The Techno-Thriller Thread

[Matt]

Vin's thread about badassery made me think about the techno-thrillers that I used to read. Pretty much the only authors that I read of this genre were Tom Clancy and Craig Thomas.

Clancy started strong and churned out many definitive novels, but his last few books have been utter garbage. I haven't read all of Thomas's books, but those that I read were fantastic.

What other authors are worth the effort to seek out?

[V]

Straight up espionage? Eric Ambler...

Military related? David Drake(the Hammer's Slammers series). Granted, it's futuristic, but no one... I repeat. NO ONE nails down the way soldiers are like he does.

Larry Bond is ok... but he's beginning to sound like Clancy Lite.

[Matt]

Heard good things about Larry Bond. 'Red Storm Rising', his collaboration with Tom Clancy, is a favorite.

[Ed Hocken]

I always liked Stephen Coonts for his Admiral Jake Grafton series.

The only Dale Brown book I ever liked was The Tin Man.

Tried getting into Stehpen's Hunter's Swagger series but couldn't get into them.

[Nathan]

I remember some Dale Brown book about a souped up B-52 being good. 18 years ago.

[Ed Hocken]

Only reason I liked The Tin Man was that involved a former soldier trying avenge his Deputy Sheriff brother after he was wounded via a cyber suit.

And get this, the whole thing was set in Sacramento, CA!