Review: Entertaining, informative with mountain man humor!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2012
I had a great time with this book and, if I can somehow contact the author, I intend to tell him so. It is sort of a modern day mountain man theme after an apocalyptic event, the grid goes down. But, before I go any farther, the story is meant to entertain you! Yes, it is also meant to be informative, as the author states, but it is also fiction so roll with it! It's immersive, informative and ties in mountain man humor and folklore.This modern day Jim Bridger goes a bit whacko, becomes a mountain man, and ends up at war with 70+ rapists/murderers/slavers' and he starts taking them apart - bloody piece by bloody piece. A real guerilla / apache war: hit, run, deny them movement, etc...classical tactics against a superior force. They started it but he's ex-special forces, nutty as fruitcake and he is truly enjoying himself. He loves it and makes a game out of it! But, finally they change the rules snapping him back to sanity and reality.This book is not for those who cannot stomach good-guys that do bad things. Don't waste your time. These are good-guys that are forced to do bad things because it's necessary - period. So, rather than wrestle with being "moral repugnant" perhaps a Danielle Steele novel would be more suitable. Yes, yes, yes...he kills with poison arrows and punji sticks dipped in `bear poo-poo'. But, why kill with poison arrows when he has a gun, Rick? Because he wants to break them, break their morale, their spirit, and he is out number 70 to 1. Besides, he's having a good time driving them bat-crap crazy as they come to realize that they cannot catch him while he kills them completely at will, fast with his knife or club or slowly with poison arrows. Oh, and those punji sticks, dipped in `bear poo-poo' (or human excrement) are used worldwide...poor man's landmine.  Like I said, forced to do bad things...All is fair in love and war.It's a darn good story and I hope it's continued! All-in-all, I feel the author moved the story along laser-lightning fast weaving how paleolithic man survived along with 1800's mountain men methods and bundle them into a well-trained Special Forces soldier and turned him loose on the bad guys. Great stuff! - Rick (aka Thomas Paine)