Review: A war story for everyone
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
Taiwan is coming under attack from the Communist regime on mainland China, after formally declaring its independence. The island has always avoided doing this before, knowing that it would probably provoke war, but this time they are sure of the support of the United States. Of course this is a work of fiction, at least at the moment, but the way the book is written, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it was actually happening, so real do the characters seem , and due to the amazingly accurate knowledge of the armed forces of both nations and allies displayed by the author.This is very obviously a very well researched book on a subject of great interest to the writer. I think it's this amalgamation of fact, fiction, and potential which made it such a great story. I found it very hard to put down particularly after the brilliant way in which the author starts the book by setting the scene and inserting the characters into the history and the present. Might this scenario ever come to pass? Von Bleichert certainly succeeds in making you wonder.