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A Deeper Blue (Paladin of Shadows, Book 5) | 
 enlarge | Author: John Ringo
Publisher: Baen
Category: Book
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 49225
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416555501
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416555506
ASIN: 1416555501
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Condition: Previously read with normal wear in good condition. Cover as pictured. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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Product Description
Sequel to Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach. Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his Keldara followers, and one in particular, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the US no longer matter to the Kildar. But when his best friend and intel specialist both are seriously wounded in an ambush aimed at him, the Kildar gets his gameface back on. Mike has always said that he's not a nice guy, and he's about to prove it to a boatload of terrorists and Colombian drug dealers. Set in the Bahamas and Florida Keys, A Deeper Blue is a fast moving thriller that never slows down from the first page. With the return of some old faces, the action-packed novel proves, once again, the adage that sometimes it takes some very bad people to do good things.
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 If you like your military action frantically authentic June 18, 2007
Cadeyrn (Virginia, USA)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Plunge back in to the guilty pleasure of ultra-adventure with the Kildar and his merry band of Georgian warriors and their beer-brewing clans. It's Ultra-Code action across the entire Carribbean as jihadists persist in trying to deliver WMDs to America. Mike's been gutted by the combat death of his personal Valkyrie, but his team tries to carry on without him. Unfortunately, Ghost has some experience and skills which they do not, and the enemy is better prepared this time, so some key members of the Keldara wind up with sucking chest wounds in pretty short order. So let me ask you: What's worse than a heartbroken Kildar drinking his life away in his mountain fortress? A grim and vengeful Kildar on a full roll with nothing left to lose. The action won't stop, and never lets up. In fact, it's so frantic and intense that I thought about knocking off a half-star because I had to take a break to process everything - and that never happens. Then I realized that it's not necessarily a bad thing, dove back in to the book and finished it in one evening. I think you will too. Enjoy!
Expectations July 5, 2007
John S. Wilkerson (Muncie, IN United States)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I pre-ordered this book in Feb, and I seldom pre-order books. In fact, I seldom pay full price for books (sorry Authors). This story is exactly what I expected and it better never have events in it that are perfectly plausible. That is not what I am paying for. I have gratefully bought everything by John Ringo that I could find, at full price, and will continue to do so. After all, it's probably not his fault he wasn't in the 101st.
A Great Read July 5, 2007
Gary P. Kirby (San Bernardino, Calif)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you have ever read and enjoyed the Destroyer books you'll definitely like this. If you have read any of Ringo's other works, you'll probably like this. Is it high art? Probably not. Realistic? Hell no, but then if I wanted realistic, I wouldn't be reading a fiction book written by a successful fiction author. What it is, is a great read, I finished it the day I got it (reading long into the early morning). John has taken a lot of flak for this series, and all I've got to say is "Lighten up Francis!". There is not nearly as much bondage etc as in the Gor books, and people seem to overlook that the vast majority of the female characters are strong and successful.
Keep 'em coming John, there's still a lot of life in the Keldara!
Bambi is Back! July 26, 2007
Gunner (Bethlehem,Georgia)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
A Deeper Blue (2007)
VX is nasty stuff. That's nerve agent for those of you who haven't been through he U. S. Army's Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Warfare School. One small drop will kill you in an instant.
When Terrorists bring VX in via the Bahamas using SCUBA divers the President asks for everyone, including the Kildar, Mark Harmon. Unfortunately Mark is heart sick over the loss of his one true love and some Keldara (see Unto the Breach) so he refuses to go personally. Something about putting it where the sun doesn't shine or some such..
Sometimes it takes a really bad man to get the job done and Mike can be a really bad man when he wants to be.
The Bahamas, SCUBA diving, terrorists, all deductible from Ringo's tax return, need I say more? I'm jealous!
Let's hope that Ringo keeps this series alive for a long time.
Gunner July, 2,007
 "Hello? Hello?" July 4, 2007
goldgunner (Foat Wuth, Texas)
5 out of 20 found this review helpful
At best this uneven - phoned in - effort by Ringo keeps his Kildar franchise somewhat alive. The previous Kildar books seemed possible, if not probable, if for no other reason than the action locations. Transporting the Keldara active duty members en masse to the Bahamas and Florida to reap havoc (and justice), along with their Hind helicopter, requires an impossibly generous belief suspension. I'm thinking some Posleen dropping into the fray would have significantly enhanced the plausibility...
Ringo reveals what appear to be current infatuations with balmy Florida/Bahamas/Caribbean (hey - I've spent time there, it is sweet), drinking beer (yo dude - pop another brewski! Try a Parkbrau - at least it's real), Ford GT Mustangs (uh oh, is someone stuck in '69? and like the GT trying desperately to recapture lost and failed youth?), and Jimmy Buffett (puleese, even Buffett is beyond tired of THAT shtick).
And John, really, as a sometime friend, masochism and it's alter - doesn't appeal to anyone other than adolescents and those that would benefit from some therapeutic healing. Or quit playing the edge and push your hero into the snuff side: your 'bad' and 'bad-good' division is so painfully transparently derived as to be tiresome.
I'm glad you've made the bucks to keep you down there in Florida in beer, babes and buds. I'm hopeful that Ringo might get to the next level in story telling and writing. Perhaps we'll see a paced (if not nuanced) evolution of story and character that entertains and thrills, rather than this projectile vomit of a toss-off effort.
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