My husband loved it. We are currently packing up some of our books to make more room and this one is one that is staying out. That is very very high praise.

This is my second Dan Brown novel that I have read in the recent years. I would love to say that this was a great book full of action and adventure and the technical gadgetry of the last book that I read. However, this book is just horrible. My biggest problem is with the ending of the book. I won't give away the ending, but Dan Brown asks the readers to imagine the last 5-6 chapters of the book without going into specific detail on how the ending came to be. Literally, you read the 3rd to last chapter and the next chapter you read skips ahead about 5 chapters. You have no idea what is happening or why. Either the editor cut this out or Dan Brown didn't want to finish this one. Either way save your money, there are better books.

I had to give up after the first chapter because of numerous violations of the laws of Physics. I love to read science fiction but it has to be plausible at some level. This book has no grounding in reality and therefore no believability.

The book was the most difficult read I have encountered since Tom Clancy overwelmed me with Weapons Technology and Agency Initials. The autored seemed bogged down in detailing this stuff, leaving the story, moral, and flow lost to the reader.

I'm glad I didn't read the other reviews before I read this. I have to agree there is some cheesy sex parts in it that could have been left out. I'm not a prude or anything it just doesn't go so well with the flow of the book.

Other than that I did like it pretty well though. I like to use these kind of books as a bit of an escape from reality. On that front it does deliver big time. One person said that he hopes the officers in the military aren't like McLanahan. Personal opinion if we had stuff like is in the book and an officer like him in real life the conflict in Iran would have been solved a long time ago.

It is a bit over the top but still a good read if you are a fan of his writing. Maybe wait for it in paperback, but I don't regret the hard bound copy either.

The characters are like old friends. I await each of his books with great anticipation and have read some of them more than once.

As expected from Dale Brown. I really hope our military officers are not like he proatraits

Another in Dale Brown's Dreamland series. A very good read but way over the top in reality. Almost to the point of science fiction. As always worth the price.

This is by far the worst novel Dale Brown has ever written. Don't waste your time and money like i did...

Have been reading Dale Brown for years, and actually looked forward to reading "Shadow Command". However, the only reason I even finished reading this is because I have personal habit of finishing what ever I start. Too bad Mr. Brown doesn't have the same habit. He never would have started this. Boring, lengthy discriptions that made reading this difficult. Save your bucks and use the library for this one.

Dale Brown is remarkably inconsistent: I prefaced my review of "Strike Force", the predecessor to "Shadow Command", with similar words and went on to give it a glowing review.

This time out, "Shadow Command" picks up where the earlier novel left off - and immediately falls flat on its face. Characters that we've grown familiar with, like General Patrick McLanahan, are now totally in orbit. Literally. The gadgetry and science and flying, always a part of Brown's novels are still there, but this time the descriptions are stretched beyond even science fiction.

The other characters are simply not believable. There's Captain Hunter "Boomer" Noble who is virtually a cartoon. Ace pilot, engineer, womanizer and never, ever makes a mistake. Navy Lt. Commander Lisette "Frenchy" Moulain is worse than a parody. She's the nominal commander of the fictional Spacebird. Brown has long had dueling instincts. He tries to integrate women into military and scientific roles in his novels - while, at the same time, making them sex objects. This time, the combination is disastrous in an utterly gratuitous, ridiculous sex scene early in the book. It is, unfortunately, only one of several throughout the book.

The other characters are no better. A scheming American-educated Russian President, Leonid Zevitin, belongs in a Marx Brothers movie along with the feckless American President, Joseph Gardner. Just about every character in this novel seems well suited to wearing a red clown nose and wig.

The plot grows both confusing and wearisome within the first hundred pages. There are others who may read "Shadow Command" and enjoy it: I don't want to ruin it for them, so I won't get into a lot of detail.

The Iranian revolution that began in "Strike Force" continues, with Russia and America influencing and being influence by events. Russian President Zevitin cunningly exploits American President Gardner - and guess who saves the day - but only after being (once again) unfairly treated.

"Strike Force" was good adventure. "Shadow Command", in my opinion, is not.

Jerry

Silly characters aside, you can always count on Dale Brown to put you in the cockpit. Until now. Gone are intense and lengthy action sequences of flight. Instead we receive mundane politics set in a predictable mideast upheaval. I can't wait for his next novel. He must be rested and ready to get us all back into flightworthy action. There wasn't any here.

A mediocre childrens drama with a little obligatory sex thrown in. Conversations in the White House are so stilted as to be laughable. Ultimately boring if you're over the age of 12. Buy something else.