- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0449005593
- ISBN-13: 978-0449005590
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 2.5 x 17.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,693,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A surprisingly good book and series despite themselves
19 Dec 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
By most standards, this series should be horrible. There are glaring factual errors (such as, in one previous book, using a Harpoon anti-ship missile as a surface-to-air missile), little attention paid to time and continuity, and relatively rough characterization.
However, it's cool.
I've read the entire series of the Freeman universe, from the WW3 books to the USA vs. Militia books. They're fun, exciting, and just plain entertaining books, and are written so the problems I highlighted at the beginning are treated as advantages, not disadvantages. This novel is no exception.
In previous novels, a great deal of the United States Militia Corps' (which I will not refer to as USMC, not wishing to taint Marines with the perversions of rebel traitors) manpower was captured and incarcerated in a detention camp at Fairchild AFB. The driving plot of this novel is Lucky McBride, the militia's greatest warrior, and his attempt to force the government into releasing those prisoners. This develops into a series of disastrous encounters for both the government and the militia, requiring the intervention of General Douglas Freeman.
One of the striking features about this series is that the fog of war affects both sides equally; rarely does any plan go off without a hitch, and neither side is favored. Also, while the characterization is rough, it's often very good...particularly, in this book, Maddin. And, finally, there is a great deal of humor in the series, the intention of which I'm not sure about (though you should see Force 10 for the best examples of that).
All in all, this was another enjoyable book of a good series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Decent continuation of the series
9 April 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've read all of the WWIII books, as well as all of the USA vs. Militia books, and they have great characters, which draw you into a sense of being able to somehow understand them to a T. As for the previous review dealing with a harpoon anti-ship missle being used as a surface to air missle, it is factual since the design is based on radar tracking technology, and comes equipped with its own radar to guide it to its target. If you read a lot into the technicalities of the books, and understand the dynamics of the weapons, you can see that the author has quite the grasp on technology, and the ingenious uses for armaments. Good book, but not the best in the series.
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