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SEAL Team Six meets Stephen King in Weston Ochse's novel about an elite group of soldiers who protect the U.S. from supernatural threats
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Excerpt from New York Times: “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden,” written by a pseudonymous member of that Navy SEAL team mission, has stirred up unintended controversies over its author’s right to disclose the details of the operation; his identity; and any perceived political motives behind its publication. Meanwhile, a fictional counterpoint to that book is deliberately trying to catch hell." (Click link for the entire article, which appeared in the September 1, 2012 print edition)
Excerpt from The Atlantic: "Books about Navy SEALs are selling like crazy, which makes sense, consider how much real-life SEALs have been in the news of late. But some of the titles are just using the special operations point as a jump off point for horror novels, like the terrifically titled Seal Team 666." (Click link for entire article)
Kirkus Review: "Ochse brings both a lively gallows humor to the story and just the right amount of conviction."
Publishers Weekly Review: "Ochse’s background in military intelligence packs this hybrid of military SF and horror (already optioned by MGM) with insider detail and verisimilitude."
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ReplyDeleteHello,i would like to start by saying i thought the concept of SEAL team 666 was a great idea for a fictional novel. I rarely buy fictional books or audio books. My main area of interest is military history, past and present.I also served in a semi elite group as a combat trained hospital corpsman in the U.S. military. Needless to say, i am very knowledgeable about the Special Operations community. I am assuming that the target audience was teenage boys who would not really know that the book is done very poorly. However due to the content and language of the novel, the main group of readers should be mature adults. Any mature adult who would be interested in this type of reading has probably seen a few or a lot of action/military movies and read military type books. This group of people (even without military history)would have basic knowledge of this material. This novel is terrible, completely unrealistic even in sci/fi terms. I paid almost 20 dollars for for the audio book which was too much for something that should have been a 2 dollar paperback. Navy SEALs that are charged with the safety of the entire world, would have been chosen from ST6, have any weapons they want, more men,and any resource available at their fingertips. They would be combat proven veterans, not be limited to 2 shotguns, 2 mp5s and one specific sniper rifle. Where is their medic? No one does combat jumps without proper schooling and training because it would endanger the team and themselves greatly. They are taking on demons that take hundreds of rounds to kill and half the firepower is 9 mm's? How did he become a sniper? Scout sniper school for the marines when he is a Navy guy? They consistently fly in the same airplane when different type of aircraft are needed for different ops. Every SEAL on any Op carries grenades of several sorts which is standard armament. Oh! lets run into a hail of bullets from a cave when all they had to do is throw grenades in which would have kept them safe and alive.I can go on and on. If the author would have just read ANY SEAL autobiography, it would have saved an incredible idea for a book. How about actually researching SEAL training and operations instead of putting such great effort into the origins, history and types of the Chinese language.i haven't made it far enough in the audiobook but why not just launch fighters at the cargo ships and send the stone chimeras to the depths of the ocean. If there was such a threat to the world, all SEAL teams available would be in support of just 5 guys who are trying to save the world. One very basic thing is when a SEAL graduates BUDS, he is not a SEAL yet, he has at least a year more of schooling once he is assigned to a team and does not receive his Trident until he proves himself ready. Any man who graduates BUDS has just proven he can take a pounding and keep going. He learns how to be a SEAL after. I have never read or listened to a book that infuriates me every time i listen to it but i have to finish it because i paid so much for it. Once again, i understand that this is a SCI FI novel which places the supernatural into the natural world and we want that twist of fantasy in our minds that stems off reality. The reality of it is this is a book about Navy SEALS....at least get the reality part right!!!! Navy SEALS live in the water, it is their home, it is their solace, their sanctuary...they dont wine and cry about how cold it is after a long run. bootboydana@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteOh good. An armchair SEAL.
ReplyDeleteDude. It's fiction. It's about DEMONS.
HAHAHA!
DeleteSeal team 666 was a good read - I enjoyed the story immensely I look forward to the next book in what I hope might be a series.
ReplyDeleteThanks Weston for the ouitstanding entertainment
No, than you for reading the book. I just finished the second book. Lots bigger, more action and more cowbell. Back story about the teams that preceded this one as well as about how the members of the unit are selected.
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