Harold W. Coyle
A grab bag of NATO special forces attempt to destroy Russian missile silos in the wake of a meteor strike that has triggered a doomsday mechanism in Harold Coyle’s latest novel. The silos are defended by a crack team of Russian commandos and the book tells the story of the inevitable battle for control of the ICBMs.
Coyle is one of the strongest writers in the techno-thriller genre. His characters are believable and interesting, which makes the reader care about what happens to them. His battle scenes are vivid, realistic, and better paced than those of authors like Dale Brown and Tom Clancy. “Dead Hand” is not as good as some of Coyle’s earlier work, but it is a good read and is far better than most recent books in the genre.