Black Site: A Delta Force Novel

Dalton Fury definitely has the credentials to write the genre, and you can tell with tactical details within the story. I liked the main character, Kolt Raynor, I liked the premise of the story, but quite honestly I felt the execution was lacking. Fury paced the story weird in the fact that he spends multiple pages on what seem like insignificant details, and blows right through pretty key plot points. He does write the hell out of action sequences though, I was very impressed when the bullets started flying. It's everything between the bullets that I thought was lacking.It's not bad, and I would encourage others to check out the book if the price is right, but ultimately it didn't live up to the Vince Flynn or Brad Thor expectations.

I do not read a lot of military or tactical thrillers but "Black Site" attracted me due to the authentic voice of its author, Dalton Fury, a former Delta troop commander. The book grabbed me on page one and did not let me go until I finished it after a wild breathtaking ride behind the scenes in "The Unit" and in the wilds of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It truly is a page turner that seems to ratchet up the tension with each succeeding chapter.Kolt "Racer" Raynor is the flawed hero who saw his military career as a Delta team leader collapse after a split second decision in the field goes awry and his men are killed and a rescue team aboard a copter is shot down. Kolt is bright, tough as nails, spontaneous and a bit of a maverick if not a loose cannon at times. After being drummed out of the service, he becomes a drunk and a civilian security specialist while trying to regain some sense of purpose in his life. Three years later, he is contacted by his former superior officer and offered a chance to redeem himself by infiltrating into Pakistan to obtain "proof of life" that his former colleagues survived the doomed helicopter rescue mission only to become human shields to protect Al Qaeda and Taliban assets. While performing his mission, Kolt discovers an insidious plot by Al Qaeda to destroy a secret "Black Site" housing a prison for high value targets and in the process turn world opinion against the US while destabilizing Pakistan and allowing nuclear weapons to fall into their hands."Black Site" recounts Kolt's race to find his comrades and get the proof needed for a rescue mission and then to discover the details of the deadly Al Qaeda plan and disrupt it in any way possible. Make no mistake, "Black Site" is a novel of personal redemption as much as it is a story of the tactical bravery of our Delta teams counter posed against the sometimes mind numbing slowness of military decision making in Washington. Kolt is indeed a flawed character, but he is also a man who reflects the best of personal bravery and loyalty and commitment to his men and to his country. I found myself breathless at times with the break neck pacing of the book and I highly recommend it to fans of this genre.

Dalton Fury is a pseudonym (DF - Delta Force) for a former officer and leader in America's most elite military unit, Delta Force. He has previously written "Kill Bin Laden" about the units efforts in Tora Bora to eliminate UBL, something about which he spoke in media under this name, and usually with his face either concealed or altered, and his voice modified. Very similar to other recent entrants into the market such as Jack Murphy, he is a former Special Operations Warrior who is using his experience to build a better novel by lacing it with his background and knowledge.The book by introducing us to Kolt "Racer" Raynor, former Delta Force operator and troop leader who has fallen on hard times after an operation went wrong and he got bounced from the unit. He's a train wreck, and shortly finds himself falling even further. He is offered the opportunity to help out his former teammates by going undercover and participating in an operation through a PMC, and jumps at the opportunity. The op that led to him departing Delta and the army led to the death of several of his comrades, as well as the capture of others. He can help, and therefore he must go to wipe the stain of his own person. It should be noted here that Racer is somewhat unique in the stories built around special operators in that he is an officer. Usually officers in military fiction hover somewhere between incompetent roadblocks and nefarious villains, here they seem like actual, competent huma beings.There are the usual machinations of preparation and such, and just enough jargon and technology to keep you interested. This book is not Reflexive Fire, jack Murphy's initial foray into full-on fiction, or The Profession by Steven Pressfield. The tech does not beat you over the head, and it is not particularly outcome determinative. It is the people that matter, from the PMC suits to the unseen politicians, generals, and senior CIA executives. The book moves along smoothly, the story keeping you engaged as it builds towards the climax. The cliffhanger is well done, and overall you will walk away from this wanting more from this author.There is currently a considerable amount of discussion regarding Tier One Operators writing about their experiences. Dalton Fury walks this tight rope a bit to far on the cautious side, in my opinion. This could be because he is trying to focus the writing on the people and the story, instead of the technology and the tactics. Compared with other recent market entries, there is significantly less use of military phrases and terms, and the description of weapons, equipment, and operational details is stripped way down. It works for his style of storytelling, and combined with the lack of overall conspiracy theories, it is a great first effort.

Prior to reading this book, I had been reading a history of JSOC. While interesting overall, it read slowly due to terminolgies I was not familiar with.To follow that book up with this one was awesome. This book, while most certainly containing some action hero parts, is a very cool, very accessible insight into Special Forces actions.Written by an actual Delta Forces commander under his nom de plume Dalton Fury; this book will keep you on the edge of your seat till the end. And it's only the first book in the series!

As the title of my review states, had a credibility, detail and knowledge to surpass its competitors.

Disappointed

Run of the mill.Follows a fairly predictable line. Some parts are dragged out too much.Decent action sequences.

Action packed, written with insight of Delta, it's operations and the humans behind kevlar. Worth a read for Ryan/McNab fans. A good solid debut!

After his nonfictional account KBL, Dalton Fury gets down to business in the "fictional" work and delivers his first novel starring Kolt Raynor.One helluva rollercoaster. Taking a look back on the discussions about CIA secret facilities in Europe, the scenes and the story of this book might be in fact more than real. Plus with his kind of experience he writes as this would have been one of some real ops going down.Can't wait for the follow up. Get this and get Brad Taylors books as well, lock yourself up in a hole of your choosing and dig in.