![]() The Twin Towers In New York City were attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11th, 2001. Soon afterwards, the terrorist genre fell from grace. Robinson continued writing a new novel every year, but sales were hampered by current events and the lack of exposure a movie provides to authors. He wanted to write a book to honor his lost comrades.Ī Navy SEAL had fought his way out of Afghanistan in the summer of 2005, after his team were ambushed by the Taliban high in the Hindu Kush. Patrick was approved by the US Navy to write Marcus Luttrell’s story, as the pre-eminent writer of Navy SEAL fiction. Lone Survivor was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for the entire summer of 2007. In fact, it was on the bestseller list for eight months. In August, 2007, Universal Studios bought the rights for $3 million. Patrick Robinson writes novels that read like blockbuster movies. They are fast-paced thrillers and meticulously researched, and filled with some of the most sinister villains and hickory-tough heroes in American bookstores. The protagonist, who features in every book, is the brilliant, irascible Texas admiral Arnold Morgan, who works in the White House as the President’s National Security Adviser. He is rude, tough, cynical and ‘no bullshit.’ One of the leading literary agents in London, the very experienced Ed Victor, who also represents Frederick Forsyth, described Admiral Morgan as the most interesting character in contemporary fiction. This summer, his brand new series is launched, with a new, iron-man hero, the ex-Navy SEAL Mack Bedford. To say I am a fan of your writing would be an understatement of gargantuan proportions. I have read almost all of your books, and just finished Marcus Luttrells “Lone Survivor”, which literally shook me to my core. Never in my life has something effected me the way “Lone Survivor” did. ![]() As a student of Communication, and studying the media throughout my education at La Salle University (double track in Mass Communication and Media Writing), I have decided to become a part of the solution to the liberal left-wing media, and not part of the problem.
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