Full Assault Mode: A Delta Force Novel

"Full Assault Mode" further develops the Kolt Raynor character, and provides more details on the life and job of a Delta operator. Also fleshed out is the character of Cindy Bird, and the concept of women in special operations units, something that is very interesting and not well know. I enjoy most the look inside the inner workings/tactics/personalities of the Tier 1 units. Fury also does a good job at displaying the mindset and ideology of the jihadist terrorist.

When it comes to military fiction, there are few I rely upon for weaving a fantastic story that can hold my interest. Dalton Fury is one of those authors. Full Assault Mode takes everything we love about Kolt and cranks it up a few notches. The action is intense and I can't help but notice that this most recent adventure is a bit more dark than the previous.

This time, Fury takes us into the world of nuclear security and the protection of our nation's reactors. Our vulnerabilities and our resolve in protecting our systems are on full display in a story-line that will keep you engaged. I recommend this book for any fan of military fiction and thrillers. Fury is in a category sparsely populated and is rightly at the top of my must read list. Unfortunately, I blazed through this one in a day and now will have to wait far too long for the next adventure.

Ross Elder
Author of The Fireman Saga

liked the first couple of books featuring Dalton but this book has him planning a suicide assault on some terrorist. in my book that makes him just as nuts as the terrorists. your supposed to live for your country and make the other guy die for his. wont purchase another book in this series...

Again, a great book and another great history, action packed and fast pacing.

I used to root for ST6 but now I all for Delta. The history picks up a few months after the last book, with Kolt more legend than ever, but with some cross roads ahead of him. The history feels real and the book was hard to put down.

I can't wait for the next book on the history of the great racer.

Full Assault Mode is the third in this series and it did not disappoint! Dalton Fury gives great details that don't bog down the story and the supporting characters are interesting to the point I'd love to read a book about the other team members. Fans of Brad Taylor, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor will enjoy this series. Can't wait for the next one!

I have thoroughly enjoyed every single one of Dalton Fury`s book, this one did not disappoint. Great story, that really opens your eyes to the possibility of nuclear sabotage on US soil. Thanks for the great read, hope to see a newly promoted LTC Raynor in the next book!!

Full Assault Mode was again full of action and explored the vulnerability of our nuclear facilities and the probing that probably occurs online by unknown actors intent on accessing the weaknesses in our protective measures. Good thrilling action adventure book, that leaves one quite a lot to think about regarding our country's vulnerabilities.

The events portrayed in this book are fiction based on real world possibilities and is prescient to today's ever changing face of terrorism. This is the best book yet in a series of delta force thrillers that the reader will hope never ends. It's not that the author is becoming a better writer, he's already at the top of his game. It's the learning curve that the readers of the Kolt "Racer" Raynor series experience. Dalton Fury takes you on a journey starting with Black Site followed by Tier One Wild in which the reader begins to understand the mindset of the switched on "Racer", what drives him to make the impetuous decisions he is known for and how it affects those around him. In Full Assault Mode that education continues with more heart stopping, edge of your seat action, that will take you on the thrill ride of your life. Kolt is proving not only does he remain hard to kill, he's also proving he is as impulsive as ever. Its pretty obvious Kolt will never learn restraint, but then that's what makes Kolt Kolt. He is branded as reckless by some but respected by his team. His seeming lack of respect for those in command that are risk averse and get cold feet when its clear to Kolt that he should launch, has some in command authority looking to get him booted from the unit. But when Kolt saved the life of a VIP in Tier One Wild, his pad speed was exponentially increased. Outstanding!!

I enjoyed the three book series immensely.
Dalton Fury knows his stuff, and Kolt Raynor is the type of action hero you can really get behind. I would love to see a movie based on this series. As well as possibly follow up books branching off the other characters such as Hawk, with Kolt showing up here and again.
I would highly recommend the whole series.

What the hell happened to Dalton Fury???

I read his first novel, Black Site, and loved it. It was one of the best novels I read that year. As soon as I finished, I couldn't wait for the next one. The second novel, Tier One Wild, I think was a step-back. I enjoyed it but not as much as Black Site. Whereas Fury's first novel was non-stop action and edge of your seat thrills, his second novel I found to be a bit draggy. The first 80 pages were good. The last 80 pages were good. The middle part dragged.

Still, I couldn't want to get all comfy in my favorite chair and start Full Assault Mode. I don't think I've ever been so disappointed in a book. I'm not even sure where to begin so if I skip around, I apologize. Then again, a review that skips around makes sense since Full Assault Mode skips around.

