Into the Storm (Destroyermen Series #1)
Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the US Walker?a Great War-era destroyer-finds itself retreating from pursuing Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, desperately leads the Walker into a squall, hoping it will give them cover-only to emerge into an alternate world. A world where two species have evolved: the cat-like Lemurians and the reptilian Griks-and they are at war.\ With its power and weaponry, the Walker?s very...
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In this first novel in the Destroyermen trilogy---an imaginative alternate history saga---the crew of a World War II destroyer find themselves in the midst of an altogether different war.S. M. StirlingTaylor Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of crosstime shipwreck. The action is gripping and riveting...and the description vivid... 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 Sunrise Lands)
\ S. M. StirlingTaylor Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of crosstime shipwreck. The action is gripping and riveting...and the description vivid... 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 Sunrise Lands)\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyForensic archeologist Anderson uses fascinating, little-known historical details to bolster his debut tale of modern marines transported to a parallel world where dinosaurs still roam. Whisked away in the midst of battling the Japanese in the early days of WWII, Lt. Cmdr. Matt Reddy, captain of the USS Walker, finds his ship, crew and passengers suddenly involved in a very different war between the peaceful mammalian Lemurians and the vicious, raptor-descended Grik. Reddy must support his crew through the loss of their home world, teach the Lemurians to use steel and steam and keep a sister ship, commanded by a delusional army captain, from falling into the claws of the Grik. Paying homage to such tales as A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Robinson Crusoe and William R. Forstchen and Greg Morrison's Crystal Warriors, Anderson expands on familiar concepts with high-tension nautical battles and skillful descriptions of period attitudes and dialogue. (June)\ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \ \ Library JournalThe four-stacker destroyer, USS Walker, played a part in World War II. Here, as Lt. Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy's first command ship, the destroyer plies the waters of the South Pacific in search of Japanese submarines. When a particularly vicious battle forces Reddy to retreat, the enemy pursues the ship through a heavy squall. Surviving the storm, the crew finds itself in strange waters, filled with monstrous fish. Likewise, dinosaurs stalk the lands known as Borneo and Madagascar. Two sentient races have evolved enough to war against each other: the catlike Lemurians and the raptorlike Grik. Reddy and his crew must choose which group to side with. Anderson's alternate history debut combines a love for military history with a keen eye for natural science. Reddy is a likable protagonist, epitomizing the best of the wartime American military. This series opener belongs in larger libraries and will appeal to fans of military sf.\ —Jackie Cassada\ \ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher"Taylor Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of cross-time shipwreck. The action is gripping and riveting and the description vivid . Anderson is a new talent to watch." —-S. M. Stirling, author of The Sunrise Lands\ \
