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Into the Storm (Destroyermen) Mass Market Paperback – February 3, 2009

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A captain and his crew journey out of time and into battle in the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Taylor Anderson’s alternate history Destroyermen saga.

Pressed into service when World War 2 breaks out in the Pacific, USS Walker—a Great War–era destroyer—finds itself in full retreat from pursuit by Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, heads Walker into a squall for cover. They emerge somewhere else...

Familiar landmarks appear, but the water teems with vicious, monstrous fish—and there appear to be dinosaurs grazing onshore. Matt and his crew have entered an alternate world...and they are not alone. Humans have not evolved, but two other species have. And they are at war.

Reddy and the crew of the Walker have the power and weaponry capable of turning a primitive war into a genocidal Armageddon. Now they must decide which species they will support, because the side they choose will be victorious...

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?Gripping and riveting... Anderson is a new talent to watch.?
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aTaylor Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of crosstime shipwreck. The action is gripping and rivetinga]and the description vivida] Anderson is a new talent to watch, and I look forward to the unfolding of this series, and his subsequent work.a
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About the Author

Taylor Anderson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Destroyermenseries. A gunmaker and forensic ballistic archaeologist, Taylor has been a technical and dialogue consultant for movies and documentaries. He is also a member of the National Historical Honor Society and the United States Field Artillery Association, which awarded him the Honorable Order of St. Barbara. He has a master’s degree in history and has taught that subject at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. He lives in nearby Granbury with his family.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ace; Reprint edition (February 3, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451462378
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451462374
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.18 x 1.09 x 6.7 inches

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- #648 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books)
- #1,141 in Space Fleet Science Fiction
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Wilford Tibbetts

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2009

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I was hesitant to buy this at first, and had been looking at this novel on and off for the better part of two years, wondering if I should take the chance and just buy it. Unfortunately(or Fortunately, I suppose), novels from my favorite authors were released and I bought those instead. As I was already following those series, and wanted to read the new novels badly.

I finally bought this novel - the first of a series - about a month ago. I started reading it the very day it arrived, and I couldn't put it down. I read it in less than 24hrs. It was an amazing read. A mixture of World War 2 naval history, alternate universe/timeline, and fiction.

It takes place aboard an old "four-stacker" destroyer - a left-over from World War One. The name is derived from the four smoke stacks(and the engines) they carry. They were light, fast, and rolled like a dead whale in rough seas, but the brave men who served aboard them fought them well when it counted.

This story takes place near the beginning of America's involvement in World War Two. The United States is woefully unprepared for the war, having to use older mothballed ships - like the four-stacker destroyers of World War One. The United States even sent quite a few to Great Britain during the Lend-Lease Program under orders from President Roosevelt. They weren't much, but that was all that could be done at the time.

Anyway, this story takes place in the Java Sea. The Allied Forces in the area are almost all older warships, the Pacific being the dumbing ground for many of the older ships and 'bad eggs'. The actions of many of the battles mentioned at the beginning of the book are almost all factually correct, however, the author took a creative license to write his story - as many fiction authors do.

The ships our main characters are aboard are the USS WALKER and USS MAHAN - both being the four-stackers I mentioned in the previous paragraphs. However, the USS WALKER and USS MAHAN(both ships were indeed real) never served in World War Two. The USS WALKER was scuttled(sunk) seventeen days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the USS MAHAN was scrapped in 1931.

Another ship that was mentioned as being in the battle in and around the Java Sea was the Imperial Japanese Ship AMAGI. She also, never saw action in World War Two. She was scrapped by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1922 after an earthquake badly damaged her during construction. If she had been completed, as some of her sister ships were, then she would have been about the same size as the IOWA-class battleship - very powerful ship. The AMAGI's sister ships were converted to carriers before the war, just incase you were wondering.

Now, in this story, all three ships are in use by their respective governments. The American four-stackers are escorting the British cruiser HMS EXETER - along with several other destroyers - to Australia(eventually), however, they are being followed by a Japanese force(including the AMAGI) that is hell-bent on stopping them. A series of attacks by the force behind(a combined attack from the air and sea) are able to slow the EXETER down enough for the force behind them to get closer.

