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Rising Tides (2011)

by Taylor Anderson(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0451463889 (ISBN13: 9780451463883)

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English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Roc Hardcover

series

Destroyermen

review 1: Another exciting adventure in the parallel world that Taylor Anderson has created into which groups from different centuries of our history have been thrust, and are interacting more and more. Our heroes on the WWII destroyer Walker and their Lemurian allies can't seem to keep up with the number of enemies and potential enemies out there in this very different version of the South Pacific. They continue to fight the reptilian Grik warriors who are learning from earlier encounters and are only going to cause more problems. The British colony from the late 1800s figures prominently in this book. Will they become true allies, or provide another war front? That's one question answered in this volume. And we learn more about the mysterious Dominion - descendants of a Spanish fl... moreeet that arrived in this land around the height of the Inquisition. And it seems that their early leaders kept the worst of that era, and may even have added some of the worst of Aztec sacrifices. Hard to say yet. I'm looking forward to book 6.
review 2: Book Report: Rising TidesBy Evan J. HuntRising Tides is a great read if you’re into alternative history, military adventure, suspenseful action, and science fiction.The book Rising Tides takes place in the early 1940’s on an alternate earth. The USS Walker, an outdated U.S. Navy destroyer, was on a “cushy assignment” in the Philippines when the Pacific front of the Second World War opened up. Itself and the rest of its battle group pursued by the Japanese, only the Walker, and another outdated destroyer (the USS Mahan) escaped destruction. Pulled through an anomaly that would be called the Squall by the Americans (it turned out to be an inter-dimensional rift), they found themselves in a parallel universe. Soon after that, they encountered two sentient races: the mostly peaceful Lemurians (think giant Lemurs) and the reptilian, warlike, Grik (imagine giant, slightly furry, feathery lizards). After a year and a half, the Americans and their Lemurian allies have met another group of humans: the Empire of the New Britain Isles. Now the the Walker has been miraculously repaired after sinking in the last major Grik offensive. Captain Matthew Reddy, her captain, is on the hunt for a group of rouge New British who have taken hostage several Alliance personnel, including Sandra Tucker, the love of his life. Matt and his new ally (Commodore Harvey Jenks of the New British Navy) have to navigate British politics to weed out those who stole Sandra and the other hostages away from the Grand Alliance. Unknown to Matt, the hostages have escaped and are stranded on a dangerous, extremely remote island. Rising Tides, was, in all, a great addition to a great series (Destroyermen). In terms of action, Rising Tides was exciting at times, and the social interactions between characters and intrigue covered most of the spots that weren’t action-packed. Some action was natural, such as the volcanic eruption that almost destroyed the operation to salvage a submarine called S-19, and a Strakka (a storm on the alternate earth that can outclass most hurricanes) that nearly sank the Walker. Near the end of the book (I really should’ve seen this coming) a twisted group of humans calling themselves the “Holy Dominion” launched a massive naval assault on New Britain, with the assistance of corrupt members of the Imperial Government and troops they had stationed in abandoned warehouses. The part where Matt’s ship got hit hard by Dominion “battlewagons” was really suspenseful, because although I knew the old destroyer could handle eighteenth-century-style cannons, she wasn’t indestructible. The gunfight on the island of New Scotland did nothing to relieve the suspense and I ended up on the edge of my seat as I read it.RT’s author did an amazingly good job at maintaining a very large and very diverse cast of characters spread across hundreds or even thousands of miles. Ranging from a salvage operation for a wrecked submarine, to the survival story of the former hostages on an uncharted island, Matt’s navigation of New British Politics with Commodore Harvey Jenks, and an operation to add the former freighter Santa Catalina to the Alliance fleet. I don’t know how Taylor Anderson (the author) managed to keep up with all those parallel events. And in terms of the antagonists, they mainly took the forms of the Holy Dominion's ambassador, Don Hernand, and Mr. Reed, a corrupt “Honorable” New Britain Company official.So, in summary, Rising Tides was an excellent read. It was packed with drama, suspense, intrigue, and action. The ending wrapped up most of the suspense (a good thing too) with S-19 somehow surviving a volcanic eruptions, the Walker beating off the Dominion invasion, and S-19 finding the former hostages, Sandra among them. The ending also set the next book up, as the the Grik were preparing for a counterattack and New Ireland fell in with the Holy Dominion. (As a final note, there is some mature content, just as a warning BEFORE you read the book) less

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