Plot: The book is about a man named Jamie Sommers who was born in sin, which means that his parents never married before they had him. When he was little his dad had to serve overseas in the war that was happening at the time. The parish’s priest Father Nolan believes that they were intending to marry each other, so his mom gave him up to live with nuns as an orphan. Several years later Jamie joined the Navy. Jamie survives his life at sea, which he loves doing. He calls being at sea being at home because that is where he loves to be. He survive all these amazing things that happen to him like having fought pirates, and running guns for the IRA, and almost gets killed while swimming in shark infested waters. His life changes around when his best friend takes him to live in this little town of Hawkes Harbor. There he meets his boss named Grenville Hawkes who tries to kill him at first. He refers to Grenville as the thing and the Vampire. Years later Grenville is paying for his servant Jamie’s medical treatment with Dr. Mcdevitt, who hears Jamie’s whole interesting life story.

Commentary: I thought that this book was pretty good. The book told the story in 3rd person. This book is very interesting in some parts which I liked for example he almost gets eaten by sharks. The book also gets confusing because the whole story is about him talking to a doctor and having flashbacks. The story also jumps around from different parts in his life, which makes the story more confusing. Overall it is a very good book. S.E. Hinton also uses other names for characters than their real names, which makes the book a little hard to follow at some points. Reviewed by Tucker in 2006

Plot: As a sequel to another Patrick Robinson book, Nimitz Class, the book starts out in Iraq with a man called Eilat One, or Commander Ben Adnam, formerly of the Israeli Navy. After fleeing Iraq as a fugitive, Commander Adnam joins forces with the Iranians and plans three attacks against the United States; one for each submarine they lost in their harbor in the previous book. To do this, Ben and the Iranians steal a British diesel-electric submarine, drive it back to Iran, and fit it with the first-ever surface-to-air guided missile system on the submarine. After the task is completed, the Iranians try to murder the Commander, as to avoid paying him the additional $1.5 million they owed him. Being the world’s most successful terrorist, Ben Adnam tries to “discover himself” in Scotland, but ultimately he winds up in a battle of wits with possibly the smartest military mind in the United States: National Security Advisor and Admiral Morgan.

Commentary: I found this book to be quite superior to other books I’ve read, mainly because of its depth and suspense. Patrick Robinson does a great job of describing and portraying the “hero” of the book: Admiral Morgan. Robinson employs phrases like: “BLACK WITH BUCKSHOT, DINGBATS!”, and “ GET ME ADMIRAL DUNSMORE RIGHT NOW… EITHER IN THE PENTAGON OR WHEREVER HE MAY BE” to capture Morgan’s personality. Robinson also captures the cool and cunning personality of the submarine genius: Ben Adnam. Most of the suspense in the book is derived from Morgan’s lengthy search for Commander Adnam, as Morgan connects piece after piece of the puzzle, eventually leading to a showdown of the two minds. Reviewed by Harrison in 2006

Plot: The Iranians, with the help of a few members of the elite stealth fighter group, puts an embargo on Middle Eastern oil affectively crippling the western economy. It is the stealth fighter squadron’s job to find and destroy the anti-ship missiles that were bought from the Chinese who intern bought it from the Americans. What the US commanders do not know that two ranking members of the squadron who are working for the Iranians with their diabolical plot to destroy the world. It is Air Force Captains Ryan C. Cooney job to thwart the plot to bring the west to its knees.

Commentary: Stewart Crafts an ingénues story about the consequences of an oil embargo placed on the world by OPEC. This story is both interesting from the technical point of view as well as from the view of what would happen to the United States in this situation. This book also got me wondering about what miens the United States government would go to if our country was starving for oil. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and I recommend it for those who like fast moving books and to anyone who enjoys Tom Clancy types of books. Reviewed by John in 2006