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Franklin Allen Leib Fire Arrow
Ivy Books 1989 0804104212 / 9780804104210 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
0804104212 0804104212 From Publishers Weekly There has been a lot of publicity for this high-tech military thriller in the tradition of Tom Clancyrejected by several New York houses, then bought by a military publisher in California, with large paperback and BOMC sales to followand those who like this sort of book will probably buy it in sufficient quantities to justify these high expectations. It is a routine sort of plot, involving a planeload of U.S. military dependents hijacked by terrorists to a Libyan air base. A complex rescue operation involving every conceivable arm of the U.S. military is then mounted, there are complications involving the Russians, there is a spectacular climactic shoot-out, and World War III is only narrowly averted. This all comes at the reader in endless snippets, always with military time tags attached and enough technical know-how about equipment, tanks, weapons and firepower to fill a military training manual. There are also maps of the battles and strategic plans. Such books are more like war games for small boys than novels: characters are cutouts (the sex, not so suitable for small boys, is provided by a nubile Israeli army captain), the prevailing atmosphere is one of hearty male camaraderie, the top-level people in both Washington and Moscow are not to be trusted, and it's obvious that if all these military types could only fight it out together, cleanly (i.e., no politicians), the world would be a much better place. Emptier, certainly. 100,000 first printing; $600,000 paperback sale to Fawcett; BOMC featured selection. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal YA A timely novel of terrorist action that proceeds toward the hoped-for conclusion with many diversions. The political ins and outs of dealing with terrorists complicates the theme. Relationships between nations, heads of state, commanders, and non-coms are explored in a realistic manner that adds excitement and suspense. Individual characterizations provide insight into each of the characters' natures and societal relationships. Although a long novel, it is never tiresome. Gail Stubblefield, Westbury Christian School, Houston, Tex. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Franklin Allen Leib Fire Arrow
Ivy Books 0804104212 / 9780804104210 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0804104212 0804104212 Mass Market Paperback. Good. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition.
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Franklin Allen Leib The Fire Dream
Ivy Books 1990 080410607X / 9780804106078 Mass Market Paperback Good
080410607X 080410607X Book Description This is a sweeping, gut-wrenching portrait of soldiers at war from a man who fought, and saw friends die, in Vietnam. It is a saga of men from all walks of life, thrown together by the arbitrary nature of enlistment and the draft, of how they are forged into a team. Then in the unrelenting combat of Vietnam, each man in the team is put to the ultimate test -- combat. How they respond dictates who will live and who will die in the treacherous jungles and waterways of Vietnam. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Franklin Allen Leib The House of Pain
Tor Books 2000 0812577817 / 9780812577815 MM Very Good
0812577817 0812577817 From Publishers Weekly A deep compassion for fellow Vietnam veterans runs through Leib's (Fire Arrow) gripping courtroom drama about a Connecticut kidnapping rescue that goes horribly wrong. Sally Collins is 15 when she is abducted in a van outside the Westport Country Day School. Despite the family's apparent wealth, her father is broke and unable to meet the kidnappers' half-million-dollar demand. He turns to John Dietrich (aka Crazy Johnny), the girl's godfather, who cut his teeth on rescue missions in war-torn Hue. Johnny saves Sally, but not before killing her captors during a hallucinatory flashback triggered by his post-traumatic stress disorder. The courtroom battle that ensues when Johnny comes to trial reveals the case to be more complicated than at first it seemed?and little Sally less the ingenue. And Johnny turns out to be the real victim as he is forced again to confront the haunting guilt of his discovery, in Hue in 1968, of a basement full of dead children. Leib keeps the pace brisk and alternates effectively between his beleaguered protagonist and the suffering Collins family. In prose that's short and sharp, if somewhat canned, this solid legal thriller never loses contact with the moral questions that lie at its center. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal YA-This novel combines a murder trial with the realities of post-traumatic stress disorder. Set in Westport, CT, the story revolves around the rescue of 15-year-old Sally Collins, who was kidnapped as she left her school, in full view of her mother. When her father cannot come up with the ransom demanded, he goes to Sally's godfather, "Crazy Johnny" Dietrich, a Viet Nam vet. Traumatized by the butchery of children that he discovered during the war, Johnny has become a best-selling author by recording his experiences in a book entitled House of Pain. He knows that since Sally has seen her kidnappers, they have no intention of returning her alive, whether or not the ransom is paid. Rather than handing over the money, he offers to rescue the girl. As a "tunnel rat" in Viet Nam, he was well trained in infiltration tactics. Through his Marine contacts, he has rapid access to weapons. Sally is rescued, the kidnappers are killed, and the full story comes out. Then, Johnny finds himself on trial for the vigilante murder of three teenagers. The remainder of the book is a fascinating voyage through legal tactics, courtroom testimonies, and behind-the-scenes machinations. An interesting story, this legal thriller will make a fast read for teens. Carol DeAngelo, Kings Park Library, Burke, VA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Franklin Allen Leib Valley of the Shadow
Ivy Books 1992 0804109974 / 9780804109970 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
0804109974 0804109974 From Publishers Weekly Leib's ( Fire Dream ) second novel featuring Navy lieutenant William Stuart again demonstrates his ability to write superior Vietnam war fiction. Gunner's mate Douglas MacArthur Moser, believed dead, is actually a POW, held with a number of other Americans in vile conditions in a jungle camp in Laos. Through the Red Cross, Moser sends a letter to his mother in Georgia, and in it mentions the name of his hero, Lt. Stuart. Apprised of Moser's situation, Stuart commits himself to rescue his former gunner's mate; deciphering the clues in Moser's message, he ascertains the POW's general whereabouts and lobbies for permission to launch a rescue mission. In building dramatic momentum, Leib effectively juxtaposes stateside political and military machinations with the brutalities of war and captivity. It will not diminish the reader's involvement to reveal that Stuart ultimately locates Moser--for that is only half the story. Paralleling the conflict itself, this is a novel of many heroes--and many more victims. Leib, who himself served as a Navy lieutenant in Vietnam, shows how the stark and tragic realities of war can be most powerfully conveyed in fiction. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal This is the sequel to Fire Dream (Presidio Pr., 1990). Douglas Moser is a prisoner in a North Vietnamese labor camp. He manages to get word of his location to his former commander, Lieutenant Stuart, now in Washington, who overcomes bureaucratic and political resistance and mounts a rescue attempt. The shackled Moser and the grievously crippled camp commandant mystically identify with one another, each seeing themselves in the other and expecting his own death to be related to the other. Sketchy subplots involve a beautiful French-Vietnamese spy and some heavy-handed material about antiwar protesters aiding the enemy. Only for the most determined reader of war stories. - Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army TRALINET Ctr., Fort Monroe, Va. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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