The Med, David Poyer
The Med, David Poyer
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The Med

Author: David Poyer

Narrator: David Stifel

Unabridged: 19 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/24/2019

Synopsis

A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean.

Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61—carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines—steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold—alive.

With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life. Driven by believable, flesh-and-blood characters, it is a painstakingly detailed portrait of amphibious warfare as only David Poyer can paint it. The Med is today's most explosive tale of international crisis, personal valor, and emotional struggle—a disturbingly plausible novel that crackles with non-stop action.

About David Poyer

David Poyer's naval career has included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific. His novels have won millions of readers around the world, and his sea fiction is required reading in the Literature of the Sea course at the U.S. Naval Academy. The Med is the first in his novel-cycle of the modern Navy, which also includes The Gulf, The Circle, The Passage, and Tomahawk. He lives in Virginia with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerard on September 13, 2014

Poyer knows the modern US Navy better than anyone writing in the past 25 to 30 years. He captures the point of view of the deckhands, the airman, the chiefs and the officers right up to the XO and the captain. Power knows the technology too. He does not shy away from showing what the Navy is like --......more

Goodreads review by Nick on January 09, 2014

This is what you call a proper military novel, it is in no way one of those quick and dirty action novels. The author has a military background and it shows in the detail he has put into this book. In essence this is the story of a Med fleet and the focus is on a young lieutenant. The fleet is comman......more

Goodreads review by Charles on October 26, 2010

"A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean. Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61--carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines--steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hosta......more

Goodreads review by Kyle on November 05, 2007

This book is by now very dated, but was a very enjoyable read. I'm a big fan of the US Navy during the 600-ship eriod in the early 1980's. The Med focuses on my favorite aspect of that period, all the oddball old ships that were kept in service to keep numbers up. In a day when everything the navy ha......more

Goodreads review by James on February 19, 2019

Once again I have returned to the world of the U.S. Navy in David Poyer's novel "The Med." His protagonist, Dan Lenson, is now a Lt. (j.g.) and serving as a naval task force staff officer. The task force Lenson is part of is on routine deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. The deployment has consiste......more

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