"Into the Storm (book)" Topic

""Taylor Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of cross-time shipwreck. The action is gripping and riveting…the characters are sharply drawn and very human—or inhuman, for two interesting species of non-human sapiens are included—and the description vivid. I dipped my toe into Destroyermen: Into the Storm and when I looked up, it was two in the morning and a working day had vanished! Anderson is a new talent to watch, and I look forward to the unfolding of this series, and his subsequent work."
—S.M. Stirling, author of The Scourge of God"

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Anybody had buyed and read this series?
If the answer is yes, comments?

"A treasure trove! A great setting for an RPG as well as a variety of scales of miniature gaming.
How would a WWI Destroyer fare in a battle against a score of Age of Sail cannon-armed merchant men?
I don't know about you, but I'd like to try that out on the tabletop!
Or a dozen rifle armed sailors fighting in the jungle against raptors with swords!
A city of musket-armed non-human primates, backed up with mortars defending against an endless tide of dinosaurs with firebombs… too fun for sure!
If this series doesn't get your minis-gaming mind spinning you might be in a coma."
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thanks in advance for your guidance.

Amicalement
Armand

I've read most of the series and have liked it. Reminds me of others, most particularly The Regiment series.

I've read all of them so far. I had difficulty wallowing through the last installment, "Iron Gray Sea". The excitement of the previous books has started to wane and be supplanted by political machinations and human drama. The writer very quickly expanded the scope of his conflict from two factions to five, counting the new group introduced at the end of the last book. The books now suffer from an excess of characters, of whom you're only getting brief glimpses of each time.

I'll keep reading the series, but I won't be rushing to get each new novel.

I think they've been fun, and though the series is a bit slower now and the characters have gotten a little too bigger than life,(Dennis Silva, I'm looking at you…) I continue to look forward to each new installment.

I've even made a 1/600th USS Walker for the occasional Uncharted Seas game….

I still find it to be an exciting series, though i do agree with Jeff's insight, i hope that Mr Anderson can keep the pace he had in the earlier books.

It does appear that he is going for a world war in this world as he parallels the one occurring in the 'real world'.

Stop the Dominion, crush the Grik, what else do we need?

Agree with the previous comments--the first few books are ripping good action, with neat characters and situations--and all the good breaks don't go the good guys' way, so it keeps things interesting.

At this point in the story (Iron Gray Sea) there's too many characters in too many locations and its getting more like (not there yet, but heading in that direction) some of Turtledove's books, but with more interesting characters.

And now we've got what looks like three more "factions" to follow (one in the west, one in the east, and one in the north).

Rob

Many thanks for your guidance boys!.

Amicalement
Armand

I've been enjoying them so far, but they do look like they may start having the Honor Harrington problem -- as the main characters become more important in world events, they have to spend all their time embroiled in politics instead of having fun blowing stuff up.