James StraussBesprekingen
Auteur van The Boy, The Mastodons, Book I
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Junior and his men find themselves facing an NVA tank without a weapon to kill it. Survival required thinking outside of the box and a heroic feat by one of their fellow soldiers. The enemy is unseen and most of the story finds the company on one side or the other of a raging river without artillery support. Soldiers are dying and left where they fell until they are able to recover them later in the week. Junior takes it upon himself to walk point and take daring chances during this game of cat and mouse. His men are also beginning to believe he is invincible and fashion talismen of him for their own protection.
Junior continues to get the blame for the deaths of those around him, blamed for his mission's failure, and threatened with possible Courts-Martial when returning to the rear area. Other officers arrive to take over the company but their bull-headed attitudes also result in their own deaths and many of their own men. Junior soon ends up being the only surviving officer of two rifle companies and goes about doing everything possible to keep them all safe. The book ends in a cliff-hanger leaving readers hungry to find out what happens next.
There were some areas in the book that seemed to drag on a bit and typos popped up occasionally. However, Mr. Strauss does an excellent job of bringing readers into his world of misery, fear, and hope. I'm looking forward to his third installment in the near future.