With that, the Japanese ships are able to use more of their guns to attack the beliegered fleet. The destroyers turn to make a smoke screen between the EXETER and the Japanese force. Now the Japanese are firing blind at the Allied Fleet. Eventually, the enemy closes and wounds the EXETER badly. The commander of the EXETER orders the rest of the destroyers to make a run for it while the EXETER fights it out with the Japanese. But the gesture is futile. Eventually the four-stackers find a squall - a bad patch of weather that they hope to hide in and lose the Japanese. But the AMAGI and a Japanese destroyer stand in the way.

The American destroyers can think of only one thing to do. It's dangerous, and they most likely won't survive, but they do it anyway. They attack, firing everything they have, and then firing torpedoes at close range at the Japanese ships. The Japanese destroyer is hit by torpedoes meant for the AMAGI - the commander of the destroyer having ordered his ship to take the hits instead - and is destroyed. Both American destroyers are damaged now, the MAHAN severely - her bridge destroyed and much of her forward section useless junk and is now commanded by the ship's engineer(all other officers having been killed).

The WALKER orders another attack, the ships splitting up and moving along either side of the AMAGI, firing away. Soon after, they are into the squall, but it's unlike any squall they had ever been in. The wind and rain begin to act funny, and then there is a falling sensation. Then bam, they aren't in Kansas anymore Toto. =P

Takes them a bit to figure out they aren't in their world any longer, but they figure it out when they see dinosaurs on an island that once held humans.

This story was fantastic. I will be reading it again shortly, as I read it so fast the first time. I highly recommend it for those who like alternate history, alternate universe, fiction-type novels.

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Immersive but sometimes overwhelming details

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2022

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The author obviously loves military history, and the beginning of this novel is layered with the minutiae of life on a warship during WWII battles.

There are lots of characters, so it’s difficult to align with them at first due to quick “camera” focus shifts from one person to another.

A few times the author drops in weird narrative comments (like—at the time he didn’t know this, but what was really going on….) that jar the reader from the flow of events. Numerous times, the author dumps way too much backstory and world-building detail in HUGE long paragraphs that beg to be skimmed over.

However, once the story jumps to the sci-fi part, the action picks up even more momentum, and the characters become more memorable and distinct. By the time the first book ends, there’s some good tension and a compelling reason to read further in the series.

The writing is mostly error-free. There is a lot of violence that gets much more gory toward the end when the heroes are battling like ‘pirates vs alien reptile monsters’ on board the sailing ship. The book contains some profanity, racist references typical of the war era, some sexual allusions, and some minor romantic developments.

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N. Trachta

A nice little tempest

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2009

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Into the Storm is a book where military forces from our universe a transferred to a parallel Earth. This is something that when done well (as Mr. Pournelle did in Janissaries and Mr. Turtledove did in The Misplaced Legion ) makes for a fun read that you enjoy coming back to. What caused me to be interested in this book is that Mr. Anderson was dealing with two things I like, the Southwest Pacific in WWII and flush deck destroyers (if you're curious about what a flush deck destroyer is, Wikipedia has a nice description, use USS Wickes for the search). Story wise Mr. Anderson starts out with a good historical situation and then throws the crew to a parallel Earth where humans are not the norm (Mr. Anderson doesn't mention any, but we only get to see a small portion of the planet).

Rating wise Into the Storm is a weak 4 star novel for me. The opening was very nice with Mr. Anderson doing a good job of describing the situation the units in ABDA (American - British - Dutch - Australian Command) were going thru and the general feeling of the men serving there (for those interested I'll suggest reading The Fleet the Gods Forgot: The U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II (Bluejacket Books) , Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors , Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942 , or The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait (Blue Jacket Books) to understand this better). As for once the USS Walker and USS Mahan (actual ships, Mr. Anderson does a commendable job explaining in the back about adding two additional destroyers to ABDA and how they would have had a nominal impact on the outcome) get to the parallel Earth, things slow down for awhile. This was best shown by the somewhat flat dialog and the large number of people we're introduced too. Because of this, none of the characters stood out (LCDR Reedy was a poor CAPT. Kirk at best) it was difficult to feel or like them. Probably the most memorable for me are Silva and Chack and their relationship. Plot wise this was average fare for parallel Earth things. I commend Mr. Anderson for picking the Southwest Pacific, however he did make some minor mistakes with the set-up; the USS Houston and HMAS Perth were not known to have been sunk by the Japanese at the time the Walker and Mahan set out on their adventure. I'm also questionable about how perfect things work out for the destroyermen in their brave new world. While not unbelievable, I tend to view this as something that would be very fortunate for the crew. Despite these perceived weaknesses, Mr. Taylor's action scenes are nicely done with a similarity to the Hornblower series that is fitting for heroic nautical tale.

