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Dreamland #12
Black Wolf
“Dale Brown is a superb storyteller.”
—W.E.B. Griffin, Washington Post
The incomparable Dale Brown (“The best military writer in the country” —Clive Cussler) and co-author Jim DeFelice send the Dreamland team back into action in Black Wolf, an unrelentingly exciting international thriller. A notorious group of legendary assassins, code-named “Wolves,” plan to disrupt an important NATO meeting and, if they can’t be stopped, deadly chaos will reign. Black Wolf is a riveting adventure from two acknowledged masters at the top of their form—combining political intrigue, cutting edge military technology, and ripped-from-the-headlines immediacy.
—W.E.B. Griffin, Washington Post
The incomparable Dale Brown (“The best military writer in the country” —Clive Cussler) and co-author Jim DeFelice send the Dreamland team back into action in Black Wolf, an unrelentingly exciting international thriller. A notorious group of legendary assassins, code-named “Wolves,” plan to disrupt an important NATO meeting and, if they can’t be stopped, deadly chaos will reign. Black Wolf is a riveting adventure from two acknowledged masters at the top of their form—combining political intrigue, cutting edge military technology, and ripped-from-the-headlines immediacy.
480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 30, 2010
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About the author
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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August 4, 2021
Dale Brown will always give you some action and plenty of military technology in his books. Black Wolf deals with someone thought dead 15 years earlier, but now, is in fact alive. Brown throws in a little bit of Universal Soldier, for those who remember that movie, with some comic book, superhero type stuff, and The Six Million Dollar Man.
The premise of the book, is a group of assassins, known as the Wolves, and there mission directed by someone unknown, but likely Russian, is to take out persons of interest, whether they be celebrities, or foreign dignitaries. The Whiplash team, headed by Danny Freah, is tasked to seek this rogue group of superhumans out, and stop them before they assassinate others, which in the book, was looking to be a group of NATO leaders meeting in Prague.
The past Dreamland books really dealt more with Air Force military improvements. This novel is more along the lines of a Mission Impossible/Jason Bourne read.
Overall, it was good book, but for most of the first two-thirds, the action was limited, with more dialogue, investigations, etc. occurring, which in itself isn't bad, but it did drag the rating down, and the premise was just ok.
The premise of the book, is a group of assassins, known as the Wolves, and there mission directed by someone unknown, but likely Russian, is to take out persons of interest, whether they be celebrities, or foreign dignitaries. The Whiplash team, headed by Danny Freah, is tasked to seek this rogue group of superhumans out, and stop them before they assassinate others, which in the book, was looking to be a group of NATO leaders meeting in Prague.
The past Dreamland books really dealt more with Air Force military improvements. This novel is more along the lines of a Mission Impossible/Jason Bourne read.
Overall, it was good book, but for most of the first two-thirds, the action was limited, with more dialogue, investigations, etc. occurring, which in itself isn't bad, but it did drag the rating down, and the premise was just ok.
November 16, 2014
Once again, Dale Brown and Jim Defelice have teamed up to bring us this, their 2010 edition and sequel to the 2008 installment in their Dreamland series, “Revolution.” This time, it’s fourteen years later. Some of the same “Revolution” characters return in “Black Wolf,” but all are in dramatically different roles here. Whereas Romania was the central locale in “Revolution,” here Moldova takes center stage with cameo appearances by scenes from the Ukraine and Czech Republic.
Once again, Brown and Defelice dazzle the reader with a steady parade of sophisticated weaponry and high tech gadgetry. Where else but in these pages will you find the following? A talking elevator that takes your beverage orders which are ready when you arrive at your office? Walk through walls that are formed by an invisible force field? Floating computer screens that disappear with the sweep of your hand? (Those three Star Wars-type items alone are found consecutively on pages 21, 22 and 23!) Or how about carbon-based, composite bullets fired from pistols with no metal parts, undetectable by security screeners? How about those remote controlled fighter jets, the Sabres or UM/F-9s, upgraded replacements for the Flighthawks we first encountered in “Revolution?” Not to mention Medusa, the on board computers that made automated aerial combat possible. The interactive, intelligence gathering personal computer system MY-PID plays a big role here. Our heroes in “Black Wolf” spend a lot of time planting electronic video bugs to provide surveillance linked to MY-PID. To supplement the video bugs, there were the Reaper drones assisted by synthetic imaging radar. How about those Gen 4 night vision eye glasses? Or those biologically enhanced assassins? You know, the ones with exoskeleton devices, making them almost bullet proof. With a nod toward Star Wars, we get to see energy weapons in action, “firing small bursts of plasma at high speed.” With a look toward the future, Brown and Defelice report on “the next generation of CIA field officers (who’ll) operate with implants in their head, speaking fluently in any language they dialed up.” For an assault team wanting to approach an assassins’ training camp in Moldova, Brown and Defelice created an invisible, six meter-wide corridor using a resonating magnetic force. Predator drones using ground penetrating radar play a big role in the climatic attack. To scramble up outside walls of that camp, some members of the assault team pulled special booties over their shoes and donned climbing gloves containing tiny, razor-sharp points to dig into wood, making them human flies.