Colt Raynor: He's a rebel. He's reckless. He doesn't go by the book. He's a risk taker who always is on the edge of insubordination. He hates bureaucracy and following orders. He's Mitch Rapp, Scot Harvath and John McClane all rolled into one. Then explain to me how he can be so reckless and wild and free-thinking in the field. Yet, always shows the utmost respect to his commanding officers.

Is Colt Raynor gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that but...here goes. Colt Raynor is a guy. I, too, am a guy. I know I'll sound like a `male pig' but GUYS notice WOMEN. Plain and simple. No matter what we are doing, if an attractive girl is around, you bet we'll notice her. We can be in the middle of a work out but if a good looking girl gets on the Stairmaster in front of us, we'll definitely notice. If we are walking our dog, bending over to scoop his poop and a girl in short-shorts walks by, yes, we'll notice. Okay, we're guys and yes, ladies, we're pigs. However, Colt Raynor never notices women. I understand he bleeds red, white and blue. He loves his country. He's a patriot. But he never notices a woman. True. There was only one woman in this book (Cindy Bird) but Raynor never notices what she's wearing, her hair, her eyes, her lips, her perfume. Guys notice that. The dialogue with Cindy also seems strained, forced and not natural. However, when Colt is BS-ing with his macho male buddies form delta Force, he has no problem communicating with them.

What's up with Dalton Fury's excessive use of "Yes" and "No." It seemed like every few pages, he threw in something along these lines: Yes, Colt was angry. No, he wouldn't hold back. Yes, Abdul was ready to sacrifice himself to Allah. No, he'd have no regrets. Yes, Colt was running out of time. No, he wouldn't rush the mission. Yes, it was hot. No, it was not too hot. Yes, it was raining. No, it was not pouring. You get the idea.

The govt learns that terrorists are likely to attack a nuclear power plant. Uh oh, serious stuff. Maybe, just maybe, they can put together a team--get the CIA, FBI ready. Use our military to protect nuclear power plants. But nope, they leave the entire safety and security of America in the hands of ONE man.

Colt is EVERYWHERE. I've never seen one protagonist travel so much. He must accrue plenty of air miles. He's in Pakistan. Then he's in DC. Now he's back in Afghanistan. Now he's at Fort Bragg. Now Virginia. Now South Carolina. And yet, he never suffers jet lag.

Mr. Fury, in this novel, seems to have an addiction to brand names. Over and over and over he'll overwhelm us with unnecessary facts. There are numerous examples but here is one from page 217:
***Carlos nervously checked the gold cuff links on his Rolex-wrapped wrist and then straightened his plum-colored half Windsor before buttoning the top button on his Armani pinstripe, which had to have taken, easy, forty thousand silkworms to make***

This was one example. There were plenty more.

The plot itself was not only not at all believable but rather confusing 2/3 of the way through. SPOILER: Terrorists are planning to use an `insider,' a disgruntled American who works at a power plant, to help them carry out their attack. They spend several months communicating with him from the Middle East. However, they don't vet him. They never bother finding out what he looks like. Therefore, when Raynor `assumes' the identity of this individual, the terrorists are clueless that it's a different person. This would NEVER happen. Also, Raynor (in the role of Timothy, the power plant employee) meets with Cindy for lunch. The terrorists are following him (how a guy with Raynor's background is unaware he is being followed is beyond me but okay). The terrorists see Raynor/Timothy with a woman. They assume she is his wife, are surprised to learn he is married and then, for some reason, decide to kidnap her to make sure Raynor/Timothy follows through. Totally unbelievable yet again. Cindy apparently gets killed. Yet, Raynor seems to have no guilt about it. ***End spoiler***

In one other scene, Raynor is having a conversation with the terrorists. The terrorists refer to the date of the attack (I don't recall the exact date) but they say, "Twenty April." WRONG. Only American military would refer to a date in that way.
Another huge drawback to his novel is the overabundance of acronyms. I've never served in the military. But I have read many books that feature a military theme or storyline. My 2 favorite writers are Vince Flynn and Brad Thor. However, my lack of military service left me at a huge disadvantage. Yes, I know what basic acronyms stand for--NSA, JSOC, KIA, POTUS, SECDEF. However, there were so many others that were used and not explained, I was left in the dark.

I never ever imagined I'd be rating a Dalton Fury book one star. But I have to. This story was so poorly written, the plot so unbelievable, the storyline so unbelievable and the jumps from one scene to another along with a storyline that kept skipping around so much it was hard to follow, I was unable to even finish this book. I got to page 240 of about 330 and simply couldn't take it anymore. Only one other time had I read that many pages of a novel and not completed it.

