- Ghost Platoon

Constant action with multiple bad guys providing multiple twists. I will definitely be getting the next book. Interesting team of personalities.

My only regret was that my darling husband departed this mortal coil going on five years ago now.... quietly in his sleep. As an a Special Forces officer for many years ( Viet Nam ) era, he would have identified with so much of it and chuckled to himself to know that the same methods for " pocket money " continue in Afghanistan as they did in the 1960s and 1970s in 'Nam. Human nature never changes! I am off to find another book by this author ....I love his style, fast paced action, and realism.... Thanks for a fun and realistic read!

While this parades as a novel, it’s not. It’s the prose form of a vile GI Joe comic book with some pages missing and some damaged. The result isn’t a cohesive narrative but rather bits and pieces of a story somewhat haphazardly stitched together in a crazy quilt of a non-narrative.The opening scene is of an unintroduced gaggle of US soldiers operating in Afghanistan as brigands. These bandits are doing their patriotic duty keeping the DEA in business by smuggling heroin into the US. This is Group B for Brigand. They run afoul of another bunch who for no apparent reason oppose group B. Let’s call them Group W for Whatever.Group W delivers a major whack on Group B causing B’s commander, who is part of the US Army but operating independently from it, to get in his own personal Harrier he just happens to have lying about. He and Harrier along with some major unaccounted for and unconventional ordnance set out to take revenge.This brings us to the major part of the book, I suppose. I say suppose because I forced myself to 30% and then, too late to return it to Amazon, gave this up not only as a bad deal but an annoying one as well. Round about here, pards, we get switched to Group W(a) that’s a parody outfit made up of what you’d expect from a Saturday Night Live sketch if it desired to make fun of hyper soldiers overdosed on testosterone.This group is going to make its own revenge on Group B and rescue a psychic dog if it can possibly take its mind off of the completely undescribed Most Beautiful Woman in the World who happens to be a fan of ordnance herself. Apparently some private entity has developed a superweapons system that didn’t seem all that futuristic to me aside from an autonomous snake.Little of all this is coherent and because of that, I’m guessing to some extent. I may have pushed on if I had some idea of what’s trying to be accomplished or believed this is what the US military is really like. I suppose there’s also some self-interest bearing on my quitting. I don’t want to believe this is what the US military has devolved into. I do hope that Group W(a) will rescue a dog but other than that, I didn’t care one whit what it did or failed to do.

I started reading this and became so engrossed by the twists and turns of the plot. I highly recommend this if you likebooks with dogs and excellent characters that are dealing with the facts of life they become involved in the world of the spooks and military operations.

I barely started it. Did t like it at all.

If you love Grisham or Clancy, you’re going to LOVE this book! I love how vivid and real the characters are. I felt like I was “watching” the story. I highly recommend. I can’t wait for book two!!

This is a great read, it was electrifying. The characters are so real, I truly enjoyed reading this book. Hopefully there are more Robert Flynn books in the future!!!

I finished reading Dr Campbell’s book “Ghost Platoon”. It was a good read. For everyone who likes to read Military Fiction, you will enjoy it. I really liked the way he slipped a few medical terms and descriptions in there for all of us medical people. I hope he writes another book. I really like the character Flynn and hope to read more about him. Great job, Doc!!