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Review by Aurelia_2020 -- The Commander
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Commander" by Dan E. Hendrickson.]
Commander Jacob Edwards is an outstanding young Coast Guard officer with reputation for hard work and success. His work and character are admired by his colleagues especially his superior and trainer, Tommy Williams known as the Living Legend, who is so impressed by the young man to an extent of assigning him a top-secret mission with commands straight from the United States President. Jacob is required to coordinate an operation to stop a terror attack that would lead to sabotage of US oil production in the Gulf of Mexico region. He is assigned the First Responder, a widely admired prestigious and well-armed ship. The young man faces many hurdles but relies on his previous experience of fighting cartels in the Mexican Gulf waters with his best friend and best man Chuck Yeager.
Boris Rasmov, a Russian operative is hired by one of the sons of the Saudi Royal Family to trigger closure of US oil production in the Gulf of Mexico by sabotaging the oil rigs. Together with his daughter and nephew, Boris manipulates a senior official and his son -the Harrington’s to provide details of the Coast Guard ship navigation. Harrington senior is jealous of Jacob for attaining a commander position before his son who is the captain of First Responder. The senior officer does not put much effort to hide his attitude towards Jacob. His son is an addict to pain drugs after a childhood accident and Boris uses this to his advantage when Harrington Junior leaves for rest and recuperation. When Jacob takes over Harrington junior’s position, he is quickly briefed about the change of mission and how secretive it is. This gives Jacob an opportunity to showcase his best skills, working together with Chuck and other security personnel to stop the attack by Boris.
The Commander by Dan Hendrickson is a well detailed thriller suitable for any reader. The author is descriptive with a good coordination of events. I liked the details about Coast Guard, its operation and command chain. The author made deliberate effort in making the reader understand the levels of responsibility of each of the security personnel in the Coast Guard. I was mostly impressed by the author’s ability to draw the image of First Responder in my mind through his descriptive style of writing. I was also impressed by the author’s knowledge of the subject of espionage and security operations in the United States. I think this may be as a result of the author’s interest in his own son, who is a Coast Guard and whose character the protagonist Jacob Edwards is based on.
The book is suitable for all types or readers. It does not contain profane, vulgar or obscene words. It does not contain erotic scenes that may be inappropriate for any reader. Readers who like thrillers will definitely love this story as it contains interesting themes; terrorism, espionage, love and family.
The Commander is professionally edited. I did not come across any spelling or grammar errors. Sentences are well organized and flow effortlessly into paragraphs and chapters.
I felt that the book did not have enough suspense to leave me wanting more at the end of each chapter. I also did not like the ending of the book; I expected the antagonist to be defeated once and for all since the author constructed a very successful character in the protagonist creating this mental picture that the protagonist would defeat all enemies that came his way. Leaving the antagonist with much information on Jacob and his father’s business at the end of the book leaves Jacob exposed and may seem like Boris wins. These are the only aspects I did not like about the book.
I will still rate this book four out of four stars as it was remarkably well edited, has no typos, spelling or grammar errors. The story is also well coordinated, descriptive and detailed.
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Commander Jacob Edwards is an outstanding young Coast Guard officer with reputation for hard work and success. His work and character are admired by his colleagues especially his superior and trainer, Tommy Williams known as the Living Legend, who is so impressed by the young man to an extent of assigning him a top-secret mission with commands straight from the United States President. Jacob is required to coordinate an operation to stop a terror attack that would lead to sabotage of US oil production in the Gulf of Mexico region. He is assigned the First Responder, a widely admired prestigious and well-armed ship. The young man faces many hurdles but relies on his previous experience of fighting cartels in the Mexican Gulf waters with his best friend and best man Chuck Yeager.
Boris Rasmov, a Russian operative is hired by one of the sons of the Saudi Royal Family to trigger closure of US oil production in the Gulf of Mexico by sabotaging the oil rigs. Together with his daughter and nephew, Boris manipulates a senior official and his son -the Harrington’s to provide details of the Coast Guard ship navigation. Harrington senior is jealous of Jacob for attaining a commander position before his son who is the captain of First Responder. The senior officer does not put much effort to hide his attitude towards Jacob. His son is an addict to pain drugs after a childhood accident and Boris uses this to his advantage when Harrington Junior leaves for rest and recuperation. When Jacob takes over Harrington junior’s position, he is quickly briefed about the change of mission and how secretive it is. This gives Jacob an opportunity to showcase his best skills, working together with Chuck and other security personnel to stop the attack by Boris.
The Commander by Dan Hendrickson is a well detailed thriller suitable for any reader. The author is descriptive with a good coordination of events. I liked the details about Coast Guard, its operation and command chain. The author made deliberate effort in making the reader understand the levels of responsibility of each of the security personnel in the Coast Guard. I was mostly impressed by the author’s ability to draw the image of First Responder in my mind through his descriptive style of writing. I was also impressed by the author’s knowledge of the subject of espionage and security operations in the United States. I think this may be as a result of the author’s interest in his own son, who is a Coast Guard and whose character the protagonist Jacob Edwards is based on.
The book is suitable for all types or readers. It does not contain profane, vulgar or obscene words. It does not contain erotic scenes that may be inappropriate for any reader. Readers who like thrillers will definitely love this story as it contains interesting themes; terrorism, espionage, love and family.
The Commander is professionally edited. I did not come across any spelling or grammar errors. Sentences are well organized and flow effortlessly into paragraphs and chapters.
I felt that the book did not have enough suspense to leave me wanting more at the end of each chapter. I also did not like the ending of the book; I expected the antagonist to be defeated once and for all since the author constructed a very successful character in the protagonist creating this mental picture that the protagonist would defeat all enemies that came his way. Leaving the antagonist with much information on Jacob and his father’s business at the end of the book leaves Jacob exposed and may seem like Boris wins. These are the only aspects I did not like about the book.
I will still rate this book four out of four stars as it was remarkably well edited, has no typos, spelling or grammar errors. The story is also well coordinated, descriptive and detailed.
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