The Edge of Battle focus on the border war along the Mexican border. Commander Veracruz, a drug dealer and smuggler, is calling upon Mexican nationalism to take back the southeastern part of the United States back to Mexico. As part of this, Veracruz's forces slaughter a group of US border guards. To combat this Operation Rampart has been created led by Major Richter and his high tech special forces task force.This novel lacks any kind of believability and credibility. It's almost silly in parts and difficult to take seriously. I found the whole aspect of Mexico trying to take back the Southwestern United States, and especially the big reveal of who Veracruz is, to be just ridiculous. There was almost nothing about this book that I liked. The writing is substandard. There is a lot of action, but I didn't find it to be particularly compelling. Bottom line, I would recommend passing on this novel. There are far better thrillers out there than this one.Carl Alves - author of Blood Street
Violence and tension are sky high sparked by battles between druglords and the increased flow of illegal migrants into the U.S. Tocombat this Operation Ramport a controversial test unit run byMajor Richter called Talon is called into action. Their success isthreatened by a drug king pin named Ernesto Fuerza also known asCommander Veracruz, he is causing major problems on both sides of the border calling for revolution. His real intent is to make iteasier to send drugs over the border. Richter and his force arereassigned to the FBI to investigate the murder of several borderpatrol agents. A mission that will soon bring him face to face withFuerza and a wave of bloodshed that threatens to become a guerrillawar. Also behind the scenes is one Yegor Zakharov a former Sovietnuclear forces Commander a former nemesis of Reichter who is set onrevenge to he very end. This is another book from Dale Brown andI found nit as good as his other one's.
Ugh. I've heard Dale Brown is a good writer, but this book sure doesn't show that. The shallow characters are inconsistent and implausible, the storyline is unrealistic and confusing, and several episodes are clearly inserted as an afterthought.At one point in the story the thinly veiled caricature of Rush Limbaugh gets into a panic when the Mexican hero incites all the illegal aliens living in the U.S. to punish America by going back to Mexico. In his panic he accidentally fires his pistol in a crowd. Seriously? There are plenty of Americans who want to put an end to illegal immigration, and Brown's portrayal of them as hypocritical, cowardly, racist buffoons with itchy trigger fingers is not only inaccurate, it is insulting.I won't make the mistake of paying for another steaming Brown pile.
—Peter Cress
Well, the author uses Russian and Mexican characters and occasionally doesn't translate the sentences that the characters are saying. I know a little Spanish, but even I was left a little confused by some of the dialogue. It's a very heavy military book (which I would have known if I knew he Dale Brown was before I bought the book). I bought this at an airport because it talked about a border way and Mexico trying to take back the area it lost in the Mexican-American war, but that's not even part of the book. If you like Dale Brown and war books, you'll be fine. I bought this book without knowing what I was getting into. If I had known, I wouldn't have bought it.
—Jadrian Wooten
