The Tom Dugan Omnibus: omnibus

✍ Scribed by R. E. McDermott

• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 578 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

***THREE GREAT THRILLERS! ONE LOW PRICE!

That's right. Get the three book series readers compare to Clive Cussler and vintage Clancy!

All for 40 to 50% off the cost of the three books purchased separately!***

Over 4,000 Reviews Averaging +4.5 Stars!

This omnibus edition of the Dugan Series includes three complete and unabridged thrillers. That's over 1,300 pages of pulse-pounding action and nail-biting suspense that Amazon readers have awarded a combined total of +4,000 reviews averaging 4.5 stars. (See separate review counts in the following description, or check them out on each book's Amazon page.)

Proven quality and a terrific price make this a great time for you to:

Meet Tom Dugan - A globe-trotting marine consultant and very part-time CIA asset, Dugan only agreed to take a few pictures in Chinese shipyards now and again under the cover of his regular business operation. Then 'The Company' needed a fall guy, and it all went terribly wrong.

Deadly Straits (Book 1)

Review Count: Amazon US = 1,651/Amazon UK = 250/Avg Rating = 4.4 Stars

WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) are all around us, hiding in plain sight. One in just the right place will bring the world to its knees. When a cabal of international terrorists engineers not one act of terror, but three, part-time spook turned CIA scapegoat Tom Dugan is the only one with a clue.

But no one will listen. Theyre too busy trying to kill him.

Deadly Straits is a non-stop thrill ride, from London streets, to the dry docks of Singapore, to the decks of the tankers that slake the world's thirst for oil, with stops along the way in Panama, Langley, Virginia, and Teheran. Richly spiced with detail from the author's 30 years sailing, building, and repairing ships worldwide, it is, in the words of one reviewer, "fast-paced, multilayered and gripping."

Deadly Coast (Book 2)

Review Count: Amazon US = 961/Amazon UK = 158/Avg Rating = 4.5 Stars

Tom Dugan has barely put his life back together and started his newly formed business partnership with Alex Kairouz, when one of their ships is captured by murderous Somali pirates.

When a possible link between piracy and terrorism comes in to play, the US and British governments halt all negotiations for captives, and a frustrated Dugan defies the authorities to take matters into his own hands. But his cobbled together rescue operation stumbles across something far more sinister than piracy a rogue salvage operation for a long lost weapon of mass destruction. Dugan and his ragtag little band of volunteers find themselves the last line of defense between the world and a terrifying bio-weapon.

Weaving historical fact with speculative fiction, Deadly Coast takes the reader from London board rooms into the very real world of modern day pirates and their victims.

Deadly Crossing (Book 3)

Review Count: Amazon US = 757/Amazon UK = 158/Avg Rating = 4.6 Stars

Human trafficking is all around us, but when it touches those close to Tom Dugan, he and his friends deliver their own style of justice.

Months have passed, and life is good for Dugan by any measure, as he rolls through the London night, the woman he loves in the taxi beside him. Then his phone rings, alerting him to the arrival of two old Russian friends with a very big problem.

Dugans attempts to help his friends rescue an innocent girl from the Russian mob plunge him into a world hed scarcely imagined, endangering him and everyone he holds dear. A world of modern day slavery and unspeakable cruelty, from which no one will escape unless Dugan can weather a Deadly Crossing.

Whether addressing the very real topics of ships as WMDs, the Somali pirate menace, or the dark underworld of human trafficking that exists all around us, McDermott writes with an authority seldom matched and never exceeded. - Amazon Reviewer

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Review

Excerpts from just a few of the Amazon reviews:

An excellent read. The characters are well developed and easy to follow. I read book 2 first and then got this box set and read it again. The scenes and dialogue between the ex-Spetsnaz major and the Somalia pirates or the Russian Mafia are priceless. I put McDermott up there with Patterson, Baldacci, Cussler, and an early Clancy. - Ben K.

I grew up reading Le Carre', Forsythe, Higgins, Ludlum, Dale Brown, Harold Coyle, Larry Bond, Stephen Coonts, Clive Cussler and of course Commander Edward L Beach Jr. Then I became very spoiled on Tom Clancy while he was writing. I'm having a hard time keeping myself in books these last years as the great writers either don't write any more, or have others write for them, or just do not write as many or as often as in the past. McDermott so far has reminded me of my past favorites. He passes the first page test every time. His characters are believable, yet larger than life. I look forward to his newest book with the same anticipation as I previously reserved for the greats I listed above. - J. McElroy

A great series. The writing is right up there with Tom Clancey and Clive Cussler. I started reading first one as a free give away, and bought the rest because could not wait to read more. They are good reads, and will read as standalone stories and do not need to be ready in order. However I found the characters and stories went better when read in order. Regardless of how you read them, don't miss reading them. - Sherlock

I've read all three of these books, though not as a set. I enjoyed the characters and the stories, and I like the author's writing style. The books are very enjoyable, and getting them as a set is a good way to make sure you read them all. They contain violence, but not over the top at all. If you enjoy Cussler and the like, you'll enjoy these action-packed books. - M.S. Bulloch

An easy fast paced read, with enough plot twists and turns to keep you entertained but not so far-fetched that the story is completely unbelievable. I'm a reader of many genres and find this to have enough action, adventure, and drama to keep me entertained and waiting for the next Dugan adventure. Similar in style to Clive Cussler without all the NUMA bells and whistles that Dirk Pitt has at his disposal. Tom Dugan must use his wits and knowledge of the sea to outsmart, outwit, and prevail in the end. - L.M.

Fast-paced, not unlike the Clive Cussler series. I would recommend this to any reader of the genre. If you're a fan of boats and technical, then it's perfect! - Kim Schmitt

About the Author

Seaman, entrepreneur, expatriate, and inveterate story-teller, R.E. (Bob) McDermott capped a long and varied career of international work and travel by turning to his secret passion, writing. Bob had the good fortune (and sometimes misfortune) of knowing more than a few interesting characters during his career, and bits and pieces of them populate his novels. McDermott's work is characterized by meticulous research and a gritty, seldom-matched realism. He strives to make his protagonists fallible humans not superheroes, just ordinary people who screw up, but rise to lifes challenges in extraordinary situations. Bob lives on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee with his patient wife (and chief proofreader) and splits his time between their condo on Old Hickory Lake and a rural retreat in the Tennessee woods with no phone, no email, and no internet. He likes that just fine and his wife is even more enthusiastic about it since they got a working toilet.