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    Destroyermen: Maelstrom
    Destroyermen: Maelstrom
    Destroyermen: Maelstrom
    Audiobook17 hours

    Destroyermen: Maelstrom

    Written by Taylor Anderson

    Narrated by William Dufris

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    About this audiobook

    Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy, along with the men and women of the U.S.S. Walker, are once again at war. Having sided with the peaceful Lemurians against the savage, reptilian Grik, they now find themselves scrambling to prepare for the attack that is sure to come, searching for resources to support their forces-even as they look for allies to join their struggle.

    Meanwhile, the Japanese juggernaut Amagi, also trapped in this strange world, is under Grik control-with her fanatical commander approaching madness. And soon they will have amassed a force that no amount of firepower and technology will be able to stop.

    As the raging conflict approaches, Reddy, his crew, his allies, and his loved ones face annihilation. But if there is one thing they have learned about their new world, it is that hope-and help-may be just over the horizon.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 4, 2009
    ISBN9781400180462
    Destroyermen: Maelstrom

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    • 5/5
      wow, that was full of action some was frustrating but I really enjoyed it

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    • 4/5
      It bogged down a bit near end, but over all a good final to the trilogy .. leading into the next trilogy in series..

    • 4/5
      Maelstrom concludes a trilogy that ranks up as one of the best fantasy series I’ve ever read. Trapped in an alternate dimension, Captain Reddy is now the Supreme Commander of the allied forces made up of American Destroyer Men and various Lemurian nations against the reptilian Grik and the Japanese in their unholy alliance. Reddy and his team recruit more Lemurians to their alliance, and in the process come across human descendants of another ship that landed in this world a couple hundred years ago, along with Grik that aren’t as evil as their enemies. All of this leads up to an epic battle to settle the score as they have to deal with the overwhelming numbers among the Grik, who now have armed their ships with cannons, and the more modern and powerful Japanese battle ship.I always hesitate when I read the final chapter of a series that I really enjoy. I’m always wary that it’s not going to live up to the legacy created by the previous books in the series. Maelstrom, although not quite as good as the first two novels, certainly finishes the trilogy strong. I liked the introduction of the human descendants of the ship that crashed into this world, even though they didn’t play much of a role in the conflict. I liked the buildup to the final battle, and the epic final battle itself, which was well-conceived and well-plotted. The book was a little overly long for my liking, and I thought that it was a little slow in spots, but otherwise I thought it was a fitting conclusion that readers of the series will enjoy.Carl Alves - author of Two For Eternity
    • 3/5
      Third in a series for a WWII destroyer conveyed into a strange world evolved very differently. In this installment, our destroyermen heroes travel to the Philippines in an attempt to garner allies and conduct a massive defense of their allies' home. I admit that I'm addicted and can't wait to listen to the next book.
    • 5/5
      Book three of the Destroyermen saga, and it just keeps getting better and better. With an extensive cast of characters and parallel Earth Life forms which Taylor Anderson continues delving into what and who they are, building an intense alternate world. The Japanese Battleship Amagi is under the control of the Grik and the Japanese Admiral whom is slowly descending into madness as they try to destroy the Lemurians & Destroyermen.
    • 3/5
      I'm going to admit that this book was something of a chore to read, and that the only reason I kept going was to see how the author pulled his heroes out of the mess he had placed them in, particularly what deus ex machina was used to defeat the Japanese cruiser "Amagi." for good; this was actually rather more clever than expected. At one point I had a sinking sensation that the final confrontation was going to come down to the contribution of a third American vessel that emerges in the book; thankfully, such was not the case.That said I have to find this series basically unsatisfactory. At the end of the day what it comes down to is that the commander of the Japanese warship just wasn't that convincing an antagonist. Not to mention that there were little details I found grating, such as equipping the "Amagi" with 10-inch cannon when the battlecruiser in our history would have had 16-inch weapons. I'm still waiting for an explanation; I can think of a workaround but that's not my job. This is particularly when the author seems so scrupulous in the other details of his hardware.Also, when I start finding that I had more empathy for the Grik campaign commanders than any of the ostensibly sympathetic characters I suspect that this is not the result the author wanted to achieve. That Anderson actually did rather well with his alternate sentient species is one of the main reasons to keep reading this series.
    • 3/5
      I first thought to give this book a little higher rating and then I thought of the things that still gnaw at me about this book and the series. Density... If you open this book and flip through the pages you will see great swaths of exposition and not a lot to break them up. This is poor writing and a disservice to we readers. One thing is that action does not happen without people speaking. Especially in this environment. That has to be balanced with endless meeting dialogue. Somewhere the author does not know the balance.Infinite resources. Despite trying to put drama into this, the modern needs of our navy are met. Inconsistency. Flashies are there to eat up the Grik who fall into the sea, but for Lemurians at night they won't?Vocal cords. Amazingly more and more of the various leaders can speak without the aid of translators. Sure an American can learn spanish. But has the author ever gone to the zoo? How many OOK's can he make with his voice box and how many words like implacable would you use if you did not use the language it was in on a regular basis.No one really dies. The author tells about the americans dying out, but there is always another around that can do the same job that the dead one had done. An infinite supply of americans.No, unlike stories that make sense in this genre, like Forstchen's lost regiment where he had hundreds of skilled men who could start rebuilding a society when they transferred over to their alternate world, here Anderson has too few Americans doing way too much with an ally that is too advanced as well. I can buy that the Lemurians are tool users. I just can't buy that they can adopt and intergrate across the entire species in a year.Then here is the biggest reason to say to the author, write better. He promised to end this series as a trilogy and suddenly the story doesn't end. It could have, but he didn't. He put too many elements in for the next book which was already being written by the time this was released. If a trilogy, be honest. He could very easily of destroyed the enemy in such a way that never would we need another part of this story again. That is the worst form of telling a story. They do end. This one should have.
    • 4/5
      Walker and the Lemorians fight desperately against the Grik horde and the Akagi. A nice way to continue the series and further expand the alternate universe in which it exists. An engrossing book that is hard to put down and has you looking forward to the next one.