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Summary: "Where did everyone go?"
Review: This is the eighth installment of the World War III series and by far my least favorite. All the main characters are gone except for General Freeman. When Slater wrote this book and chose not to include the heroes of the previous books such as David Brentwood or his brother Robert or Aussie Lewis or even Freeman's intelligence officer,(which whom there had been quite a few witty dialogues in previous stories)Major Norton, he tore the heart out of the series. He also gives no mention to the previous story lines. Completely unmentioned are the battle for Europe, Siberia, or Beijing(by the way, in Force of Arms, China lost the war, how are they fighting against the Allies so soon). This is hard to understand as this book should build off the previous eight and it seems as if Slater went off in a new direction with this installment.
I have read the next book by Slater, Showdown, and he brings back some of the characters and brings a little life back to the series. I hope Slater continues to write this series of books with these characters.
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Summary: Thank God it's over
Review: This last installment of the WWIII series by Ian Slater took a very different approach than the others, much to my chagrin. Gone was the saga of the Brentwood family, replaced by Gen. Freeman roaming around Vietnam and often losing the confidence of his superiors. Oil rigs drilling for petroleum in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands which are claimed by both China and Vietnam are blown up and the survivors are taken hostage by the PLA and forced to work. Chinese shock troops cross the border and begin a war with Vietnam over the oil leases. Washington makes a decision to support our former enemy Vietnam to keep China from trying to claim all of the resources of the South Pacific for itself. Most of the war is rather one-sided with the U.S., Vietnam, and the U.N. force being routed in the jungle. The conclusion is rather less than conclusive and you are left with the feeling of "that's it?" The subplots of the book are resolved on the last page and in very little detail. It's really a shame that such a fine series had to end this way.
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Summary: man thsi book has no context on WWIII
Review: you have a series called WWIII and you try to make an extra buck with a book that has nothing to do with the war that ended a book earlier stick to your original outline slater don't try to get me to waste money on another book like this
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