Great new knife novel: "THE PROTECTOR" by David Morrell

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This book is featured in this month's Blade Magazine (July). It has a larger-than-life Emerson CQC7 on the cover and the knife figures it's way into the plot by name during the narrative at several points.

I was in the City (NY) yesterday and picked up a copy. I'll give a "book report":rolleyes: when I've had a chance to read it.

It looks like it will be mandatory reading for any knifeknut.
 
Cool, First Blood was great and one damn entertaining read is the Fifth Profession. Thanks for cluing us in.
 
I went to Borders and Barnes & Noble and both were sold out. I ordered it online from Amazon.com yesterday and it was shipped this morning.

I've heard the Emerson is enbossed on the cover and actually feels like the real knife, well sort of. :)
 
That Emerson practically pops out of the book cover! I'll get it when the softcover comes out. I love Morrell's books, and have read them all. Testament and First Blood are the all time best!
 
I'm reading this novel now. Just finished the part where he hammered the CQC7 into the ignition slot, halfway closed the handle, then cranked it enough to disengage the steering wheel lock. Wowza. :D

Morrell has fairly decent weapons knowledge overall.
 
Thanks for the infos. I only have Morell's "Rambo: trilogy and I enjoyed it. It was pretty instructive too (considering I have no "speciality" training).
 
I read this book, enjoyed it, but had issue with a few things (non-emerson related)
1. The main character buys a shootgun in one day in Montery CA. We have a 10 day waiting period here and have had one for a long time. Unfortunately.
2. What was he doing cutting the buckshot rounds for a solid hit? Why didn't he buy slugs?
Like I said, I liked the book and really liked the 5th Profession, but those kind of made me scratch my head.

Mike
 
...Dude, I hate to break it to you but that book has been out for a long time. It was alright but some of his older ones were far better. Anyone ever read Fraternity of the Stone or Brotherhood of the Rose - or Covenant of the Flame? Aside from just First Blood, David Morell has written some pretty awesome s***!!!
 
Morell is one of my favorites!

If you haven't read them yet get.

The Brotherhood of the Rose
The League of Night and Fog
The Fraternity of Stone
First Blood
 
I've read the book, It was somewhat entertaining, but seriously unrealistic. If you want to read fiction by a guy that really knows his stuff Marcus Wynne is your guy! No other Option, Warrior in Shadow and his other novel all feature realistic well written tactics and the Emerson Knives feature promininently if that is your flavor.
 
James Green Dragon said:
...Dude, I hate to break it to you but that book has been out for a long time.
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James---take a look at the date when I started this thread--almost two years ago. ;)
 
Speaking of Morrell, I saw him at a con last weekend and he's got a book coming out in the fall, a sort of non-supernatural horror book about urban exploration.

He's a hell of a nice guy in person and was at Blade one year in the Emerson booth IIRC signing copies of "The Protector" as well as his other books.
 
I've read a few Morrell books, like most, I really liked First Blood and Testament. Just finished "Long Lost" which was the first Morrell I've read in awhile, it was a pretty good read, kinda got me interested in Morrell again. One thing I really do like about him is that he has at least SOME weapons knowledge. Even if you don't agree with some of weapon scenes, you can tell he has an idea of what he's talking about. One thing that drives me NUTS in an otherwise decent book is when an author doesn't do research on weapons or vehicles. James Patterson is definitely among the worst, it's like he just blindly picks weapon related terms out of a hat and voila! we have a ".44 magnum Luger automatic" or a silenced S&W revolver, or someone swinging out the cylinder of thier Beretta 9mm auto, etc. John Grisham was another really bad one, last Grisham I read had some guy running around with a Glock 17...back in the 1960s!! It's these little details that drive me nuts. Of course I haven't been really that hot on Grisham since "Runaway Jury" :mad: :mad:

Usually reading alot of Larry McMurtry, Wilbur Smith, and John Jakes lately though. really gotten big time into the historical fiction.

One of my favorite murder mystery/thriller authors is John Connolly. Very, very dark stuff, but funnier 'n hell and exciting too. (It takes serious talent to make a gay, black, Republican, country music lovin' hit man work as a character, especially as a good guy) :D


knife content: I miss my CQC-7 :(
 
By far, the best book I've read recently featuring knife use was a work of non-fiction. Good to Go by Harry Constance and Randall Fuerst.

There are extremely graphic first hand accounts of knife use in combat by this decorated member of SEAL Team Two. Including one where he kills a dude with his knife at the begining of the book.

Their unit actually went from the full sized 'Ka-Bar' to the pilot's survival knife due to an incident where someone stabs completely through the body of the Vietcong & into the thigh of a buddy who had the VC bent over his leg (!).

If you like action I would highly recomend this book.
 
any one here ever read anything by richard marcinko? Very cool dude. Yeah im gonna have to look into this morrell guy. See if my library has anything by him.
Also I reccomend Stephen Hunter, great books there.
 
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