Celestial Impeachment

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Summary: This is fast paced action novel with intrigue and sub plots
Review: The story drew me in right away and the way the author broke in up in vignettes allows me to focus and then wonder what was going to happen next. I liked the science and the research that went into it. The author has a lot of detailed knowledge that makes the story interesting in itself. The way all the subplots are woven into the story line adds to the story and brings it to a fine conclusion. One watches the hero and heroine discover clues to the past which brings them to the shattering events at the Democratic convention. It has a good love story too. Lots of steam and excitement.

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Summary: Author should take writing class
Review: This is one of the least enjoyable books i have ever experienced. The only reason i continued reading after the first few pages was to try to discover one redeeming quality of this book. Alas, i could find none.

This book is rife with errors of grammar and punctuation, misuse of the language, and simple spelling errors. For example, isotopes of Uranium are named, within a single paragraph, as "U235 and U238" and "U 235" and "U 238". This is but one of many inconsistencies throughout the book.

The book also spins a tale involving Nazi schemes to take over the "free" world. Many references are made to U-boats, and they are identified. The supposed events took place in 1945. One of the named boats, U-157, was sunk on 13 June 1942 by USCGC Thetis; the other two boats never existed.

In spite of the many, many flaws, i read the entire book, in search of a captivating plot, or perhaps some vivid character development. But it was not to be. The plot was tedious, the too-often flogged us-vs-them, good-guy vs bad-guy drivel. There was little original thought here. The characters remained two dimensional; they never came to life as characters should.

In short, this book presented me with only one challenge: that of bothering to finish.