The Threat

I just finished reading "The Threat," the ninth book in David Poyer's Dan Lenson series. In this outing, Dan is assigned to duty at the White House, initially to direct a multiservice team tasked with combating the flow of drugs from Latin America. His actions result in some government agency feathe......more

David Poyer is a gifted writer who captures the realism of USN life and combat. We now find him working in the White House with an assignation under foot. What's particularly unique is Poyer's ability to make his main character Dan Lenson real; a career officer who has fails as well as succeeds, a m......more

This guy Lenson just can't catch a break and never gets any credit. Good story though except for the extensive use of office squabbles that were used to show how ineffective the security apparatus of the USA was. The second half was more interesting than the first half but I still give The Threat fo......more

Shore duty, Washington D.C. and the west wing Dan Lenson gets a series of assignments attached to Washington D.C. in another twisting story. Interesting plot but I personally missed the naval action.......more

The story just keeps getting better! I have read and enjoyed all the previous Dan Lenson novels but this was very different than the others and I think it's the best so far. Dan was in a very dark place for much of the novel but there was never a dull moment. Just a great read!......more