Review: Doesn't ring true somehow
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2013
The author has a good idea but, doesn't seem to pull it off well.  Things are a little too cut and dried, not awfully believable. The story has a newly graduated academy graduate, (a lieutenant)  being place in command of what is really nothing more than a rifle squad of apparently unconventional soldiers who are battle hardened (the rogues) and mean as hell. Without any reason detailed in the book our hero is accepted by these hardened veterans. To start with, the position as head of a rifle squad is a Sargent's position,not an officer. He would be posted as a platoon leader, with several rifle and heavy weapons squads under his command. His struggle to establish respect from a group of veterans would be a story in itself, and an interesting one at that. The author just skips over that problem and our hero is suddenly accepted. He leads his men into combat displaying great combat knowledge, with none at all.  Everything goes really well for our hero. No problems, no tension, no suspense and no excitement.  Just kind of dull reading.