Rating: 
Summary: Captivating, but still fiction.
Review: Under The Yoke is pretty much a spy novel, but it deepens into the culture of the Draka. This is where Americans might think of them as evil. However, there are some cultural/historial discrepancies. Although some things may have changed, like years how long the WW 2 was (Eurasian War for the Draka), and the description of Hitler. But I don't think things would have been remotely similar. For one, Americans, Australians, and other British-born colony/nations have evolved independently but are more alike than not. If there was a Domination of the Draka, I would believe they'd have been like us, not as bad as the series turned them out to be. I have a hard time thinking of an England that would have let their colony become so twisted as they did, slaughtering locals and enslaving them, calling them 'serfs'. I also have a hard time believing anyone would have the idiotic sense to ally with the Draka as they were. Those nations the Draka didn't/couldn't conquer, would alienate them or even invade the Draka in time. Most of all, when did the USA get on this territory expansionism and then STOP with N. America alone? The story is quite intense, but I didn't care for the frequent unorthodox sexual encounters that the 'mistis' was so fond of. Romance and love is one thing; subtle rape is another.
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