Catalog Search Results
1) The gulf
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aboard the guided-missile frigate U.S.S. Turner Van Zandt, Lieutenant-Commander Dan Lenson and his dedicated crew take on a daring assignment: escort a convoy of supertankers through the mine-filled Persian Gulf. For Lenson and his men, however, the danger is only just beginning. When a missile from a hit-and-run enemy sinks a U.S. destroyer, every ship and aircraft in the area goes on red alert. As all hands prepare for the inevitable showdown with...
2) The circle
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
For four years at Annapolis he prepared for this, pledging his youth, his ambition, and even his life. But when junior officer Dan Lenson finally gets his commission, it's an aging World War II destroyer. Now, with a mix of pride and fear, he heads into the world's most dangerous seas. As the Ryan plunges into the dark waters of the Arctic Circle at the height of storm season, Lenson and the crew pursue a mysterious and menacing enemy. But he soon...
3) The passage
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
516 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
4) Tomahawk
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
6) Black storm
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
7) The command
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
8) The threat
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Assigned to White House duty, Navy commander Dan Lenson battles threats against the president and the nation in this gripping adventure by the author of The Command and Black Storm. Working with a team to analyze and defeat external threats to U.S. security, Dan must deal with a terrorist plot to smuggle in dirty-bomb material using the established drug-cartel methods. In the meantime, there's an internal threat from disgruntled
...9) Korea Strait
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
10) The weapon
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to obtain the plans for a new Russian nuclear warhead, Navy commander Dan Lenson and his team are betrayed and barely escape with their lives, a situation that prompts an even more dangerous attempt to steal the weapon off of an Iranian submarine.
11) The crisis
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Surviving the September 11 attack on the Pentagon only to lose his wife at the World Trade Center, Commander Dan Lenson joins a SEAL team assigned to track down Osama bin Laden and other senior Taliban members, in a high-action tale inspired by the author's true military experiences.
13) The cruiser
Author
Series
Tales of the Modern Navy volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Newly-promoted to captain, Dan Lenson's first glimpse of his command is of a ship literally high and dry. The USS Savo Island, which carries a classified, never-before-deployed missile defense system, has run aground on an exposed sandbar off Naples. Captain Lenson has to relieve the ship's disgraced skipper and deploy on a secret mission--Operation Stellar Shield--which will take his ship and crew into the dangerous waters bordering the Middle East"--...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Captain Dan Lenson is under fire both at sea, and in Washington. His command of the first antiballistic-missile-capable cruiser in the Fleet, USS Savo Island, is threatened when he's called home to testify before Congress. There, he must defend his controversial decision to prevent a massive retaliatory missile attack by Israel against civilian targets in the Mideast. Shaken by the near-end of his career, Lenson returns to command uncertain of his...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The latest in David Poyer's acclaimed novels about the modern Navy and Marine Corps, Onslaught chronicles Dan Lenson's latest challenge as the U.S. Navy struggles to hold Taiwan, Korea, and Japan against a massive Chinese offensive. The prize: domination of Asia and the Western Pacific. As the United States' computer, satellite, and financial networks are ravaged by coordinated digital attacks, China and its associated powers begin to roll up and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
World War with China explodes, and Dan Lenson has been promoted to admiral, at least for the duration. China's naval and air forces utilize advanced technology and tactical nuclear weapons to devastate America's traditional sea power, while its massive army swiftly forces humiliating treaties on Japan, the Philippines, and other crucial allies. Lenson is fighting to keep sea lanes open in the Central Pacific, to turn the tide and buy time for the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"World War III is over... or is it? Superpowers race to fill the postwar power vacuum in this page-turning thriller, the next in the Dan Lenson series. In the next installment of David Poyer's critically-acclaimed series about war with China, mutual exhaustion after a massive nuclear exchange is giving way to a Violent Peace. While Admiral Dan Lenson motorcycles across a post-Armageddon US in search of his missing daughter, his wife Blair Titus lands...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of a world war with China, Admiral Dan Lenson is assigned to set up a US Navy base on the rugged North Slope of Alaska, in response to Russian seabed claims that reach nearly to the US coast. Yet the current administration seems oddly reluctant to confront Russian aggression. At the same time, the International Criminal Court is accusing Dan of a war crime. Back in Washington, Blair Titus is running Jim Yangerhans's campaign for...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must...
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase