seemed to lag at times the ending seemed a bit rushed, otherwise a good read ( )

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

The Grik get a rest from the spotlight [still in the story though] and instead we deal more with the British People, the Twisted Catholic Kingdom and some adventures due just to nature happening.

Anderson hops between story lines with a deftness that didn't make me wish he would stay on the particular line I was reading, I was ok moving from one line to another. Which I am usually not a fan of.

This world is just so big and cool that we constantly get new adventures and I like that...
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Anderson has done another exciting book in #5 of the destroyermen series. From the title, I assumed that it would be a connecting book between the set up last book and whatever comes in the next one; I was not disappointed. Author balances several plot lines and finally brings a couple of them together at the end while cementing future actions. Where is book #6? ( )

3.5 Originally posted at FanLit.

If youƒ??ve been enjoying Taylor Andersonƒ??s DESTROYERMEN series, thereƒ??s no reason to stop now. Rising Tides is another quality installment in which we do a lot of sailing, have some fun and laughs, and barely survive some frightening events ƒ?? exactly what we were expecting.

Captain Reddy and his original crew of Destroyermen, of which less than 100 survive, are different men than those who entered the storm so many months ago. Theyƒ??ve been tried and tested in many ways, and itƒ??s brought out the best in most of them, though some make deadly mistakes due to inexperience. Right now the Destroyermen are rather spread out across the unpredictable south Pacific ocean. One group is trying to free an old submarine from a volcanic island. Another is trying to recover a sunken cache of planes and ammunition from a different island. Captain Reddy himself is pursuing the traitors of New Britain who kidnapped some of Reddyƒ??s crew who, though he doesnƒ??t know it, are now stranded on a deserted (and very dangerous) island. Itƒ??s obvious that the Americans will have to get involved in the messy politics of the New Britishƒ?? but at least they might meet some women.

Though the DESTROYERMEN epic has a completely different setting and cast, its structure is very similar to Robert Jordanƒ??s WHEEL OF TIME. Thereƒ??s a large ever-expanding cast of characters who begin to split off and have their own storylines, though each separate adventure has been coordinated by Reddy to further the alliesƒ?? goals. With each book, Anderson spends time reminding us about each character ƒ?? where they are, what theyƒ??re doing, and all their particular personality quirks. This gets repetitive and, like Jordan, Anderson uses some of the same phrases or in-jokes to re-introduce his characters in every book.

The repetition also slows down the plot but, generally, Andersonƒ??s story moves faster than Jordanƒ??s does. By the end of each book there are few major developments, but the plot has definitely advanced (not always the case with WOT) and weƒ??ve always enjoyed spending time with some likeable characters. A few new characters are introduced in Rising Tides, including a cute talking bird whose vocabulary, because heƒ??s hanging out with Dennis Silva, consists mostly of curse words.

Though the structure of DESTROYERMEN is very similar to WOT, the story is not ƒ?? itƒ??s unique for a fantasy novel. Iƒ??m enjoying the industrial revolution that the Americans have brought to their new world and Iƒ??m learning a bit about some interesting topics such as fuel efficiency, developing bombs and mortars, radio transmission, the dangers of target fixation, and how to raise sunken ships. The Americans still solve problems a little too easily (I think Anderson wants to give us a scare but not stress us out too much) and theyƒ??re still a bit too righteous while the bad guys are over the top, but Iƒ??m willing to forgive this because DESTROYERMEN, overall, is genuinely entertaining. And Iƒ??m pleased with Tantor Audioƒ??s version which is read by William Dufris. ( )

"Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy of the USS Walker has found an unlikely ally in Commodore Jenks of the new Britain Imperial Navey. And now they are united in thier desire to find a traitor who abducted the women they would die for: Reddy's love, nurse Sandra Tucker, and young princess Rebecca of the new British Empire.
But when Redy and Jenks report the situation to the New Britain Company, it soon becomes obvious that the ruthless Company is attempting to overthrow the Imperial throne - and that someone involved knowes where Sandra and Rebecca are. Reddy must navigate through a tempest of politics, deception, and betrayal if he is going to save the hostages and live to fight another day"

The fourth book in the destroyermen series of books. It followes on from the third book with no gap of time. When I realised that they were adding yet another set of people into the mix I did fear that this was because the author had simply run out of story, this may be the case as the book is mainly besed around the goings on the walker and the hostages - but then to have too many viewpoints would have been too confusing.
I very much engoyed this book, the focus meant that the feeling of the single crew against the world was back, although their were some new crew (cats or lemurians) aboard.
better than the last one ( )