Raven One edition by Kevin Miller Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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UNARMED OVER HOSTILE TERRITORY...
For a moment Wilson froze and looked at the white-helmeted pilot who sat high on the nose of the colossal fighter. Across the small void, he saw the pilot’s eyes peer over his mask. Dark, chilling eyes…
Wilson kicked right rudder to slide closer and jam any chance for a bandit gunshot. When the bandit pulled all the way over, almost on its back but in control, he cursed in frustration at what he knew was coming next. The hostile fighter reversed over the top in a negative-g maneuver, his nose tracking down on Wilson like a falling sledgehammer in slow motion. Horrified, Wilson realized he faced an imminent snapshot. With the little air speed he had, his inverted his Hornet to avoid the attack.
His aircraft still rolling and ruddering, Wilson saw that the monster had another weapon at its disposal…
Raven One edition by Kevin Miller Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
Raven One is riveting, from first page to last, the kind of a book you cannot put down. The fast paced narrative, crisp, terse, and disciplined, will grab the attention of all readers with an interest in aviation.It has something for everyone. Experienced pilots will find themselves sharing the cockpit of an F-18 Hornet jet fighter during both routine and challenging aircraft carrier operations, and in various combat situations. During the one-on-one jet dogfights aviators will feel it in the ‘seat of the pants’. I felt particularly immersed in the night take-offs and rendezvous, as well as the aerial refueling. Captain Miller’s description of a night landing on a pitching and rolling carrier in a turbulent sea is harrowing.
Students considering naval aviation as a career path will share the adventure and trials to be considered. This book is not a recruiting brochure. It lays it all out. The general public will learn to appreciate the dangers, and sacrifices made by the professional warriors of our sea going navy, and their home based families. Launching and flying carrier based aircraft never becomes ‘routine’. Long sea deployments away from homes, wives, and children require adjustments by all.
The author has populated his novel with an appealing cast of characters; strong, believable, vulnerable and courageous. His high ranking characters exhibit the sensitivity and empathy that he may have experienced himself. What makes this first novel so powerful is that the reader senses from page one that the author is not a professional researcher and writer. This is an author who is writing about people and events that he has actually experienced himself in the Middle East as the leader of a fighter squadron in real life combat situations.
What a tribute to our Navy… training an officer capable of mastering the intricacies of carrier based combat flying… a warrior, a leader in combat… and yet a scholar, with the literary talent to express himself by writing a novel comparable to the most respected of professional writers.
Buy the print copy. You’ll want to pass it along to friends who do not have an electronic reader.
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Raven One edition by Kevin Miller Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Raven One is fantastic! I'm not a navy guy, nor am I particularly technical. However, I loved this book. I was genuinely disappointed when I had finished the book and had no more to read. (So I read Captain Miller's next book - Declared Hostile. See my review on that one too.)
Raven One was action packed and totally kept me on the edge of my seat. I never dreamed of the complexity the naval aviator experiences not only in the cockpit but politically, morally and ethically. Captain Miller brings it all across vividly. The combat scenes were phenomenal. The characters were well developed - people you loved and people you did not like AT ALL. I can highly recommend this book for anyone who likes adventure, drama, big explosions and humor. I felt like I was right there in the cockpit or in the "Ready Room" with the pilots. Buy this book!
This book will have you in the cockpit of the jet, on the deck of the ship and on the edge of your seat. This book was written with an eye for detail. The author makes you feel like you are in the cockpit of the jet, and you can feel yourself launching off of the aircraft carrier. The story line-what its like to be in a war zone fling different missions-is well written and the characters have depth and dimension. I highly recommend this book!
What makes a good fiction read great? Believability is certainly one aspect. The author utilizes personal experience and incorporates into a real world scenario that's packed with action and intrigue with intense character granularity. Back in the days of radio, listeners could involve themselves in storylines "seeing" and "knowing" the characters involved. This book is no different. Early on, I could relate to Flip, wanted to push Saint's face in and offer encouragement to Sponge.
Well done!
Raven One by Kevin Miller was quite possibly one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve had in a military genre book. After coming off a series of boring technical manuals from Tom Clancy, Red Storm Rising and The Cardinal in the Kremlin, Raven One was a refreshing, suspenseful, and riveting reading experience.
From the tightly written prose, to the realistic characters, to the authentic portrayal of life on an aircraft carrier, this book is the pinnacle of quality military fiction. What Raven One lacks in plot is more than made up for in terms of excellent characters who feel unique and distinct from each other.
I think it’s safe to say that most of us who have not been in the military or have military friends might assume that these pilots, soldiers, engineers would be composed of professional men and women working towards the same goal. Everyone that’s Captain rank or higher is expected to be highly proficient at their job and deserve to wear the insignias on their shoulders.
