This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.leafmarks.tumblr.com by express permission of this reviewer. Title: Deadly Shores Series: Destroyermen Author: Taylor Anderson Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Genre: Fantasy Pages: 465 Synopsis: The Alliance makes a big push to raid Madagascar, ancestral home of the Lemurians and now the home of the Grik queen. During this time Matt Reddy realizes that he needs to truly become the military leader of the Alliance while staying out of the political arena. A theory is put forth that this world is the dumping ground for multiple worlds and that is why you get all the differences. And we meet French nazis with submarines. My Thoughts: I wasn't sure I was going to finish this book because it started with so much military/navy/ship porn that my eyes were glazing over and I was literally skimming pages of material. It also doesn't help that each book solves one problem and introduces 2 more, thus allowing Taylor to keep this series open indefinitely. I am not a fan of open series. I like it when the author knows the destination, even if they're not sure how they are going to get there. However, Taylor can write some of the best battle scenes I have ever come across. I was convinced I wouldn't read any more in this series but the battle for Madagascar sucked me in so hard, so fast, so completely that if this book had just been that, it would have gotten 5 stars. So I'll read the next book and complain about it too *smiles* One of my other main issues is that Taylor is opening up the whole world and thus has too much material to work with. We have the Grik, the New Great Britain people, the twisted Catholic Dominion people, the unnamed People from the "south" I think and now French Nazis. Just how many "new" groups can Taylor stuff into this series? I find it ridiculous to be honest. Ridiculous and distracting. Each group is ancillary to the main Destroyermen and so we only get a little or no action from some groups in each book. So while I enjoy this series, I can't recommend it because of the ship porn [worse than Tom Clancy and his descriptions of missiles and such] and it's ever growing scope. I wish I could recommend it however, as Taylor does some mighty fine writing. " ( )

I liked the story(ies). However, with book nine, we have long since reached the point of diminishing interesting returns. We have killed Grik and continue to fix up the old four-stacker once again for another battle and deal with differing priorities and agendas. The rest seems like it's about as exciting as eating plain porridge. There's not much 1940's slang, and where is Betty Grable?

The original premise for the series is pretty good, but there is very little sci-fi doled out--most is just plain "killing grik" or some other kind of being and not much technology advance beyond 1942. The mystery about Walker's coming is not yet solved, nor fully explained. Some itty-bitty part of the books could be dedicated to that. Each book listen is about 13-15 hours and there's always another boring battle as the boys from the future seem to gobble up each new race that they meet.

Right now, there are 7 different human/hybrid peoples and nothing seems to be coming together for a conclusion. How does one keep up with all of them? This series is in very much need of a condensed version and an ending. In the ending, do these Americans return to their own time line; retire interbreed and stay with the current one; get killed off or even figure out what happened to them? My kingdom for an ending! Maybe book 10 will give us that upon its release 5/15/15. ( )

The world of the Destroyermen continues to grow, almost exponentially, as enemies are defeated and new allies found. Anderson is managing his fictional world very well with very interesting characters and an increasing complex story line. ( )

The Walker is leading a raid against the Grik into the heart of their empire. What begins as a raid though quickly escalates into an all in scenarioA good fun read. ( )