To have men who sit in cushy chairs behind desks, those who have never stepped foot in battle be the ones in charge of creating the rules of engagement is beyond unfair it borders on criminal. As a student of Communication, and studying the media throughout my education at La Salle University (double track in Mass Communication and Media Writing), I have decided to become a part of the solution to the liberal left-wing media, and not part of the problem. Never in my life has something effected me the way “Lone Survivor” did. I have read almost all of your books, and just finished Marcus Luttrells “Lone Survivor”, which literally shook me to my core. To say I am a fan of your writing would be an understatement of gargantuan proportions. This summer, his brand new series is launched, with a new, iron-man hero, the ex-Navy SEAL Mack Bedford. He is rude, tough, cynical and ‘no bullshit.’ One of the leading literary agents in London, the very experienced Ed Victor, who also represents Frederick Forsyth, described Admiral Morgan as the most interesting character in contemporary fiction. The protagonist, who features in every book, is the brilliant, irascible Texas admiral Arnold Morgan, who works in the White House as the President’s National Security Adviser. They are fast-paced thrillers and meticulously researched, and filled with some of the most sinister villains and hickory-tough heroes in American bookstores. Patrick Robinson writes novels that read like blockbuster movies. In August, 2007, Universal Studios bought the rights for $3 million. In fact, it was on the bestseller list for eight months. Lone Survivor was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for the entire summer of 2007. Patrick was approved by the US Navy to write Marcus Luttrell’s story, as the pre-eminent writer of Navy SEAL fiction. He wanted to write a book to honor his lost comrades. A Navy SEAL had fought his way out of Afghanistan in the summer of 2005, after his team were ambushed by the Taliban high in the Hindu Kush. Robinson continued writing a new novel every year, but sales were hampered by current events and the lack of exposure a movie provides to authors. Soon afterwards, the terrorist genre fell from grace. The Twin Towers In New York City were attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11th, 2001. McTiernan, who had given the rights to his wife, ended his marriage and, subsequently, the project died in the hands of an ex-wife who would not allow the film to move forward.ĭespite selling millions of books around the world, in twenty different languages, a film has never been made from a Patrick Robinson novel.Īnd after his fifth hugely popular Barracuda 945, about the Hamas General Ravi Rashood – a turn-coat from the British Special Forces – the world changed. Critics called it, “The best military thriller since The Hunt For Red October.” One month later, John McTiernan optioned the rights for Universal Studios.īut Nimitz Class was never made. It was published in 1997, and hit the New York Times bestseller list in its first week. The first techno-thriller, Nimitz Class, was a big action story, about a rogue Islamic terrorist in a stolen submarine, armed with a nuclear-tipped torpedo capable of obliterating a Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier. A hard line of chilling reality runs through the spine of each book. His books are geo-political tales of anti-terrorism and the balance of world power, usually conducted on the high seas, always packed with US Navy SEAL black-operations in the most sinister environments on earth. Patrick Robinson is a #1 New York Times bestselling techno-thriller novelist, who rivals the best of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth.
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