Maelstrom: Destroyermen Review
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Mr. Anderson's climactic Naval action novel reads like something from the newsreels of 1942. Implacable, ferocious enemy; desperate and reeling protagonists; a fragile yet resilient alliance. He's clearly done his research and it shows in the sharp focus on the Naval vessels and their dauntless crews - while it seems he hasn't spent too much time among giant lemurs*, leading to a slightly softer focus on the ships' furry allies. He's careful to not commit the sin of anachronistic hindsight too much - but lets his characters learn the lessons of the shortcomings of their outmoded or incompetently designed equipment (Mk 14 torpedo) as part of the story.
His characters are fully fleshed out and grow along with the story - and in many instances he uses the stereotypes (e.g., Chief Gray) as to both poke fun at the stereotypes and as launching point to let the character develop in the new environment and strangely similar war. And in keeping with the different cultural climate of the 1940's, the few romantic relationships are handled with restraint and decorum - even Gunner's Mate Silva gets a PG rating.
If you've read accounts of the surface actions in the early days of WW-II, you'll see the resonances here, and of course, the nearly quixotic Battle of Samar echoes as the hopelessly outgunned and over-matched small boys of TF-77.4.3 (aka Taffy-3) took on a vastly superior Japanese battle group to protect the landing beaches at Leyte Gulf, except of course with the USS Walker and USS Mahan filling in the roles of destroyers and the Lemurian's SalissaHome filling in for the "baby flattops" of Taffy 3
I greatly enjoyed this trilogy and see here on Amazon that he's started a new series, which I look forward to reading.
BRAVO ZULU!
*considering they've been extinct for 2000 years, he gets a bye on that one
Maelstrom: Destroyermen Feature
- ISBN13: 9780451462824
- Condition: New
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Maelstrom: Destroyermen Overview
The alternate history saga of The Destroyermen continues...
Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy, along with the men and women of the battleship Walker, are once again at war. Having sided with the peaceful Lemurians against the savage, reptilian Grik, they now find themselves scrambling to prepare for the attack that is sure to come. Meanwhile, the Japanese juggernaut Amagi, also trapped in this strange world, is under Grik control. Soon, they will have amassed a force that no amount of fire-power and technology will be able to stop. Reddy, his crew, his allies, and his loved ones face annihilation. But if there is one thing they have learned about their new world, it is that hope-and help-may just be over the horizon...
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