But its descendant here, ruled by a triumvirate of senior officers from its "big three" members, formed the League of Tripoli and commenced subjugating the Mediterranean's "indigenous" peoples, many of whom had arrived in a similar fashion through the ages. . And there'd been babies aboard before-briefly, either rescued from other ships, like Neracca, or twice when crew members gave birth. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. There was a problem loading your book clubs. More importantly, he had to set an example.
Yes, the author could have handled it in two or three different series of their own. He has a Master's Degree in History and has taught at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Commander Brad "Spanky" McFarlane proclaimed. It wasn't my favorite book of the series, but series-enders never are. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Refresh and try again. But Gray sure is pretty, he thought wistfully. The fifteen books in the series are Into The Storm, Crusade, Maelstrom, Distant Thunders, Rising Tides, Firestorm, Iron Gray Sea, Storm Surge, Deadly Shores, Straits of Hell, Blood in the Water, Devil's Due, River of Bones, Pass of Fire, and Winds of Wrath. "I think everyone agrees with that," added Sandra Reddy pleasantly, stepping up the ladder behind them. Damn, Skipper, it's good to be back at sea!" Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2020. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Matt glanced over his shoulder, past his ship and the men and 'Cats going about their duties aboard her, and contemplated the massive form of First Fleet's most impressive element a quarter mile behind: the captured League battleship Savoie. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers.
Not only is she a fine ship with a crew blooded in hard fighting, everyone aboard her believes the ghost of the man she's named after watches over her. .
I am both glad and sad the story is over. Anderson wraps up the story pretty well. She'd lost a little speed, but no armament, and not much endurance. Don't let readers just buy this piece meal. "Not ragging you," he said at last, "I'm just as glad to be back out on the open sea.". . It would still gobble precious transports and supplies, and troops of course, but for the most part, the Navy had done as much as it could. A convoy of oilers bound for where they came from and escorted by the last unaltered sail/steam DD, USS Revenge, would meet them around the halfway point. Other intelligent beings have passed into this alternate Earth from different periods in our history, and from other alternate Earths. And to top things off, there's Silva too! I will not spoil this at all, but it is worth it. Captain Matthew Reddy, Commander in Chief of All Allied Forces (CINCAF) and "High Chief" of the "American Navy and Marine Clan" leaned slightly back in the chair bolted to the starboard side forward bulkhead of the pilothouse. Anderson is unique in that the wars are not entirely between different species. And the League's starting to make itself a real pain in the ass for us, Matt thought darkly. The detail on the fo'c'sle was largely composed of furry, long-tailed Lemurian "'Cats," as was nearly all the old "four-stacker" destroyer's crew, these days. . Matt chuckled and followed his gaze. Select the department you want to search in, From Book 1: Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the US, By clicking on above button, you agree to the, Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the US.
We’d love your help. What were those explosions, I think I know but I have guessed wrong before. Who built those locks? And that ridiculous tree-gliding lizard named Petey was peering, big-eyed, from beside the big man's scarred, bearded face. Behind Savoie was Walker's somewhat misshapen sister from another world, USS Mahan (DD-102). I hope that he uses his talents to further entertain us, as he hints in the ‘author’s note’ at the end of the book. phenomenon . Destroyermen #15 book. . Elsewhere, the long-awaited invasion of Grik “Indiaa” has begun, and the Human-Lemurian Alliance is pushing back against the twisted might of the Dominion. If you haven't dipped you toes into the troubled waters that the crews of USS Walker and Mahan are thrown into, and all the characters they discover, it is well worth investing yourself in their stories.
I am going to start re-reading the whole series very soon. Great story, wonderfully told. Like most of Matt's "old" destroyermen, Steve was still just a kid, barely twenty-two, but Matt didn't doubt the electronics wizard from Delaware, now Baalkpan's "minister of communications and electrical contrivances," would come through. One major thing that I appreciate is it didn't suffer most SF's foible of unabashed progress into the unbelievable. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Inevitably, she had a number of kinks.
