SEAL Team 13: SEAL Team 13

Liked this one from page one.Harold "Hawk" Masters is a US Navy SEAL.Ten years ago Hawk and his team were in the sea after pulling a Chinese contact out of China. They were on their way to rendevous with a Navy destroyer.Only problem was that they were being pursued by something they all knew was there. They just couldn't see it. "IT" hit their zodiac. The team fell into the sea and only Hawk, the Chinese contact and teammate Eddie Rankin were left.The "IT" then grabbed the destroyer and pulled it to the bottom. Both Masters and Rankin got a good look at the "IT." A giant squid or something similar. "IT" was then gone leaving the dead and the few living behind.Of course no one believed Masters and he wasn't about to go along with the "official story."He was forced out of the SEALS and was unhirable. His actions decimated his credibility. He, a trained SEAL, couldn't even get hired by a merc group looking for men of his caliber.Ten years later Hawk is approached by an Admiral Karson. The admiral has become aware of "happenings" all over the world. "Happenings" that are beginning to coincide with what happened to Hawk and his team ten years earlier.Hawk lives in a bunker environment. He's done this because he wants to survive if anyone or anything comes for him. He's one tough SOB and he's barely interested in hearing the admiral out.Hawk finally decides to listen to what the admiral has to say and does decides to work for him. Revenge for the deaths of his teammates is formost on his mind. Revenge thats waited ten years.Hawk is told to pick a team. He does so. He starts off with his old teammate Eddie Rankin. He handpicks the rest of the men on this team. All highly trained SEALS. All except one very special man. A man Hawk calls friend. A man with rather strange abilities.Seems the admiral and his superiors now know Hawk was right ten years ago. He did see what he told them he saw. They now need Hawk to try and stop these "happenings." A Hawk who still wants revenge for the deaths of his teammates ten years ago.So begins one damned fine read.This read includes the "veil". The veil seems to be some sort of alternate dimension. We also get vampires, a Town under seige, an attempt on Hawk's life and he and a team like no other.On super good read. Five Stars and then some. Hope there will be a series with Hawk and his team.

I didn't expect much when I purchased this book, I figured it would follow the same straight to dvd movie formula that most authors employ when it comes to writing about Spec. Op's units. There would be a team of unstoppable supermen, masters of all combat, they would include a female, who's usually Asian or Latina, she would be a match for all the men in both strength and combat abilities and of course we would have our token black guy, who is usually described as a "mountain" and sometimes talks like he's got a masters in Ebonics from Snoop Dog University. Yet, I'm a sucker for the military vs. the supernatural story, so I gave it a chance and boy was I pleasantly surprised!Positives:- Very accurate portrayal of a squad of operators, there was no squad member that was female, like in real life. Women don't have the physical strength necessary to meet the requirements for BUD/S, Force Recon, SF, etc., I know it's not PC but it's the truth and it was nice to see a dose of "reality" in a fiction novel. Also whether or not there was some form of ethnic bent to the other squad members it was never discussed, this is important b/c whether or not someone has some ancestry, other than European, isn't important to SOCOM operators, passing the qual. courses is all anyone ever needs to know, the mission of these groups is to important, that's why there is no Affirmative Action or Gender equality policies and never will be, it's the best of the best.- The inclusion of females that were more realistic than most. I know it's a novel and thus it's obligatory that you MUST include a female role, most of the time it's over the top and unbelievable but in this novel that wasn't the case. The females were plausible and their involvement in the story actually made some sense and was believable, with the added bonus of not having several paragraphs of obligatory teen-age sex action with our main protagonist.- Good character development. I thought the author did a great job of not only developing the main protagonist but also the ancillary characters. We learned some of the thoughts and motivations of the other members and they weren't just cut-outs written to be "red-shirt's" or those who go on missions to die anonymously. I saw it mentioned in another review that Masters was acting like a child, but if you've ever been in the military, at just about any rank, and had the chance to be a turd to your superiors, especially the REMFers and assorted Pencil Pushers, believe me it's like a wish granted! So Masters taking advantage of the situation, especially after his circumstances, is every grunt's wish regardless of branch.- Good Story. Can't say much without giving away spoilers, suffice it to say the story was interesting, plot-driven and exciting, this would have earned it at least 3 stars even if it included all the other bad things. The evil entity was well done, the action scenes were top notch and the take on an old monster was interesting. The setting was well described and the homage paid to a certain novel/movie, were spot on and explained, read the book and you'll know what I mean.- Top notch explanation of arms, armor and tactics. The types of weapons used, the armor worn, and the tactics used by the squad was accurate and not over the top. Most of the times we get page after page of ballistics, lot's of times straight from Wikipedia or some gun enthusiast magazine, not the case here. He used an AA-12, it's fully auto, has a 32 round drum magazine and shoots either slugs or 00 buck, that's all I need to know and it's what the author did. The operators were tough and followed doctrine, they were tough, as most are, but not super-human, very refreshing.Negatives:- There were a few grammar issues, but not so bad that it distracted from the over all story, and for an independent release was well done.- Some technical issues. SEAL "teams" are approx. 300 members, including support staff. There are 9 of them which includes a DVT (Delivery Vehicle Team.) A team is divided, usually into 3 troops of 40 members and headquarter staff. A troop is further divided into 2 platoons, usually with 16-20 members each, they can also be organized into several squads of 5-8 members and even further into fire-teams depending on the situation, etc., So as you can see they would never get a designation of "team" with only 8 members, more likely rolled into a team with a special squad designation. Also, in the beginning, the author had Masters on a mission with a Lt. Commander, he becomes one himself later on, yet an LC is the head of a troop, and is in all likelihood not going on a mission. Would have been better if Masters had been the 0-2, Jr. Lieutenant, and the OIC(officer in charge) had been an 0-3 Lieutenant, in all likelihood this was a squad mission with only one officer, def. not one requiring 2.- Inconsistency in antagonists. I didn't like the way the bad guys went from scary and threating, with capable abilities to be feared, to mindless cannon fodder reminiscent of the Walking Dead.-Constant use of call signs. In real life soldiers don't use their call signs all the time, it's more code than anything else. Constantly referring to someone as John "The Beast" Jones, for example, gets tiresome. Call signs are earned and are operational, you don't want the enemy to know who exactly your talking about sometimes. If an officer or chief needs to get your attention he's most likely to call you by your last name, "Jones get your ass over there" is more likely than "Beast get your ass over there" and I've never seen anyone introduced to civilians or even other military, especially the brass by their call signs, as a matter of fact it's usually only REMFers and Fly-Boys who love them and insist on being called by them.Sorry for the wall of text, but as a reader I only do this if a book is really good and I want an author to continue a series and like to point out what I really liked and didn't or if it's really bad and I want to warn people off. This novel def. fits into the latter and I'm looking forward to reading anything further the author writes in this series.