If you’re into futuristic weaponry and gadgetry, this release from Brown and Defelice will not disappoint. Spoiler alert! It’s worth the investment in your time to find out what really happened to CIA operative Mark Stoner following that fiery helicopter crash in “Revolution.”
Once again, Brown and Defelice dazzle the reader with a steady parade of sophisticated weaponry and high tech gadgetry. Where else but in these pages will you find the following? A talking elevator that takes your beverage orders which are ready when you arrive at your office? Walk through walls that are formed by an invisible force field? Floating computer screens that disappear with the sweep of your hand? (Those three Star Wars-type items alone are found consecutively on pages 21, 22 and 23!) Or how about carbon-based, composite bullets fired from pistols with no metal parts, undetectable by security screeners? How about those remote controlled fighter jets, the Sabres or UM/F-9s, upgraded replacements for the Flighthawks we first encountered in “Revolution?” Not to mention Medusa, the on board computers that made automated aerial combat possible. The interactive, intelligence gathering personal computer system MY-PID plays a big role here. Our heroes in “Black Wolf” spend a lot of time planting electronic video bugs to provide surveillance linked to MY-PID. To supplement the video bugs, there were the Reaper drones assisted by synthetic imaging radar. How about those Gen 4 night vision eye glasses? Or those biologically enhanced assassins? You know, the ones with exoskeleton devices, making them almost bullet proof. With a nod toward Star Wars, we get to see energy weapons in action, “firing small bursts of plasma at high speed.” With a look toward the future, Brown and Defelice report on “the next generation of CIA field officers (who’ll) operate with implants in their head, speaking fluently in any language they dialed up.” For an assault team wanting to approach an assassins’ training camp in Moldova, Brown and Defelice created an invisible, six meter-wide corridor using a resonating magnetic force. Predator drones using ground penetrating radar play a big role in the climatic attack. To scramble up outside walls of that camp, some members of the assault team pulled special booties over their shoes and donned climbing gloves containing tiny, razor-sharp points to dig into wood, making them human flies.
If you’re into futuristic weaponry and gadgetry, this release from Brown and Defelice will not disappoint. Spoiler alert! It’s worth the investment in your time to find out what really happened to CIA operative Mark Stoner following that fiery helicopter crash in “Revolution.”
February 27, 2013
Black Wolf is a fascinating, page turning read. The author provides the reader with a mixture of military expertise, and high tech espionage. The story centers on a cast of various characters, trying to catch a group of killers known as the Wolves that are assassinating people who seem to have nothing in common. It explores how appearances can be deceiving, and things are not always, as they seem. I enjoyed reading this intriguing and gripping tale.
March 6, 2014
Good book, a page turner. There are some real cool tech stuff that is interesting. Worth the read if you are a serial Dale Brown reader.
February 4, 2021
Black Wolfe
Didn’t seem as exciting as some his other books. I was hoping it would be finished long before I had completed the book. Ending seemed to just get there, without suspense build up. I read it and liked it, but it wasn’t his best effort.
Didn’t seem as exciting as some his other books. I was hoping it would be finished long before I had completed the book. Ending seemed to just get there, without suspense build up. I read it and liked it, but it wasn’t his best effort.
July 2, 2024
This was an interesting, interesting book a little far-fetched in many areas, but still a decent book. I will probably give more of the series a try.
December 23, 2024
heart stopping action!
heart stopping action! Dale Brown hits another one out of the park. Gripping Aerial scenes with enough “G’ forces to make you pant. A pilot’s PILOT!
heart stopping action! Dale Brown hits another one out of the park. Gripping Aerial scenes with enough “G’ forces to make you pant. A pilot’s PILOT!
April 3, 2025
Always a good read.
I've enjoyed reading his books since I read his first one, Flight of The Old Dog. I love the aptation of the characters.
