spy's infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess--and save Dreamland from the Congressional chopping block--Lt. Colonel William Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian is sent in. He's just the guy to shake things up...and does when a situation erupts in Somalia. Into a hotter-than-hot war zone, he sends his own daughter--the pilot of a Megafortress bomber--and a high-tech, unmanned flight system that could make or break the future of Dreamland...
Slow to start with, picked up in the middle to a great ending.
This is the book description of the one I got from the library:
Hidden in the Nevada desert is America's most advanced aerospace weapons testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation's top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force's top guns come to test them--on the front lines of a new era in warfare...
The fiasco of a spy's infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess--and save Dreamland from the Congressional chopping block--Lt. Colonel William Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian is sent in. He's just the guy to shake things up...and does when a situation erupts in Somalia. Into a hotter-than-hot war zone, he sends his own daughter--the pilot of a Megafortress bomber--and a high-tech, unmanned flight system that could make or break the future of Dreamland...
Slow to start with, picked up in the middle to a great ending.
July 15, 2020
The plot of the book I read, called Dreamland, does not seem to match the Goodreads description--until I switched editions. A heavy mix of tech -vs- story....every weapon is cataloged, no alpha designation get unused. Despite some unbelievable or impossible situations, like a barrel roll in a B-52 or deploying a weapon without NCA approval, or a LtCol replacing a LtGen, or an OSD civilian calling the LtCol for Congressional advice, it was a pretty good story. Dale Brown does that and has done that in his other series, so get over it. Nothing heavy here ... move on to the next story.
June 9, 2025
must have been facebook or book bubs that made me get this. It was fair. A military place near Nellis/Area 51 where we come up with the latest technology for our flying machines. But we still use EB-52s. The story is about a LT Col that takes over from a three star at Dreamland and Washington budgets and their training and then the get involved in an issue in Somalia/LIbya etc. It was OK, but no need to read others.
April 25, 2018
DREAMLAND BY DALE BROWN is another action packed book which will keep the reader up all night wanting to know what happens next. I am a newbie to Mr.Browns books but am hooked! This is book 1 in the Dreamland series so we get introduced to some very colorful characters. If you are into the military thrill rides then DREAMLAND is for you.
December 11, 2022
I read this years ago, was looking for something to read and it was right there so I read it again. Looking for military action and adventure involving aviation, then this is it. It's one of a series of his books with the same re-occurring characters.
August 30, 2017
A good mix of tech and story.
October 8, 2019
One of my favourite authors. Love the characterisation and packed with action!
October 27, 2019
Misogynistic. Predictable. Tedious.
February 7, 2020
Action packed military adventure. Good technical and real life experience in the storytelling but not yet at Clancy’s level of writing. Will read more.
March 3, 2021
Enjoyed the book a great deal as I listened to it on CD, however, I think the abridged version might have made it a little easier to follow and still retain the great plot.
February 25, 2022
Not my thing. Read only a few pages and will return it unread.
February 27, 2022
First in a series, good action sequences, some plot points forced. Ends somewhat abruptly.
Picks up roughly where Flight of the Cheeta left off.
Picks up roughly where Flight of the Cheeta left off.
January 22, 2023
Too much technical jargon for me
February 1, 2024
První polovina nuda, po Somálsku lepší. Nicméně některé manévry B52 vyvolavaly spíš úsměv.
November 16, 2024
As a techno thriller Dale brown can't be beat
November 20, 2024
A great start to the series!
March 9, 2025
2025 Review 022. Dreamland #1 Dreamland by Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice
Page Count : 375
Dale Brown has always been one of my favourite military aviation thriller writers ever since I read his first book, Flight of the Old Dog.
This book is linked to Dale Brown's main series of books in particular, Day of The Cheetah, which this book follows on from almost immediately.
I've had these books on my shelves for years and have read them once before.
I will admit that I stopped buying them after 10 books because they turned away from aircraft thrillers to special forces thrillers.
I decided to read them again now to see if they would be something I would read again and again.
This book almost become another DNF, but I pushed on and found myself enjoying it. I realised that this series of books, even though they have Dale Brown's name on the front of them, was probably written by Jim DeFelices.
The aviation sequences in this book were brilliantly written and there is a lot of setup for the action which while I found some of it quite long, I found myself enjoying.
The reason I was unsure about this book is because I missed the familiar characters from Dale Brown's other books, several of whom actually make appearances in this book.
By the time, I finished this book I found myself enjoying this book and will most likely read it again in the future, but will decide whether to keep the 10 books I own once I have finished reading the other 9 books.
4.5*
****
Page Count : 375
Dale Brown has always been one of my favourite military aviation thriller writers ever since I read his first book, Flight of the Old Dog.
This book is linked to Dale Brown's main series of books in particular, Day of The Cheetah, which this book follows on from almost immediately.
I've had these books on my shelves for years and have read them once before.
I will admit that I stopped buying them after 10 books because they turned away from aircraft thrillers to special forces thrillers.
I decided to read them again now to see if they would be something I would read again and again.
This book almost become another DNF, but I pushed on and found myself enjoying it. I realised that this series of books, even though they have Dale Brown's name on the front of them, was probably written by Jim DeFelices.
The aviation sequences in this book were brilliantly written and there is a lot of setup for the action which while I found some of it quite long, I found myself enjoying.
The reason I was unsure about this book is because I missed the familiar characters from Dale Brown's other books, several of whom actually make appearances in this book.
By the time, I finished this book I found myself enjoying this book and will most likely read it again in the future, but will decide whether to keep the 10 books I own once I have finished reading the other 9 books.
4.5*
****
October 6, 2025
Good one
November 18, 2011
Decent read. I've been finding the Dreamland series in bits and pieces while deployed, so I'm reading them out of order somewhat. Dale Brown has always had a good writing style, I was hooked on his series right after I read Flight of the Old Dog. I'm not really sure collaboration works well in writing. I've read sci-fi (Rama series) as well as some of the Clancy co-wrote novels and didn't enjoy them as much as the ones written solely by Clarke or Clancy. Might just be a personal thing, but thought I'd toss my $0.02 worth
April 4, 2010
After Kushiel's Chosen, which took me about three weeks to read, I was looking for a page turner. Dale Brown delivered yet again. In a nice change from others in the list, there is little political intrigue, which had been getting more and more ridiculous, and had made me decide that this would be the last book, if it kept up. Thankfully, Brown kept it to the stuff he knows, airplanes and bang-bang, so I will keep going.
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