Others were being built in the Filpin Lands far to the East. Paperback Begun before they knew about the League, however, she'd been built to slaughter the big, tough, and frighteningly powerful Grik battleships and cruisers by running rings around them and outranging their big muzzle-loaders with modern 5.5 rifles.
Reddy and his crew are exhausted, far from reinforcements, and wildly outnumbered, so the odds seem greater than ever before.
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And these Grik were no longer the mindless mob of killing machines that relied as much on their teeth and claws as the other weapons they carried. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Winds of Wrath (Destroyermen Book 15). Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2020. The chair's shape and rigidity had always made it profoundly uncomfortable and only the soft, carefully embroidered cushion some anonymous Lemurian sailor secretly left on it one night made the long hours Matt often spent there physically bearable. The giant Chief Gunner's Mate Dennis Silva, the veritable Hercules of the Grand Alliance, seemed to be aping Spanky's pose as he loomed over the diminutive, furry fireplug that was Chief Bosun's Mate Jeek. . She'd required two entirely new bows and been shortened the length of her forward fireroom. Matt looked back at Spanky. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. They'd left La-laanti, where Diego Garcia ought to be, earlier that day after an overnight refueling stop and wouldn't see land again for two thousand miles. Destroyermen (15 Book Series) by Taylor Anderson. Destroyermen (15 book series) Kindle Edition by Taylor Anderson (Author) From Book 1: Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the US Walker—a Great War-era destroyer—finds itself retreating from pursuing Japanese battleships. The Empire of the New Britain Isles, where the Hawaiian Islands ought to be, were drawing on their colonies on the West Coast of North America for materials to build steel-hulled "protected cruisers" of their own, but Matt had no idea about their particulars.
Hopefully we'll find out soon what Dennis, Courtney, et al, find in their travels. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. She might even lick one of the lightest cruisers the League throws at us, Matt cynically appraised, but then shook his head. Despite all that, it was a beautiful day. brought over nearly the whole damn fleet and a fair portion of the city of Tripoli around the harbor where it had been at anchor. She was another "sister," though maybe "daughter" was a better term. Unlike the sailors in T-shirts and dungarees (or blue kilts on the 'Cats) Lawrence wore only a new tie-dyed combat smock, sunlight flashing on the dark plumage of his tail, crest, and orange and near black tiger-striped pelt on his arms and legs. I think it could logically be broken into 3-4 sets or campaigns. Please try again. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Blood In the Water (Destroyermen Book 11), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Book 15. She looked so much better than after they'd rescued her from Kurokawa, and to see her eyes glitter with such genuine mirth . Something went wrong. Matt frowned. At the End of the World (Black Tide Rising Book 7), River of Night (Black Tide Rising Book 6), Gunpowder & Embers (Last Judgment's Fire Book 1), 1636: The Atlantic Encounter (Ring of Fire Book 28), "Anderson's world-spanning Destroyermen saga comes to a tense and well-crafted climax in the thoroughly satisfying 15th and final entry. Worse, the savage Grik have also mastered “new” technologies and strategies. Be the first to ask a question about Destroyermen #15. To create our... To see what your friends thought of this book. What a finish to the best alt history series out there. Even, at last, in the arms of the woman he loves, there is little peace for Reddy.
Though, once you get to the end it ties up well and makes sense to keep it all in one place. A larger percentage still opposed them, however, led by the cunning usurper Esshk, and the Allied armies still had a momentous task before them. Pushing that away, he decided, like his friend, to just enjoy the moment. As for the fate of the Americas, Don Hernan and the evil Dominion have gathered to annihilate the forces behind the walls of Fort Defiance as a shadowy power with an agenda all its own rises with chilling resolve.As the war teeters on a knife-edge, a tipping point may have been reached at last—and cold steel and hot-blooded valor will remain the ultimate weapons.
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