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In the not-too-distant future, an assassination attempt by Libyan terrorists sparks an Egyptian retaliatory raid across the borders. As the conflict intensifies, U.S. and Soviet troops are drawn into the battle. Front-line s oldiers on both sides embark on daring commando raids and face horrifi c nerve gas attacks.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough battle scenes, Sep 8 2000

By	Pen and Ink (Virtual web) - See all my reviews

I love Harold Coyles books. My favorite so far being Team Yankee. Bright Star, however, was rather slow in comparison to his other "Modern Warfare" books. I felt that there were not enough of those intense, realistic battle scenes that he's known for. The points of view from the different characters would have been more interesting, if there was more action to refer to. At times, I was only able to pick up where I left off of by referring to what stage the love relationship was at!!! Unfortunately, this book was easy to put down, and harder to pick up to resume reading. Don't let this book stop you from reading his other GREAT books, though!! He is otherwise, one of my favorite authors for techno thrillers !

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3.0 out of 5 stars fairly good story hit by sappy and forced love story, Aug 17 2000

By	Jason Lee (Philippines) - See all my reviews

Bright Star is a sequel of sorts to Sword Point. Here, the aftereffects of a US-Soviet war is explored two years after the shooting has stopped. The horrors of the war deeply affect both countries: in the US, a war hero becomes congressman and hopes that the mistakes in the last war won't affect Americans in the next one. In the USSR, veterans of that war are treated without respect (probably not unlike those who went through Afghanistan) even by other members of the military. The title Bright Star refers to the US-Egypt joint military exercise. A war between Egypt and Libya erupts when it is found out that Libya is behind an assassination attempt. Egypt attacks Libya in retaliation. The war snowballs and threaten to escalate into another war between USA and USSR. This book also puts the character Scott Dixon into a even more major character. We'll see that the horrors of the last war threaten to ruin his wife and kids. And suddenly another woman from the past enters into his life, news reporter Jan Fields.

I'm glad to see writer Harold Coyle become more comofortable with the characters he created. It's also neat to read additional tales and misadventures of the American and Soviet characters faced in the last US-Soviet war. If you've read Sword Point, you'll even appreciate some of the feelings and motivations of some of the characters in this book. This book also shows a fact: America cuts back its military after a major conflict.

However, Bright Star does suffer from a love affair that is too sappy for its own good and at some points just too convenient. The battles also lack the tension I felt in the previous book. Perhaps because America fighting the Russians again is rather old hat in this book. After all, the US president in the story is not afraid to attack Soviet airbase like he's not afraid to bomb Yugoslavia. It also appears there's not much to be expected of Egyptian attack on Libya.

Anyway, I'm happy I got the book with a painting of an M1 tank on its cover rather than the ugly foil cover you see at the top of this page.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A confusing slow read, April 10 2000

By	Mitchell Ayer (Katy, Tx USA) - See all my reviews

I was disappointed in this book after reading Team Yankee (a five star read). The author writes from several viewpoints-Russian advisor, Russian commander,bad American commander, Libyan commander, different American soldiers. However it just doesn't work. Many of the characters were either not well developed or I just didn't care about them. It seemed like maybe the author was trying to do too much in one book.

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