I'm a huge fan of Evan Currie's fan fiction and this original work exceeded my expectations. The characters were funny and layered with real & detailed voices. Both the interactions and the plot pulled me into the story. Will definitely look for more Team 13

Let me just say that I love Evan Currie's books. I've read all of the Odyssey One and Warrior's Wings series and thoroughly enjoyed them. Great military science fiction. When the Seal Team 13 series began, I was more than willing to jump on the initial installment. I have to say, he didn't hit it out of the park for me this time. Even though I've read Neil Gaiman and loved his books, I'm not a big fan of stories based on the legendary monsters of Earth lore. I typically stay far away from vampire and werewolf and Thor and such stories. But that's where Currie takes us. If you like that sort of thing, this will be right up your alley.To compound my frustration with this book is Currie's over-the-top style of the prose. It's like Robert Ludlum on steroids. His past books didn't seem so overblown in the dialogue and descriptions.All of that said, the question is will I read the other books that will surely follow? I told my wife about all this and she asked me that question about halfway through the book. I told her I would likely only read more if I got hooked into the characters and general storyline. So, I guess the answer is "Yes", I'll keep reading, but there is a limit on my willingness to stretch. If nothing else, it serves to remind me why I should never have anything to do with Twilight.

I have enjoyed reading this book I usually read the normal sas story books so this was a different slant on it.Looking forward to reading the next story.

Read this in Kindle Unlimited. The book was a lightning fast and quick read. Hope this becomes a series as I’d certainly like to see these characters develop more.

Loved this book good flow of action kept me not wanting to put the book down.

I just finished Seal Team 13. Read the whole thing start to finish in one sitting. Excellent work. The characterization is, as to be expected from this author, exceptional. The action is well choreographed and easy to follow, which is harder to write then most people realize. The groundwork of world-building and mythology are well laid out, giving enough information for the reader to have an idea of what's going on without giving away all the mystery. I'm eagerly awaiting more of the series.

Ich habe mir nur die Kurzbeschreibung angeschaut und fand die Grundidee interessant. Dann hat mich das Buch gefesselt, die Kampfszenen sind gut geschrieben, was passiert bleibt lang genug geheimnisvoll und dass der Held eigentlich nicht so einfach zu mögen ist, fand ich auch gut. Ein erbitterter Mensch als Held, dem es im Grunde egal ist, ob er überlebt, Hauptsache, er kann seine Männer rächen....Nur zu empfehlen, wenn man Military urban Fantasy mag (neuer Subgenre ? :) )