Review: Back to the drawing boards
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2012
I must admit, this is the first book I really struggled all the way through. The concept and blurb grabbed my attention, at first. Then I started reading.When it come to historical fiction (as is the case) I expect the facts to be relatively correct. If those facts are correct, then the story should flow with minor problems. Not the case. The book starts in May of 1941 and somehow France has not fallen? Hitler is on the bridge of the Bismarck smoking and the Bismarck is being salvaged in the Denmark Straight? For those of us a little familiar with history, the above three are about as wrong as one can guess. We are also led to be believe that the Brittanic was sunk by U-boats when it was actually holed by a mine in 1916 and last but not least there is no such island geography of the Balkan Islands in the Baltic or North Sea. Okay, with that out of the way I pressed on. One glaring reference that was made multiple times is that the Bismarck is battleship and not a destroyer. If the word would have been italicized, it would have driven the point home.lThe idea has a lot of merit. Adolph Hitler (with the help of Dr. Joseph Mengle) assists with twin conceived by Adolph and Eva. One problem, the children (child) that is borne is a deformed demonic twin. Hitler can not deal with the aberration in that his own policies would put the child to death and bring great embarrassment to him and the Third Reich. He sees a way out of the dilemma and leaves the stillborn in the hands of Admiral Luetjens and Captain Lindemman to dispose of properly in the depths of the Atlantic. What no one realizes is the evil that possess the body and mind of Adolph is alive and well in the two dead (?) singular twins having dire consequences for all who come in contact with them.One other caveat, there is a spy on board the mighty battleship working for the British Admiralty with their own agenda. Now that is a great story line and very commendable.I don't like being really critical of fellow authors when it comes to editing issues, but Mr. Walker, it would be very prudent for the editors and proof-readers to give this another go. There are copious spelling errors through the work and in the beginning one very glaring area was the none use of parenthesis where needed.Is the story line good? Yes. Is the concept well thought out? Yes. It just needs a lot of polishing.