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David Poyer
USA Today-bestselling author David Poyer's nearly forty books include THE DEAD OF WINTER, WINTER IN THE HEART, AS THE WOLF LOVES WINTER, and THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN, literary novels set in Pennsylvania; THE MED, THE GULF, THE CIRCLE, THE PASSAGE, TOMAHAWK, CHINA SEA, BLACK STORM, THE COMMAND, THE... show more



USA Today-bestselling author David Poyer's nearly forty books include THE DEAD OF WINTER, WINTER IN THE HEART, AS THE WOLF LOVES WINTER, and THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN, literary novels set in Pennsylvania; THE MED, THE GULF, THE CIRCLE, THE PASSAGE, TOMAHAWK, CHINA SEA, BLACK STORM, THE COMMAND, THE THREAT, KOREA STRAIT, THE WEAPON, THE CRISIS, THE TOWERS, and THE CRUISER, best-selling novels of the modern military; WHITE CONTINENT, STAR SEED, THE SHILOH PROJECT, and STEPFATHER BANK, science fiction; and FIRE ON THE WATERS, A COUNTRY OF OUR OWN, and THAT ANVIL OF OUR SOULS, historical novels about the Civil War. His work has been translated into Japanese, Dutch, and Italian, and rights have been sold for films, audiobooks, Nook, Kindle, etc. Poyer has taught or lectured at University of Pittsburgh, Cape May Institute, ODU, Joint Forces Staff College, UNF, The New College, Elizabethtown College, and other institutions, and been a guest on PBS's "Writer to Writer." He was a founding editor of THE NEW VIRGINIA REVIEW and is currently a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University. His next novel will be TIPPING POINT (december 2015).

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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it 6 years ago
Dr. Jack Scales, a prominent neurosurgeon, is at the peak of his career. To celebrate, he decides to make up for lost time and buys a sailing yacht christened Slow Dance, for a family cruise to Bermuda. But the family is strained: Jack’s wife Arlen is secretly considering leaving the marriage; Rick,...
Hooked on Books
Hooked on Books rated it 10 years ago
This was my first Poyer novel. There was a little too much technical jargon & I just really wasn't in the mood to read & decipher the whole way through...maybe I'll try another Poyer book one day when I want to tax my brain a little harder : ) Also, it needs pictures of the ships and details so I co...
Brick
Brick rated it 11 years ago
Truly a thriller, with vivid descriptions of the seas and weather in Antarctica. The author's background is prodigious and lends tremendous verisimilitude to his descriptions of the place and the privations experienced by the crew of this sailboat in extremely hostile conditions. The physical diff...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 16 years ago
More nautical fiction. Poyer is well-known for his realistic and accurate portrayal of modern life in the Navy. He has the experience himself of serving on board modern warships and that knowledge is evident. Several plots simultaneously converge in this story: the plight of Cuban sugar can...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 22 years ago
The Van Zandt is a naval frigate on convoy duty in the Persian Gulf at a time when the Iranian War is in full swing. The new captain, Ben Shaker, is determined to avoid a repeat of the loss of his earlier command, a destroyer that was sunk by an Iranian missile. Men had died because they were wear...
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