Review: I'm looking forward to Part Two
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2013
I recommend reading "Smuggler Nation" for additional information about the pirate Jean Lafitte and his brother Pierre.  At the Battle of New Orleans Lafitte's pirates were attached to three hundred US Marines under Major Daniel Carmick.  The Lafittes brought badly needed cannon, gunpowder and trained gunners to General Jackson's defensive works.  The Lafittes could have aided the British instead.  There are almost as many urban legends about the Lafitte brothers as about Walt Disney--and that is mostly because of two centuries distance from the Lafittes' lives versus just over forty-five years distance since Walt's.As you might have guessed, I have difficulty with "willing suspension of disbelief."  Despite this, Disneyland is one of my favorite places.  Novels set in Disneyland are interesting--but they have to get the petty details right or I lose my "willing suspension of disbelief."  I also have had a long association with the United States military.  I'm glad that Jack Duncan wasn't 'the youngest graduate of the Naval Academy' as well as a former US Navy SEAL--but using diving gear and dealing with submarines produces people who have the steely self-control of astronauts because the process weeds out those who cannot control their emotions.  The hostile underwater environment (and handling explosives under those conditions) are not kind to those with explosive tempers--no matter how extreme the provocation.Besides, modern corporation security is all about plausible deniability.  Sometimes violence is required to handle a situation--and corporations rely upon either government agencies or on deniable 'outside contractors' to do their dirty work because of the adverse publicity of the early 20th Century labor wars.  If someone like Jack Duncan was required to keep Disneyland safe, it is unlikely that he'd be a Disney 'cast member.'But "The Deadliest Cast Member" is fantasy.  I enjoyed it--with reservations--and I'm looking forward to the next installment.