Turns out being in the military can potentially be the same as working at a corporate job. People who don’t deserve to be paid more than you and are incompetent at doing their jobs exist in the military too. Miller highlights this point by introducing us to XO, 2nd in command, “Saint” who tries to rule the squadron with an iron fist while the commander “Cajun” is away. Our main character “Flip” Wilson is subordinate to these two characters and is constantly subjected to Saint’s stupidity.
From forcing him to write up some BS reports about maintenance and crew rotations to suggesting an idiotic bombing route that could get the entire squadron killed. Saint is quite possibly the most despicable character I’ve read that comes close to mimicking real life. Saint is a coward, lacks the backbone to stand up to his superiors, and constantly burdens the squadron with unnecessary busy work while also chastising them for his mistakes.
Sound familiar? If so, I am sorry for your frustrations.
The characters feel incredibly authentic and the details Miller weaves into the book makes me feel like I’m living on an aircraft carrier with a bunch of hot shot pilots. This ain’t no Tom Cruise, Top Gun movie where authenticity was second place to action and excitement. No, Raven One is a realistic experience told from a retired Navy Fighter pilot which also means that some of the jargon can and will go over your head.
As someone who loves military fiction, technology, tactics, and lingo. There were several terms in this book that flew over my head. Thankfully, the beginning of the book includes a glossary of most of the terms that will be used throughout the novel. So if you don’t know what JDAM, CAG, Angels, or CAS means, don’t worry, just jump back to the front and look it up.
Now generally, whenever a book includes a lot of jargon it can sometimes mean that the prose is dreadfully boring. I mean, just look at a Tom Clancy book which is filled with jargon and technical mumbo jumbo that will put even a die hard military fan to sleep. Not the case with Raven One. In fact, one of the best things about this book was how Miller crafted his prose to make you experience a dangerous nighttime carrier landing.
He throws in some technical lingo at you but then follows up with a very simple, clear, direct explanation of whatever he mentioned. Let me tell you, when I read about a junior pilot getting ready to land on an aircraft carrier at night, during a storm, with low fuel, and had to be caught in a net rather than the arrestor cables, my heart pounded.
I was so engrossed in the descriptions of the scene that I didn’t even realize the train conductor next to me was asking for my ticket during my commute to New York. It was THAT good.
What was especially surprising and refreshing to see was that our main character Lt. Commander “Flip” Wilson is black! I must have gone halfway through the book without putting any race identifiers onto “Flip” until a-hole XO “Saint” decided to make a comment about his race.
Just the fact that “Flip” was black made me love this book even more because it emphasized how race isn’t important in the grand scheme of things. “Flip” can fly and is one of their best pilots and a great leader and that’s all that mattered, not his skin color. So good, so refreshing, so much more entertaining than boring old Clancy.
In closing, this book has action, it has a strong human connection, it’s suspenseful, and it totally immerses you in the world of navy fighter pilots. Though it has no grand plot with surprising twists and government conspiracies, it didn’t really need one. A day in the life of a navy fighter pilot is more than enough content to keep you riveted until the last page.
If you love jets, military fiction, and great, descriptive prose, then do not pass up the opportunity to read Raven One.
Raven One is riveting, from first page to last, the kind of a book you cannot put down. The fast paced narrative, crisp, terse, and disciplined, will grab the attention of all readers with an interest in aviation.
It has something for everyone. Experienced pilots will find themselves sharing the cockpit of an F-18 Hornet jet fighter during both routine and challenging aircraft carrier operations, and in various combat situations. During the one-on-one jet dogfights aviators will feel it in the ‘seat of the pants’. I felt particularly immersed in the night take-offs and rendezvous, as well as the aerial refueling. Captain Miller’s description of a night landing on a pitching and rolling carrier in a turbulent sea is harrowing.
Students considering naval aviation as a career path will share the adventure and trials to be considered. This book is not a recruiting brochure. It lays it all out. The general public will learn to appreciate the dangers, and sacrifices made by the professional warriors of our sea going navy, and their home based families. Launching and flying carrier based aircraft never becomes ‘routine’. Long sea deployments away from homes, wives, and children require adjustments by all.
The author has populated his novel with an appealing cast of characters; strong, believable, vulnerable and courageous. His high ranking characters exhibit the sensitivity and empathy that he may have experienced himself. What makes this first novel so powerful is that the reader senses from page one that the author is not a professional researcher and writer. This is an author who is writing about people and events that he has actually experienced himself in the Middle East as the leader of a fighter squadron in real life combat situations.
What a tribute to our Navy… training an officer capable of mastering the intricacies of carrier based combat flying… a warrior, a leader in combat… and yet a scholar, with the literary talent to express himself by writing a novel comparable to the most respected of professional writers.
Buy the print copy. You’ll want to pass it along to friends who do not have an electronic reader.
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