BACK IN ACTION
Old soldiers never die... except inside, when they lack a reason to live. Old soldier Wes Stauer is dying inside, from sheer lack of purpose.
And then comes the knock on the door: "Our leader's son and heir has been kidnapped. We don't know where he is. We need you to get him back for us. The people who have him are numerous, warlike, and well armed. But money is no object."
And then old soldiers-sailors and airmen, too-stop fading away and come back into sharp focus.
Praise for Tom Kratman:
"Kratman's [Caliphate] is a brisk page turner full of startling twists... he's a professional military man... so he's certainly up to speed on the military and geopolitical conceits of the book." -Mark Steyn, Maclean's Magazine
"Kratman's written the future [in Caliphate], and it's scary." -John Ringo
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Product ReviewThis will be my first rating of any books published by BAEN Books.
I first noticed this book, around June 2010, I decided that this may be a continuation to Lotus Eaters, but I have to wait for 2 or 3 more months before the ARC link popped out, and I found out that this one is a different breed altogether.
I despaired when I noticed that the publishing won't be finished until February 2010, and yet, it was completed after January 10th.
Enough of the background, time to get to the goodies.
I read the sample chapters first, heck, it was captivating from the first chapter, how one person wanted to save a group of men from grisly demise and failed to do so. The aftermath of the failure was probably horrendous to some readers, but I think it was justified. After all, if you have promised someone one thing and you didn't deliver, what are you?
As the chapters rolled on, I read on to get partly bored with some of the technical descriptions of what or who or how things are in the story and partly excited about some of the actions presented in quite stunning effect.
It's a good thing to read a book about military operations that went 'almost' right and to 'almost' really feel what these characters that Tom Kratman wanted when they were disposed of, because they didn't 'fit in' or they have 'dubious effect on morale' or they would 'embarass' their leaders' career.
I hoped that this would be a good start on a great series of stories. Salute to TomKratman on a book well-written. Double thumbs up to you, sir.Posted on
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