Turned in all my library books but one.
That would be P.T Duetermann's The Scorpion in the Sea. Excellent book and it was his first. He's done other genre since then, mystery and detective, and even naval fiction. This is a well told sea story of going against great odds, as a maverick captain takes his old steam powered destroyer out against impossible odds, fighting not only the usual expected enemy, but also that one we know so well, politics. Truly fine. If you can find it, worthy of addition to anyone's permament collection.
The ones that went back.
Tom Clancy's Red Rabbit, Published 2002. Set when Jack Ryan is posted in England, right after Patriot Games. I tried to get into it but just couldn't. Kept going back and forth from Moscow to England. Right about the 100th page back it went. The best Clancy is the early stuff, Cardinal of the Kremlin, Red October among others.
Kotzwinkle, The Amphora Project. Sci-Fi about immortality and a junkyard moon. It was somewhat reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut.
Garcia's Casual Rex, a novel about a P.I who is a velociraptor. It still doesn't stop him from going through all the trials and tribulations that befall most P. I. 's including having to pay the rent and being used for target practice. Gives him a rather sarcastic slant on life. Good read, especially as a beach book.
There was one other but it was not memorable enough for here. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.
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