Stony Man · #80

Doomsday Conquest

by Dan Schmidt · December 2005

8.0 / 10 average from 1 rated reviews

Accountable only to the Oval Office and fully committed to the security of the U.S. in an ever-morphing terrorist landscape, the warriors of Stony Man never relent, tire, or fold. America's last line of defense understands that all it takes for evil to prevail is for a few good people to stand down. For Stony Man, that day will never come. Not now. Not ever. The covert world of black ops takes on a sinister new twist as high-ranking rogue operatives offer super-tech weapons for sale to enemies of the United States in an effort to \"fix\" the Middle East. With buyers from Russia to Iran lining up for the prize, America's national security is about to blow up in a mushroom cloud, plunging Stony Man into a killing game with no end or winner in sight.

Reviews (1)

ice_cracked 8/10 February 7, 2009

Okay I admit I am not the greatest fan of this author further I also note that this review will be the first lodged on this title (as I write) so I am going to try and write a balanced review whilst ignoring my annoyances I experience with this author. A very involved plot featuring a cast of thousands which mainly involves the existence of a covert/black operation in the US which is researching and developing prototype weapons of the future and selling them to Iranian terrorists. Add in a similar group in Russia who are flogging anything they can get their hands on to similar groups. At this stage we have some very good imaginative writing going here and the capabilities of some of the weapons are mind blowing but we then have to introduce an alloy which has been gifted to us from those fantastic beings from another galaxy without an instruction manual (go figure). Fortunately the Russians haven't figured it out but the US has and my goodness look at what they can make with this wonderful alloy flying trucks/stealth fighters which can do Mach 10 space vehicles capable of travelling at faster than the speed of light (indeed what bullshit are we reading here.) End of personal gripe section. Seriously if you decide to read this you will enjoy it, the complex plot winds around and around with lots of surprises lots of covert team action stuff with both Team's in on the action big time probably Able Team having the majority yet again (good). Some excellent action scenes here by this author which unfortunately is spoiled (for me anyway) with the slaughter at Las Vegas where the author insists in each title he writes to rack up a bodycount in the thousands if not tens of thousands, (Dan you can write an excellent title without this, why?). The ending is very good reading indeed as well. Recommended reading in the series.