This was my first book by author Patrick Robinson and I'll have to give some serious thought as to whether or not I care to read another of his books. The book started out well enough and set a believeable scenario for the types of piracy that actually occur along in the IO and along the Somalian coast. That said, the book begins to break down from there. I think Robinson might have more accurately titled the book "The Demise of the Somalia Marines Pirate Group," since the real focus of the story was on them and not on the Delta Platoon. Robinson goes through several pirate events, that for me became monotonous if not tedious before he began any real character building for the Delta Platoon. I got a bit worried when I got to page 250 of this 328-page hard bound book and the SOF had not even gotten involved. There was just so much NOT INCLUDED in that part of the story that would have made it much more realistic and enjoyable. It is really disconcerting when the main characters of the story actually occupy less than (by my guess) 25% of the story. In my opinion, Robinson is quite "out of his depth" with regard to the deployment and employment of SOF, SEALs or any others, at least as evidenced by this book. I've read almost all of Patrick Robinson's books. His last three with Mack Bedford as the Seal Team hero have been quite good. Looking forward to this one.I really enjoy Patrick's books. This one is on a very current subject: Somali Pirates and what to do about them. Well written, builds to a final climax. Mack Bedford is now back in the good graces of all of his superiors, including the President. He hits a home run in this book. Read it, you'll be educated about he problem of the Somali Pirates and a very real solution.
What do You think about Delta Solution (2011)?
I was really expecting more from Patrick Robinson. I was disappointed. Can't recommend this one.
—John
Typical Patrick Robinson, good escape military thriller. Looking forward to my next Robison book
—annekas1254
