Review: A cracking war story..
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
This book had been on my radar for about a year but I had resisted buying it...mainly because of the EMP story arc. I have read many post apocalyptic books that use EMP as a basis for a collapse and everything that I have read says that an EMP cant be as selective as portayed In this book and that's what stopped me buying it.....until now.I finally decided that this was an author that basically wanted to tell a story around the old battleships being brought back to life to help defeat a North Korea who finally thought they had found a way to win a new Korean war...and that's what finally got me to overcome my issues surrounding the EMP issues as that's a story that really appealed to me and also at over 500 pages boy was I getting my moneys worth.Thankfully the EMP arc of the story does not last long and then you are into the story and its GREAT!!. Adversity brings out the best or worse in people and you see people who were struggling in their lives prior to the attack step up when its needed, its nice to have a good leader (the president) in this book, hes one we would all like to have in real life.If you enjoy a story about great men...and women with plenty of naval action (lncluding crossing the T like Nelson did) and a retaking of Korea to boot then you will enjoy this book, as long as you can get over any EMP issues like I eventually did!!!Well recommended.Phil