Michael B.

Really Great Book to listen to

Revisado: 01-31-24

I have listen to books in the Firefly series before but this one was the best. It had the entire crew represented in the first part before Lenora and Shepard went on a separate trip and then the action took off. River was a driving force in the action throughout the story with the rest of the crew being their normal outstanding heroics to save each other. The story also has the appearance of two women with the “hands of blue”. It also gives more fill in on stories that took place during the TV series. It also has a Superhuman serial killer that is part of Rivers origin.

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Absolutely a Master Piece Work

Revisado: 06-18-23

I listened to the entire 31 hours and 15 minutes of this book. I love books that give the story from all sides, military and civilian involved in the conflict. This book has everything from Japanese aircraft fighting in the air to watching American bombers raiding their airfields. The very brutal naval battles are very interesting and don’t stop with the sinking of a ship but follow the story of the survivors. Highly recommend this book.

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Judge Anderson Fan

Revisado: 01-10-23

Having first seen Judge Anderson in the movie “Dredd”, I took an immediate liking to her character in Judge Dredd’s universe. So on seeing Judge Anderson Year One on Audible, I knew that I had to give it a listen. It’s not one storyline all the way through the book, which was a disappointment. Then as the first two stories played out and finding them entertaining, it wasn’t that bad. Another team up with Anderson and Dredd in a full length book following one story with interlaced side stories of the day to day would be worth buying.

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Interesting story

Revisado: 07-11-22

Some interesting aspects of the naval war for both sides. The Johnsonville, TN battle involving General Nathan Bedford Forrest cavalry and the Union Navy did not tell a full story of the disaster inflicted on the navy from ambuscades against the ships but there is an entire book on that fight. The interesting aspect was the coverage of many of the minor raids along the coast. It also pointed out that many of the Union Navy Captains and a few Admirals were making a side “profit” on their service on the rivers and the coast. Still it was a good book to listen to in its story.

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Excellent audiobook

Revisado: 07-03-22

This was an excellent audiobook to listen to about the early fighting for Guadalcanal - Solomons Campaign from August - October 1942. It contains personal experiences from the American and Japanese sides. The mistakes made by both sides are detailed. The air battles are very detailed with losses of pilots and victories obtained. The sea war is also very detailed. The fighting on the ground on Guadalcanal is overwhelming in the description of death and hardships faced by both sides. It is over 20 hours in its length and I had to on occasion to go back and replay it to refresh where I was in the battle.

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Not what I hoped in a U-Boat book

Revisado: 07-29-21

I got to listen to this book on Audible with my membership and glad that I didn’t pay for the actual book. The author skips around on subjects. I was listening to a 1940 convoy battle and the subject then switched to World War 1 with the sinking of the Lusitania and sinking’s during that period. The descriptions range from US bombers attacking to U-Boat pens to French civilians describing the bombing, which was interesting. I expected more of descriptions from U-Boat personnel.

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Very Good Book on the Korea War

Revisado: 04-20-21

This book was a really good book using first person descriptions from all sides. The POW stories were really good. I found the descriptions of the battles after the disaster in North Korea to be to brief for my liking but overall I would recommend this book.

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Excellent story of Washington’s Battle at Trenton on 26 December 1776

Revisado: 03-30-21

I listened to this book on Audible which was 27 hours and 12 minutes long. I had some years ago listened to Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer on CD. I found Tucker’s book far more interesting. Following the battle from personal descriptions of both sides makes it interesting. The only drawback with Audible is the lack of maps to follow the maneuvers of the battle, which is not possible while driving but if you have the Kindle it is possible to follow the text as it is read with the maps.
Tucker describes the Revolutionary War as a Civil War in some parts, which is a also a proper description. The British Army and the German troops called Washington’s Army the Rebels and traitors but Washington’s troops considered themselves as Patriots and the Continental Army. There was not complete support for the American Revolution as many of the people were still loyal to England. This was made clear by the fact some of the New Jersey counties that Washington’s army went through were loyalists and no one wanted to be left behind as a straggler from exhaustion. My ancestors in South Carolina had to also fight against their Loyalists neighbors, so this was not just a New Jersey occurrence.
Still this was an outstanding victory described in this book. Americans owe Washington and his soldiers the greatest praise for what they accomplished at Trenton. The book doesn’t just contain the scenes from the battle but biographies of both sides in the battle and events following the war. Hopefully, Tucker will follow up with the Battle of Princeton, NJ in January 1777.

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Excellent unit history of Julius Caesar’s 10th Legion

Revisado: 12-16-20

I have always had an interest in Julius Caesar’s early campaigns but this book is the entire history of his 10th Legion. I listed to this book with my audible membership and enjoyed it immensely. The narration by Stuart Langton was excellent and did not grind like a few books that I had listened too. The author researched the unit history from many resources and corrected some of Caesar’s boastful memoirs but it did not take away from his intelligence and energy of doing things. After the passing of Caesar this unit was involved in the destruction of Jerusalem and the dispersing of the Jews out of Israel. The 10th Legion fought in nearly every European country of Western Europe from England to Greece and much of North Africa and the Middle East. Highly recommend this book.

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Excellent story of Comradeship and Combat

Revisado: 11-25-20

The author gave an excellent description of his time in combat in Iraq but his describing of his relationship with his team members and their loss was truly heart felt.

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