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Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)

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Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for...

Bennett's War (2019)

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After surviving an IED explosion in combat overseas, a young soldier with the Army Motorcycle Unit...

With Paulus at Stalingrad

Wilhelm Adam and Otto Ruhle

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Colonel Wilhelm Adam, senior ADC to General Paulus, commander of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad,...

David McK (3576 KP) rated Master of Rome (Masters of the Sea, #3) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The third book in John Stack's 'Masters of the Sea' series, this continues the story of Atticus from the previous two novels. As I've said before, it's an interesting setting - the Roman Navy during the First Punic War - due to it's relative unfamiliarity to the reader: we're all aware of Hannibal crossing the Alps (which was during the Second Punic War), and of the might of the Roman army, but I can think of very few other books dealing with their navy!

This starts with teh Roman army defeated at Tunis, and then details the repercussions from this defeat and various other naval battles the fleet participates in. The novel also covers a long(ish) period of time: the events within are, sometimes, maybe a year or so apart.

Readable enough, but not a brilliant piece of writing.