Review: Fairly Satisfying
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
The set-up, the situation at the start of the novel, is a little difficult to accept. The idea that the Japanese invade the Soviet Far East instead of attacking Pear Harbor flies in the face of the fact that the War Party, mostly Army, really wanted the Navy and Naval Ground Forces to start doing more and an invasion of the SFE would be almost entirely an Army task. Given that invasion, the route to the situation at the beginning of the book is still somewhat murky.Once the actual story begins it is pretty good. The author's prose is decent, although there seem to have been some editing or "Kindleization" problems. There is some ok character development. Military matters and battle scenes are not among the best I've ever read but adequate.