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Red metal / Mark Greaney and Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV, USMC.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451490414
- Physical Description: xiv, 638 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction. |
| Genre: | War stories. |
Available copies
- 16 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kimberley Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberley Public Library | F GRE (Text) | 35137001023380 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 June #1
Greaney teams with marine commander Rawlings to deliver a novel that strongly evokes the work of Tom Clancy. The story jumps all over the globe as China and Taiwan are on the verge of hostilities, and the Russians use the Asian conflict to implement a plan called Red Metal, designed to take over sections of Europe and Africa. The narrative follows various soldiers involved in the conflictâa U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel in Africa, a female partisan in Poland, among several othersâjumping from one personal story to another and, thus, bringing the human element into play in what might otherwise have descended into a detailing of what high-tech machinery did what damage. Readers expecting the fast pace and action of Greaney's Gray Man series may be a bit disappointed, but the novel offers a bold take on the direction that modern warfare could take, especially in the event of WWIII. A must, naturally, for Clancy fans. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2019 May #2
Russia launches war in Europe and Africa in this military thriller reminiscent of the late Tom Clancy. A small group of Chinese communist special forces sneaks into Taiwan to assassinate a politician and provoke a war. This attracts intense U.S. attentionâperfect timing for Russia to launch Operation Red Metal and "retain its proper place in the world." The Russians' ultimate goal is to keep control of a rare-earth mine in Kenya, for which they need to wield "a scalpel through the heart of Europe" to destroy AFRICOM, the U.S. Africa Command headquartered in Germany. They kill Western satellites to take out GPS and make Europe deaf, mute, and blind. On Christmas Day, Russian trains disguised as civilian transport deliver offensive forces into Europe, unloading troops and tanks. They also attack in Kenya, where battles rage. NATO hasn't detected this military buildup and is taken completely by surprise. A Russian general opines that the U.S. can't fight a conventional force anymore, embroiled as it's been in Afghanistan. Ha! Tell it to the Marines, like Lt. Col. Dan Connol ly, who knows "this world's a damn dangerous place" and figures out what the enemy is up to. The war lasts about a week, plenty of time for intense battle scenes and the distinct possibility of tactical nukes. Having produced well over 600 pages, Greaney and Rawlings, his Marine co-author, had a bout of logorrhea, but the collaboration has yielded plenty of realism. There are some good lines, as when an A-10 pilot strafes the ground while screaming "Die, Commie, die!" (He apparently didn't get the memo about the USSR.) But the best line: "And as long as we get to pop a bunch of those Russkies, death ain't but a thing." Readers will be humming "The Marines' Hymn" after finishing this paean to the U.S. Marines. Hoorah! As with all of Greaney's work, this is a fun read. If only all our wars were fiction. Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2019 February #1
Russia is attacking the West, with tanks crushing their way across Poland and heading toward Germany. Among those opposing: a U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel, a French Special Forces captain, a female Polish Resistance fighter, and a German sergeant. From
Copyright 2019 Library Journal.Gay Man mega-best seller Greaney and veteran Rawlings, getting the fight details right. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2019 May #3
Bestseller Greaney (the Gray Man series) and Rawlings, a Marine lieutenant colonel, closely follow more than a score of characters in this outstanding near-future military action thriller. Several years after the Russians lose control of a rare earth mine in Kenya, Col. Yuri Borbikov, the Russian special forces commander who was in charge of the mine, draws up a plan, Operation Red Metal. Borbikov proposes a Russian raid into Europe to destroy America's Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany, and a simultaneous attack to retake the mine. The Russian president approves, and Red Metal is on. The various battlesâfought on land, sea, and in the airâare exciting, realistic, and technically detailed, complete with the high emotions experienced by the combatants. As in the best of this genre, there are no cartoon villains, just dedicated warriors who are given a mission and are determined to carry it out. This is powerful material, required reading for anyone interested in modern warfare.
Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly.Author tour. Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media. (July)
