{"product_id":"commander-paperback","title":"Commander - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorse H. DuBois\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoyal W. Connell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommander\u003c\/em\u003e is the second book in a trilogy, following \u003cem\u003eChief \u003c\/em\u003ewhich covered the exploits of the author's Father, \"Hod,\" a chief gunner's mate in WWII. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dance\" Dantes a Naval Academy grad, rowed crew for a Marine coach and became used to winning. \u003cem\u003eCommander\u003c\/em\u003e takes place in the post-Viet Nam years, and we find Dantes retired and the founder of \"The Liberal List,\" a conservative blog with a rabid following, and up to his eyes in D.C. politics, a renegade CIA Exec and pesky former Soviets bent on vengeance with a top CIA spook, \"Starzinger,\" \"Zinger\" for short. Romance blooms for Dance with a beautiful national network TV news star and it all gets very complicated when top liberals from Dance's blog start showing up dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdd into the mix Dance's turned back then bilged classmate Wade, another USNA former midshipman who became a career Navy SEAL. Both live in the D.C. - Annapolis area and their friendship continues, sometimes in very unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe action weaves together a competing national news network correspondent, Zinger's Girl Friday\/ Office Secretary Dixie Delight and the owner of the local Annapolis newspaper, a Georgia Tech Engineering grad, spending the last of the bequest from her grandmother on a moribund, failing local institution and always looking for the story behind the story\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115921985722,"sku":"9798990654303","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/xPeA9cLA3s9798990654303.webp?v=1783409135","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/commander-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}