I enjoyed this book and you should too. Set in Cairo during WWII, everybody is looking for somebody before the war arrives in the city.

I liked it. Flows well and a great look at the pulp of the period.

Very well written. A little overly nihilistic for me. Not sure why it would ever be on the CSAF reading list.

Interesting concept yet aimless and pointless.

This book reminded me very much of the 1997 film Event Horizon. While the film apparently did not receive stellar reviews, this book was a real page turner and was well worth the read. Great horror and science fiction combo.

Steve O'Brien must have been drinking breakfast when he wrote Redemption Day. Not so much a suspense or a thriller as it is pure fantasy. If anybody believes there is a groundswell of domestic terrorists along the lines of 'sovereign citizens' or 'tea party activists', they might also want to fortify their homes for another sneak attack from Japan, which is about as likely. Mr. O'Brien should probably check himself in for 72 hour psychological evaluation. It seems improbable that there is a real market for this type of fever dream.

Not a bad debut.

This novel is a real page-turner. It has current events, good vs evil, geo-political intrigue, and plenty of character.

I thought this book was great. It does shift and twist a bit from what I thought would be a book mainly about a sixth member of the Cambridge Five and his exploits. But the twist is interesting and entertaining. It leaves one to wonder if perhaps the current Russian leaders may have similar skeletons in their collective closets.

Once Captain Peake went for a sail
Ordered to sink his enemy without fail
South of Cuba he found it
Then proceeded to pound it
And discovered a sequel in the mail.

This book has it all: dames, intrigue, grenades, and metaphors galore. Do yourself a favor and pick up this page-turner.

My first review in limerick form:

Paul and the gang hunt for terrorists
in order to run from a sadist.
In the end it all seems
a bomb falls toward the Supremes
and a sequel is on the shopping list.

Having studied cartographic technique and history, Lost States is an interesting and brisk read. It illustrates the varied influences brought to bear when attempting to apply rather arbitrary lines of demarcation to the random and often uncharted wilds. Why the author still has a boner for George W. Bush and Halliburton in 2010 is mysterious, unless you take into account his former employment at PBS.

Eye of the Red Tsar is a very well paced whodunnit set in the post-revolutionary USSR. Sam Eastland spins a wild tale of intrigue involving Russia's descent into communism, the waves of chaos and confusion surrounding the fates of the Romanovs, rumors of buried treasure, and the stoic devotion of the Tsar's most trusted servant in virtual exile, Pekkala. Flashbacks within the novel prophesy of the gathering storm. One of Pekkala's mentor declares, "Dark times are coming, Pekkala. Back when I got blown to bits, crooks were still robbing money from banks. Now they have learned how to steal the whole bank. It won't be long before they are running the country. If we let them get that far, Pekkala, you and I will wake up one day and find we are the criminals. And then you'll need the skills I've taught you just to stay alive."

The end of the novel closes some cases but the author appears to have left at least one wide open.

This was my first exposure to Islamic historical fiction. I did not expect much, but the author has a knack for penning a real page turner. Not having read the first installment in the series was no obstacle to enjoying this period of the narrative. In fact, it generates some interest in both the former novel and any subsequent additions.

The author takes an imaginative look at what appears to have been a brewing 'fitna' after the first prophet of Allah dies relatively suddenly of Medina fever before he appoints a successor or structures a method for Islam to be led after his demise.

This was an enjoyable entry into the military/espionage genre with an emphasis on the dynamics of Christians and others in the armed forces working together to prevent terrorists from gaining access to nuclear capabilities. The story focuses on the men deployed to foreign lands to assess and deter the antagonists while shifting occasionally to their families thousands of miles away and their challenges.

I liked it because I like retro-active "what if?" books. Think The Man in the High Castle but with more action.

Mr. Rose employs a very entertaining and informative writing style in order to illustrate the storied history of the American rifle. From the earliest iteration of the term in Europe to its on-going evolution in Iraq, the author displays the struggle between the values of accuracy at enormous distances vs. up close rapid fire.