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Chaos In The Ashes

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"Chaos in the Ashes" is an action-filled novel in the continuing saga of the dynamic "Ashes" series and Ben Raines is the quintessential hero representative of the kind of leader we would all hope to have in the event of government breakdown

In author William W.Johnstone 304-page continuation of the "Ashes" Series, Ben Raines, having taken some setbacks previously, now feels strong enough to not only regain the lost ground, but press on to other (former) states, setting up two of the regions that will eventually make up the Tri-state set up he envisions for the USA after it was destroyed in the Great War 10 years before.

As a former infantry combat Marine operator, I tried not to be too harsh, but some of the military descriptions reached pretty far out there. As an example, on page 49, the author advises us the MBT's had been reworked to allow them to run on diesel, gasoline or aviation fuel. Hmm, not real sure I would want to be in the vehicle with 22-1 compression ratio needed to run diesel fuel, when avgas was dumped in. Pieces of your vehicle the size of your fist would be found in the next county. You....would be vaporized.

He also discusses his Air Force which is made up of P-51 Mustangs. Let's get real here, North American Aviation's Mustangs were the finest of the last prop-driven fighters, but that would have been 7 decades before Raines' time.

Movements of large armored formation just doesn't seem real in a world of very limited manufacturing of fuel and material'.

But in his defense, Johnstone keeps the action going for a fast-paced survivalist novel. But I felt it could easily have been made more believable*.

* See review of James Wesley Rawles survival novel "Patriot".

I received the book in a decent amount of time and it was in the condition advertised. What more can I ask for? Thank you.

I have read every book of the series at least twice. I think the
series is one of the best. I have also read some of his other books.
I would like to know if the author ever comes to Portland,OR.