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Tiger by the Tail
by John Ringo and Ryan Sear

A new addition to the Paladin of Shadows military adventure series by multiple New York Times best seller John Ringo and Ryan Sear. Sequel to Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain, Unto the Breach and A Deeper Blue.

After saving America from Middle Eastern terrorists, even Mike Harmon and the Keldara could use a vacation. Of course, the Kildar's idea of a vacation includes taking down pirates in the Singapore Straits. But when he finds computer chips designed to run nuclear reactors in the pirate booty, Harmon has a new mission thrust upon him—discover how bottom-feeding thieves got their hands on top secret technology.

The chips are headed for newly democratic Myanmar, a country vital to American interests in the region. Now Harmon finds himself in a desperate race to learn who stole the chips and why. From glittering Hong Kong to the slums of Thailand to the swamps of Myanmar, Harmon and his Keldara team follow a trail of death and deceit across the glittering underbelly of Southeast Asia.

And as the path winds through dark jungle and slave labor camps to the heart of newborn democracy, Harmon must devise a way to prevent the nasty overthrow of a nation's capital by totalitarian tyrants. But if there's one thing Mike and the Keldara specialize in, it's doing what it takes to give freedom a chance.

Published 1/15/2013
SKU: 9781451638561
Ebook Price: $9.99 
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1. Cliff on 4/14/2013, said:

I liked it. I liked it as a 'popcorn' movie type of book. Lots of action and lots of action. No deep thinking on this one. The character development and backstory that were presented in the earlier books is not here but, if you just want to escape for a while, this book is for you
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2. George on 3/27/2013, said:

Not anything close to Ringo / Kildar standards. Given the HUGE body of great work by Mr. Ringo, his books are still an automatic buy for me, but don't buy this one without reading the free chapters first. It does go downhill fron there but at least this one could be dropped from the series with no damage.
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3. Jason on 2/28/2013, said:

I enjoyed this book. Nonstop action. Detailed descriptions of weapons. I usually open up a table on wikipedia and look up the different weapons mentioned in this series, and I like reading it.
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4. James on 2/26/2013, said:

This reads like bad fan fiction. Plot holes, characters out of character... it is just plain bad. I like almost all the John Ringo I've read and even when I didn't like it I considered it high quality work. This is just plain bad.
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5. Andrew on 1/1/2013, said:

Let me start off by saying I've been a big fan of John Ringo's works for a number of years, and I've been a big fan of this series, it was one of my fun guilty pleasure reads. And when I heard about a new book in the series I was excited. However this book doesn't read like a John Ringo novel. I don't know who did what when writing this, but frankly it reads more like a fanfic then anything like the earlier books. There is very little detail on the characters, mostly just name dropping with hardly any progression or feeling. And frankly what character progression was out and out character assassination. In the earlier books we knew Mike was a bad man trying to be good, doing evil things only when needed, in this book it was like he was just doing it for the hell of it. The plotting of the book itself felt odd, it was all action, all the time, which didn't fit the tone of the series, which was wonderfully paced, spacing action with training and character progression. Such a shame, I recommend avoiding this book, just go reread the earlier stuff, it's far more enjoyable.
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6. Greg on 12/29/2012, said:

It breaks my heart to post a bad review as I consider myself a 'fan boy’, but oh man, this one is such a letdown. The action is only OK, the technical minutia is worse than Tom Clancy and there is no character development, even the sex scenes were bad. John "phoned this one in" and whoever Ryan Sear is... he wasn't up to the task as it reads like fan/fic. I can only hope that John decides he cares enough to come back and write a story that Ghost deserves because this was not it.
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7. Francis on 12/28/2012, said:

Dear God, what an abortion. I waited three months, pantingly anxious for a new "Kildar" novel, for this? Plotting: mediocre. Characterization: poor. Dialogue: abysmal. Overall sense of setting, structure, and tone: words fail me. I severely doubt that John Ringo wrote any portion of this book. It's many fathoms beneath his demonstrated abilities. If he agreed to allow his name to appear on it before he had a chance to read it, he was most unwise. It has badly devalued his brand and the "Kildar" series.
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8. Austin on 12/21/2012, said:

Okay, I love Ringo and all, but there are some of his books that just don't click for me. This would be one of them. It's definitely not bad, but it's not great, either. The dialogue felt forced at lots of points and the characters were pretty flat compared to the rest of the series. Some scenes frankly passed into the realm of fantasy with how some characters behaved, especially ones involving Mike and a certain female spy. It also seemed like Ringo and Sear went out of their way to attach brand names to everything. That works for rifles, scopes, and military paraphernalia, but do we really care it you're using an iPad or looking at Google maps, or driving a 4 Runner? So, in short, the book didn't match the standards of the rest of the series. It felt flat, a bit disjointed, and disappointing. Edit: Spoke too soon. The book picks up the pace in the last third. Still not as good as I hoped, but much better than I originally thought.
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9. Edward on 11/12/2012, said:

Not up to Ringo's usual standard
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