Patrick Robinson - Barracuda 945

Pros: Inside look at a terrorist done pretty well, strong ending to the novel.
Cons: Little submarine action, too much right-wing propaganda (to the point of overdoing it).

In his latest novel, Patrick Robinson has further alienated a good percentage of readers with his right-wing political fanaticism. His previous books contained generalized criticisms of the Clinton administration without naming names, but now he is in fu ...

Pros: Patrick presents a scenario with low probability and catastrophic potential impact.
Cons: Will our security apparatus be resilient enough to counter such a threat?

Barracuda 945 has been unjustly maligned because it has been miscategorized. Patrick Robinson's story is a scenario and playbook that might have come directly from the US National Security Council. The book is emphatically not literature--it does not ...

Pros: Rashood's personal story is interesting at times.
Cons: Most everything else.

I wish I had remembered that I given up reading one of Mr. Robinson’s books before. But I didn’t and so I picked up a copy of “Barracuda 945” to my later regret. This is an inferior example of what I call a “airplane book”, a ...

Pros: One of my favorite military fiction authors.
Cons: I have to wait a year between his novels.

Addressed to those who consider Patrick Robinson a "right wing fanatic": What's the problem? Does every author have to be a liberal?