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The author had an excellent idea for a book and then ruined it by writting the book.
I am a retired Infantryman and if I could have given this book less than one star I would have.
The author had an excellent idea for a book, and then turned around and ruined that idea by writing the book. It is readily apparent the author knows little to nothing about the military and didn't bother trying to educate himself prior to writing it; and his concept of Heavy Armor is laughable at best. You do not load recon folks down like pack mules and then expect them to accomplish a mission, yet this author puts a turtle shaped shield on an infantryman's back and expects him to walk backwards towards the enemy, and did I mention a automatic flechette gun that only has an effective range of 200 ft. And another member of the unit carries 6 different weapons systems? The author violates so many hard learned, military principles in this work I lost count.
I had high hopes for this book in the first couple of chapters, and then the obvious ignorance of anything military kicked in. I kept reading it thinking it could not get any worse, yet it did. And the ending of the book was contrived beyond belief.
As I understand it this author is a success in another genre. He should stick to that genre. He clearly can not write about anything Military.
