The Command: A Novel (Dan Lenson Novels)

About this book

After receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in Iraq Commander Daniel V. Lenson is given new orders: "Take over as skipper of USS Thomas W. Horn." His mission: Prepare the Tomahawk-equipped strike destroyer and her crew for the Red Sea where shell join an international task force searching for weapons of mass destruction. But this will be no routine deployment. Horn will be the first US Navy warship to deploy with an integrated male and female crew--a controversial and politically explosive experiment that will raise questions about morale behavior training sexual attraction and ultimately performance under fire. Facing sandstorms smugglers and ambushes Horns increasingly polarized crew will conduct demanding diplomatically sensitive search-and-seizure operations against foreign vessels attempting to smuggle arms to Iraq. But the real nightmare is brewing in Bahrain. There the most dangerous bomb expert in Al-Qaeda has targeted Horn for attack--as the first step in a plan to redraw the map of the whole Middle East. With gripping action scenes and an explosive climax The Command continues Dan Lensons star-crossed career in a series that explores both global and deeply personal implications of honor duty power and war.