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Distant Thunders: Destroyermen Review

This my fouth review of this series and I can honestly say it is getting better. Taylor Anderson is a man with a plan. This series seems to have a definite idea where it is going and I am can't wait to see where. Malestrom was one bloody action packed book. So Mr. Anderson wisely has given us a somewhat of lull in the action. He does stint on his characters and their emotions. The girl queen is beginning to round out in charcter. The new air force personel are introduced and promise to be players in the future. Jenks, British stuff shirt, moves from a cartoon to a real person. We have the raising of the Walker, the trials of the begining air force, and the really "neat" surprise in the newly found cargo ship. There is a kidnapping and a "rescue" of sorts which lead the ending of this book and the possible revenge by Capt Reddy.

While all of the above is well and good, it is some the lesser parts that intrigue me and give me hope for some crazy story lines in the future. The first one is the Catholic religion aspect in Reddy's camp and the British hate of anything Catholic. The "new" Indian lizards that Silva befriends is another. The last one is one I am really looking forward to, the idea that the storm that caused all this has been happening for a long time and ..wait for it...it is possible that there are other like storms doing the very same thing in DEFFERENT parts of the real world. So could a German ship or whatever be in the future? Like I said I can't wait.

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Distant Thunders: Destroyermen Overview

The fourth thrilling adventure in the Destroyermen series.

After the battle in which the men of the destroyer Walker and their Lemurian allies repelled the savage Grik, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy is shocked by the arrival of a strange ship captained by one Commodore Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy-an island-nation populated by the descendants of British East Indiamen swept through the rift centuries before.

With the Walker undergoing repairs, Reddy already has a great deal on his hands. For the Grik will return, and Reddy will need all hands on deck to fight them off when they next attack. But Jenks' uncertain loyalties make Reddy question whether he can trust the man.

As tension between the Allies and the Imperials mount, Reddy will come to realize that his suspicions are not misplaced-and that a greater danger than the Grik is closer than he ever suspected...

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Customer Reviews

A Continuing Good Sea Story - Thomas R. Gatliffe - Carlsbad, New Mexico United States
This old destroyerman thoroughly enjoyed the continuing saga started three books ago and I'm eagerly looking forward to #5. As a former DD Chief Engineer and later Ops Boss in a "deep-draft", I found that, other than a few "nit-picks", the story details were entirely authentic technically and the development quite complementary to the American Sailor's spirit and initiative. I am very glad to see that Mr. Anderson is no longer "casting off" the ship's lines but "taking in all lines" when getting underway (those babies are expensive and belong to the ship.) I would liked to have heard the order "Sound one long blast (on the ship's whistle)" instead of "Honk the horn" when WALKER last got underway from the pier but one can't have everything.



Top Stuff - Walter Mitty -
Taylor Anderson has maintained his freshness and got me salivating for more.
He knows his subject and period extremely well and fills his pages with new plot (not repetition and rehash).
Reminiscent of Turtledove and Forschen at their best.



Good, but incomplete - R. Hart -
I have been enjoying the destroyermen series of books for a while now. The series is very good and in many ways reminds me of the lost regiment, but with navy destroyermen from world war 2, instead of a regiment of the union army.

Anyways, this is a good addition to the series, it would have been 5 stars but the it felt too much like a filler episode. Something that is probably needed to set up the next book but incomplete none the less. Still I recommend the book, and would encourage anyone not familiar with the series to pick up the first book, and work their way through the series.

I will definitely be picking up the next book when it comes out.

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