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Book Review By Nick Warren
Dale Brown's Dreamland by Dale Brown

In this exciting first novel in a new series Colonel Tecumseh 'Dog' Bastian is assigned by the White House to get Dreamland, the secret base at Nevada's Groom Lake(Area 51), back into shape or else defence budget cuts will force the place to close. The first half of the book deals with experimenting on new weapons systems, in particular unmanned aerial vehicles and also development of the EB-52 Megafortress, another old favourite. New characters meet the familiar ones, making this a great compliment to Brown's timeline. The second half details the use of the new technology in diffusing a conflict in Somalia and Iran, and the rescue of US Marines taken hostage by Arab terrorists working for Iran.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story -
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
War Thriller Yes
Armed Forces: - Air Force
Specific to - near future war
Kid or adult book? - - Adult or Young Adult Book
Search for technology?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - Arab terrorists

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - West - California
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Arabia
Africa Yes
Part of Africa: - Arabic Africa
Air? Yes
Air: - warplane - parachuting
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals) - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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