Review: excellent sequel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2014
Many times an author finds it hard to write a worthy sequel to the original story. Well, let me assure you Phillip had no such problem. Even though Moralee is fighting a different type of warfare, he learns that his excellent tactical sense serves him just as well in a guerrilla warfare setting as it did in a conventional war told in the first book. In fact, I believe both books are strong enough to each be a stand alone novel if need be. There's very few people, even combat vets, that can adequately convey the feelings and reactions of a combat soldier in a manner that keeps your attention and the only reason he can't give combat scenes or dialogues that actually make you feel like you're in the middle of a fight, is a lesson I learned from my Dad. I talked to him before I left for The Nam and asked him about combat. He said he would be glad to share his WWII memories for as long as I wanted to listen. But, no matter how long I talk about it, or show you pictures, I will never be able to prepare you for the vicious, violent, sometimes insane world that is combat. Sadly, he was right. There's no doubt, when I read these books, they are written by a man who has seen the elephant. If you want to get as close to understanding how one man, in hand to hand combat feels as he fights, then read his books. I haven't said that B...S... at all reading his books.If you like combat oriented books, I most highly recommend his books.