The Longest Night & Crossing the Rubicon

ARRSE.CO.UK REVIEW

Ah, this is better!

In what might be scenarios culled from this month’s news, WW3 has begun. Expansionism by Russia in an unholy alliance with China has led to the invasion of Taiwan, attacks on Australia, the Philippines and even Britain. Nuclear attacks on Europe and the USA, the loss of a president and an entire British Cabinet. Not to mention the arrest of a British Prime Minister for treason, (Ah, if only!)

The books — so far there are three — are so filled with action and story-lines that it is difficult to precis them, and as a warning, don’t get too attached to any of the leading characters!

The best way to describe this series is to liken it to a combination of ‘Chieftains’ allied with ‘Red Storm Rising’. If you liked those books, then you will like these. There are even echoes of ‘Team Yankee’ in there. I can honestly say that these are some of the best books of this type that I have read. The writing is good, the research seems to be impeccable and the narrative certainly rackets along at a good pace.

The only drawback so far is that the fourth instalment is as yet unwritten, and I for one can barely wait.

As far as I can tell, these books are only available on Kindle, but I could be mistaken about that. I’m not mistaken in thinking that most readers on here will thoroughly enjoy the books.