If You Like ... Techno-Thrillers
These are books in the Tom Clancy mold, men using all the latest technology to either destroy or save the world, generally one of each. Many, but not all involve contemporary political factors. One of the scariest characteristics of them is how plausible each scenario is. They'll have you listening to the news with a whole new paranoia.
Try some of the books and authors listed below.
- Peregrine
- by William Bayer
- A television newscaster, Pamela Barrett, becomes the intended prey of a psychopathic falconer, who, using his trained peregrine falcon as a weapon, terrorizes Manhattan with a series of bizarre murders.
- Cold Choices
- by Larry Bond
- A reconnaissance mission gone wrong may escalate into large scale war, unless Submarine officer Jerry Mitchell and the crew of the USS Seawolf can convince the Russian authorities that they can help locate and rescue the crew of a new Russian attack submarine.
- Rogue Forces
- by Dale Brown
- Kevin Martindale and Patrick McLanahan take an assignment in northern Iraq during the withdrawal of U.S. troops and find themselves a solitary force in an unexpected clash between Kurdish nationalists and Turkish invaders.
- Plague Ship
- by Clive Cussler
- After Juan Cabrillo and his crew on the Oregon complete a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. As Cabrillo tries to determine why hundreds of bodies litter the cruise ship's deck, explosions rack the length of the ship. Cabrillo barely escapes with his own life and finds himself investigating a cult with lethal plans for the human race.
- Dictator's Ransom
- by Richard Marcinko and James DeFelice
- The Rogue Warrior finds himself in North Korea, ostensibly as a guest of dictator Kim Jong Il, but in fact is attempting to track down four covert nuclear warheads secreted in the Supreme Leader's palace. Dictator's Ransom is part of the Rogue Warrior series.
- The Expediter
- by David Hagberg
- When an important Chinese intelligence general is shot dead on his way to a secret meeting with Kim Jong-II, former CIA agent Kirk McGarvey must prove that North Korea did not authorize the hit before the Chinese plunge the entire region into nuclear war.
- Orbit
- by John Nance
- Kip Dawson wins a seat on one of American Space Adventure's commercial spaceflights, but matters take a turn for the worse when a micrometeor crashes through the spacecraft. Kip decides to write his epitaph on the ship's computer unaware that millions of people are reading his words through the Internet and that a massive operation has been launched to save him.
- The Weapon
- by David Poyer
- When a powerful new rocket torpedo hits the international arms market, United States Navy Commander Dan Lenson hijacks the Iranian submarine that carries it.
- Typhoon
- by Robin White
- When a Russian Typhoon, the largest submersible ever built, emerges from the Barents Sea intent on nuclear destruction, only the U.S.S. Portland and its aggressive captain stand in the way.