Review: Promising Start! Great potential
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
This series has 5 star potential! Some glitches in volume 1 made me rate it four stars although I nearly gave it five.Glitches - some grammar and anachronisms, some slight factual errors on TO&E; subjects, etcFirst this is a story of alternative  history focused, at least in volume I, on the geopolitical side of WW II.  Some novels/series focus on the detailed tactics and battle field performance of men and equipment, eg. the excellent Red Gambit series. I find both to be interesting and would love to find a story that did both -  a Tom Clancy style of alternative historyDon't be turned of from reading the sample. It doesn't do the book justice. If you read just the sample it may or may not get your interest as the book starts slowly. I was on the fence after reading the sample and decided to spend the money on the full version and I am quite glad I did.The book unfolds slowly as the author is putting in motion a lot of activities and characters. The story sticks with history in the beginning although it starts to add some characters and events that are key elements when the divergence from the historical facts take place. The book starts to lay down the characters but there are so many (I mean WW II had millions of participants and thousands in key roles) that the story is a bit confusing at times. The characters reappear so you get to know them better but at times it is hard to keep track of them. Towards the end of volume one events are set in motion that while clearing things up paint a future that is very hard to predict. .So far if you are reading this you may be asking yourself why bother? Well the story is fascinating and some of the twists are very thought provoking and open up some really interesting scenarios. Since this is an alternative history we have no way of knowing what the fuutre holds.Bottom line, if you like alternative history for this period and can overlook some glitches this is a good read and the future is bright.