Will I read the next Dalton Fury novel? I highly doubt it.

There are so many plot holes, quick non-nonsensical story turns, and WTF moments that I'm convinced this book written by a group 14 year old "Call of Duty" fanatics that really didn't bother to collaborate on the story line.

The editing is bad; sunken chest wounds instead of sucking chest wounds, 40 caliber pistols don't fire 9mm rounds, rear-naked and triangle chokes cut off the blood flow to the brain not air flow, etc. Problematic but I can get over it. The sophomoric dislike of the Navy throughout the book is a bit annoying, but by far, the plot holes are the worst. How does a disgruntled, nuclear power plant security guard, with no known religious affiliation, suddenly convince a terrorist cell that he is a dedicated Islamic radical when Kolt Raynor is pretending to be him? Why does Kolt meet Hawk at a restaurant in Raleigh when they both live in Fayetteville? Why does an assault team of three(!) Navy Seals take a large screen TV and Play Station to a temporary safe house in Yemen? Why does Kolt decide to leave Delta and become a committed suicidal martyr in an attempt to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri (spoiler: He does meet him face to face). Why does Kolt, the Army, and I'm guessing the FBI not search for Hawk, a Delta member, who has been missing for a month (Kolt knows she has been abducted, but there is no mention of him trying to look for her or alerting anyone she has been abducted)? Why does Kolt and a super awesome, non-governmental, mercenary/spy agency not capture and interrogate a known terrorist cell and find out what they know, but instead Kolt helps them attack a nuclear power station?!! There's so much more I can't possibly list it all. I don't expect an author to write at a third grade level and explain every little detail to me, but I need some help with these gaping story holes.

The same person who wrote "Kill Bill Laden" could not have possibly written this unless the man who spent a decade as a Delta operator sadly lost his mind and forgot how to complete a sentence.

caveat: I'm listening to the audio version of this book and am still an hour from the finish. It's just so bad that I felt I had to write this review.

Another top-notch Colt Raynor action/thriller by Dalton Fury. While the villains were not quite as well constructed as others were in earlier Colt Raynor books, the action and adventure is equally explosive and fast paced. If you like this style the book will be a great read for Fury fans.

The first two installments of the Kolt Raynor series actually entertained me, despite approaching them with a healthy dose of skepticism. I was not expecting to enjoy either, and was surprised to find the pace, characters and writing all kept me engrossed, even if the premises themselves were somewhat less than plausible. Suspension of disbelief and all that.

That being said, I don't know what happened on this one. "Full Assault Mode" attempts to weave together several distinct storylines and fails. I hesitate to criticize any writer's work, but in this case the entire novel felt lazy and underdeveloped. It jumps around, leaving major events completely unexplained, or skims over them in a mad rush to nowhere. Character introductions and background are accomplished (or not accomplished) via forced, inorganic situations that have little to do with the "story".

I had been looking forward to this novel and I was genuinely bummed to find so little effort put into it. Do better next time.

The blatant product placements, poor editing, and questionably-plausible plot lines detract from the overall enjoyment of this book. In the end, it palls in comparison to "Black Site" and "Tier One Wild".

Because Mr. Fury is an Operator first and an Author second, I think we should not expect to find in Full Assault Mode the prose and textual flow that we might associate with an accomplished writer. What we should expect and what Dalton Fury delivers is a tone of authenticity and getting it right on equipment and tactics. Too often otherwise good writers talk about "Air Force Soldiers" or "Special Forces SEALS" or "machine guns" (to describe an M4 or an AK) and other distractingly inaccurate nomenclatures. I can easily forgive the Author for lack of literary finesse when he gives the reader technical, operational and practical accuracy. Full Assault Mode is a well-thought out, well-delivered volume with a premise that is strikingly potentially real.

Phenominal book! I enjoy reading about all things 1st SFOD-D, and this book does not disappoint. Books about Delta are only as good as their author and it's hard to get better info than what a former commander can offer. He keeps writing and I'll keep reading.

Not nearly as good as the last two books
Story line to hard to follow. Too many changes without a clear plot ending before
the next chapter. Feel like pages are missing. Still love the character Kurt Raynor.

This book is right on par with "Black Site". Excellent writing, interesting and believable plot with heart pounding action.
If you haven't read any of Dalton Fury's books, I suggest you pick up all three in the series and read them in order. 1. "Black Site" 2. "Tier One Wild" and of course the third installment "Full Assault Mode".