European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Carry proof they read a october by Bruce Reid the Baltimore evening Sun g hitching his books As if they were i3i-Bles, an adoring crowd of soldiers and workers at Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland welcomed author Tom Clancy As he preached his gospel of american military superiority. Clancy a Best Selling author of military thrillers delivered his Sermon to an audience of about 5 10 believers this past week bashing the soviets and iraqis and praising the american weaponry showcased in operation desert storm. Quot in t it Nice to be on the winning team a he said Quot hell. In a not surprised by All  his unabashed political conservatism played Well. During the Reagan Era. He joked Quot we started treating people in the military As though they were  Clancy spoke for about 40 minutes at the prov a my ground s Post theater which recently showed Quot Hunt for red october a the movie made from his first bestseller. He also autographed copies of his books including plenty of a red october a then was briefed on tanks and other weapons some of which he w As allowed to drive and fire on test ranges. A Quot this is like one of the dream jobs in the  Clancy said to the soldiers and civilians who work on the test ranges and in weapons laboratories. Quot you Guy s get to play with tanks until they break. You Guys get paid for this right a maj. Gen. George h. Akin the proving ground s commander introduced Clancy a it the. Quot Schwarzkopf of All military writers.�?�. Akin and others praised Clancy for his technical knowledge of military hardware and tactics. Quot he a looked at As pro military someone who understands the military a Akin said. When one member of the audience asked How  his insider s knowledge of sophisticated weaponry. Clandy joked Quot you re not cleared for that.�?�. A not hot Selling scribe Tom Clancy tells service members a Isnit it Nice to be on the winning team a reviews persian horse by Marc iversonorion.515.95,. Iverson is a san Diego based lieutenant commander in the Navy reserves. He used to be a naval officer stationed in the persian Gulf. In his first Book he capitalizes on knowing his Way around a frigate better than Nate Briand techno thriller writers do. A when Iverson was in the Gulf Saddam Hussein was practically an ally. Officially the United states was Neutral in the Highl year  w a. But the Ayatollah was the enemy in those Days. Most americans secretly sided with Saddam who attacked one of our ships said oops and got away with it. Those were the Days.  s Book makes the iranians the bad Guys and does no to even i mention the iraqis. At first that May seem to Date the Book. But Iverson was w ise to write about what lie knows the enemy he faced in the Gulf and a ship familiar to him. Confining his Story to these. Things gives it a special feel and Appeal i. There Are first time authorial a missteps awkwardness with the love interest for example. But Man of. The characters including villains Are drawn with More complexity than a some better known writers would have Given you / a it a Howard Dicus a United press International eyes of prey by John Sandford . Putnam s sons $13.45. Eyes of prey is every bit As spectacular As its predecessors. Rules of prey and Shadow prey. Lucas Davenport is Back looking for the killer of a doctor s wife. The murderer described alternately As a gnome or a troll kills in a Way that includes the grizzly mutilation of his victim s Eves. Then he kills again and Davenport who still rues the Day he ruined the relationship with a former Lover is i shaken from his depression by the appearance of a. New serial killer. Bit by bit Davenport finds himself. Drawn i pm his own problems and into the slayings a thigh really done to seem so random or clueless after All. The puppet killer he finds is controlled by a horrifying obsessed puppet master who kills himself a for the sheer enjoyment of watching. This is a first rate thriller. A Kathleen Ostrander United press International books available or soon available at stars and stripes bookstores. A Page 8a sunday june 16, 1991