I've enjoyed reading his books since I read his first one, Flight of The Old Dog. I love the aptation of the characters.
January 26, 2011
Plot Summary: The deadliest weapon . . . is man
Top NATO representatives meet in Kiev to forge a new alliance . . . Powerful elements within a newly resurgent Russia decide the alliance must be stopped at all costs . . .
The warriors of Dreamland have moved on. Some, like Breanna and Zen Stockard, to positions of power and influence; others, like Danny Freah and Nuri Lupo, into Whiplash, a cutting-edge combination of brain and brawn. Tasked by the President to handle the country's most deadly and sensitive jobs, the elite SpecWarfare unit marries muscle to technological prowess.
But can even Whiplash stand up to a covert Russian army of genetically enhanced assassins known only as the Wolves?
The stories about them sound like sheer fantasy: the killers are said to be nearly invisible and virtually unstoppable, endowed with super-human strength and endurance. But when Danny Freah and company discover they do exist, Danny stumbles on an even darker and deadlier secret:
One Wolf, the most ferocious of all, comes from the heart of Dreamland itself. And Danny saw him die more than a decade before.
Review/Thoughts: This series is for those who love science fiction, and the US against the rest of the world, IE Russia and China. The surprise was the return of Mark Stoner, who was reportedly lost in 1998 during a mission with the Romanians. New technology is also offered up to the reader; Tigershark.
Not sure if I will continue with this series or not. Writers like Brown try to alert the world of the threat of China and the Return of the cold war, but who is listening?
Top NATO representatives meet in Kiev to forge a new alliance . . . Powerful elements within a newly resurgent Russia decide the alliance must be stopped at all costs . . .
The warriors of Dreamland have moved on. Some, like Breanna and Zen Stockard, to positions of power and influence; others, like Danny Freah and Nuri Lupo, into Whiplash, a cutting-edge combination of brain and brawn. Tasked by the President to handle the country's most deadly and sensitive jobs, the elite SpecWarfare unit marries muscle to technological prowess.
But can even Whiplash stand up to a covert Russian army of genetically enhanced assassins known only as the Wolves?
The stories about them sound like sheer fantasy: the killers are said to be nearly invisible and virtually unstoppable, endowed with super-human strength and endurance. But when Danny Freah and company discover they do exist, Danny stumbles on an even darker and deadlier secret:
One Wolf, the most ferocious of all, comes from the heart of Dreamland itself. And Danny saw him die more than a decade before.
Review/Thoughts: This series is for those who love science fiction, and the US against the rest of the world, IE Russia and China. The surprise was the return of Mark Stoner, who was reportedly lost in 1998 during a mission with the Romanians. New technology is also offered up to the reader; Tigershark.
Not sure if I will continue with this series or not. Writers like Brown try to alert the world of the threat of China and the Return of the cold war, but who is listening?
September 29, 2012
No offense to Dale, but the 'ale' was covered up with a price tag when I found the book at an airport news-stand and I thought, to myself, "Wow a Dan Brown novel that I missed!" Though it wasn't a Dan Brown book it was still pretty good. The pace over the last half was very good--kept me turning pages, but overall it was a little predictable. You knew who the Black Wolf would be, you knew what he would do, you knew who would win---but it was still fun. I might go back and read some more of the Dreamland series.
February 19, 2016
Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice have co-authored a story which depicts a future world of haves and have-nots, i.e. either you have the most advanced technology at your command or you are at the mercy of those that do. For someone born in the mid-twentieth century, that future world can arrive later rather than sooner.
What is curious is that none (as far as I am aware) of the Dreamland thriller's written by Dale Brown have been made into a film, especially considering the state of movie special effects.
What is curious is that none (as far as I am aware) of the Dreamland thriller's written by Dale Brown have been made into a film, especially considering the state of movie special effects.
July 27, 2011
This series should have been over a book or two ago. It's not even really about Dreamland anymore. He should probably call it a Whiplash series. There isn't much character development and there isn't much about planes or technology. I think he's just running out of ideas.
December 31, 2010
of MB 12/22/2010 std 12/24/2010, finis 12/28/2010. busy week good techno thriller.
June 12, 2011
Overall I enjoyed the book. It kind of slowed down in the middle though.
May 15, 2022
good read
May 14, 2014
Was very good .hope they make more like this
May 7, 2016
Finally picks up at the very end. Much less technical than the "old" series. I liked that there was more story in this book.
January 24, 2011
The book seemed to drag in places. It did catch my attention toward the end held to the end.
November 21, 2012
good book
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