Review: pretty good military action fiction
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2013
I got this for free recently. I enjoyed reading it.I did not notice many errors in the writing as often plagues self published works.The story did a good job of mixing in elements from different perspectives a la Clancy without becoming too confusing to follow.The author either has some relevant experience or did some serious research into the military side of this and some of the Islamic issues presented in the book. That part of the book read quite well to me. The author did a fine job of explaining the military side of things without making it long and involved and boring, or messing with the flow of the story. A tough thing to do.There was some political stuff that rang a little hollow at the end, but it was not too awful.Story line is a marine gunnery sgt in charge of the protection detail for a US embassy has to lead a small group of marines in the defense of the embassy while waiting for army rangers to come and rescue him and the 90 some civilians in the embassy who are in dire peril from an Islamic takeover of the country.I think it could have benefited some from a good editor taking a look at it. There was some places where the words did not flow as easily as I would have liked to see and a couple of places where I was a little confused about what was going on, but they were few.At present the author is asking $3 for the book. I suggest you pay the man and have a good read if this is a genre you enjoy.