The Med

Written by David Poyer

Narrated by David Stifel

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jul 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9781541401679

David Poyer

DAVID POYER's sea career included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, Caribbean, and Pacific. He's the author of over forty novels and works of nonfiction including the War with China series: Tipping Point, Onslaught, Hunter Killer, and Deep War. Poyer's work has been required reading in the Literature of the Sea course at the U.S. Naval Academy, along with that of Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville. He lives on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Reviews for The Med

[stevejm51 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

No one writes about the nitty gritty of navy life like Poyer. He has the skill and insight to get inside several different heads in this novel -- a black marine, navy chief, navy wife, a commodore in charge of the whole shebang and, of course, Dan Lenson, the star of his series. I most enjoyed the chief on the USS Ault who falls for a woman in Naples and repairs a shaft bearing underway in storm conditions. Less convincing were the commodore (how did this ass kisser get in charge?) and Lenson's wife, Susan.