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Mr. A. I. Harrison

A nice twist in the world of fantasy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 9, 2012

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This felt a very fresh take on fantasy writing or perhaps a fresh take on World War navy action?

The story

An obsolete and outgunned '4 stack' destroyer is fleeing for it's crews survival from a Japanese fleet. In a bid to escape they steer into a storm and seemingly evade danger, only the world they knew before the storm has undergone some drastic changes when they emerge from it and now their obselete ship may be the most powerful weapon on the planet.

What follows did feel very original but at the same time had a definate early star trek feel, as the crew find friends and enemies, and a good old scrap!

The Writing
It's good and played with a very straight bat, so that it feels really like a historical 'Reeman' type book but with monsters. There is a large and convincing cast list, which was initially a bit befuddling but was dropping into place come the end.

Perhaps the writing could have been a bit more tongue in cheek as we are essentially talking fighting lizard men here but did not stop me enjoying the story. My only other critisism is that Bradford the ship's Aussie sounded nothing like any other Aussie I have ever heard and was a bit like having a character played by Dick Van Dyke but I am splitting hairs now!

Should you read it?

Well judging by all these glowing reviews Yes! I certainly enjoyed it and would also like, as a Brit, to ackowledge the little homage to HMS Exeter at the start of the story.

The authors knowledge and enthusiasm for the navy gives this a grounded and authentic base on which I'm sure the series is able to build. So I have ordered part 2!

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Mr. E. Nzegwu

Hornblower meets Anne McCaffery in Fantasy-land!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 5, 2011

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Ok - a bit of a strange review title but if anyone has read the famous Anne McCaffery Pern stories, there are some really interesting parallels. Not many sci-fi / fantasy books are about just general living in a new place, overcoming obstacles, developing communities, exploring, etc. A lot of sci-fi / fantasy are based around high adventures, epic undertakings, alien encounters, etc. - nothing wrong with this at all and I love many of them but very few books spend the time to talk about the satisfaction of building communities and solving problems with ingenuity; this is one of the best things about this book and the entire series which is why I refer to Anne McCaffery's Pern series which also had a similar focus.
Yes of course this is military-sci-fi-esque set in a fantastical world but for me, what made this book (and series) most enjoyable was the authentic approach to dealing with the practicalities of being marooned in a strange hostile world. Excellent stuff - really looking forward to Book 6. Feels like it could last as long as David Weber's Honor Harrington series! Still, he seems to be quite prolific!

Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk

Brilliant read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 29, 2011

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This was a thoroughly enjoyable read... and quite gripping - I found it difficult to put down. This everyday adventure story about a couple of US destroyers being sucked into an alternative Earth whilst involved in a sea battle against the Japanese Navy is both entertaining and exciting. It has elements of "Island in the Sea of Time" (perhaps my most favourite - can you have "most favourite"? - novel) about it but, rather than being drawn into the past our heroes are drawn into a parallel world where no humans evolved and they get drawn into a war of survival between its two dominant species... the Lemurians and the Grik.
Now I know it is difficult to take a world full of Alexander Orloff Meerkat-type furry creatures seriously but these "goodies" (they're furry, big-eyed and look like Alexander Orloff for God's sake!) somehow take on human form in your imagination. The villains are red-eyed, roaring, murderous, intelligent raptors - obviously! Have I identified the only real flaw in the book?
Flaws apart, it IS a good read.

Smee

Excellent and different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 14, 2010

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Wow. What a different story!

The attention to detail and historical accuracy really helps the tale jog along.

Set in world war 2, the crew of a 4 stack destroyer enter an alternate earth that has evolved somewhat differently. Having watched Avatar, I now have a mental image of those aliens as The People from the Destroyermen series.
Although there are never really any big surprises in the book, it's well written and pacey with a different view on the world and really does do character development.

I've written this review having read the three available books in the saga - I had to import book 3 from the US as it's not available here and can't wait for the next one.

Highly recommended!

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cspears

Excellent story, interesting and very readable!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 21, 2018

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I found the plot and story completely engaging. As an ex-navy man and someone who spent time in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, I could relate to the area. I found the characters, human and Lemurian, delightful. The descriptions of the ships extremely well done. I found the research excellent. I finished it quickly, and have moved on to the next 4 in the series. I just don't know why I didn't read this sooner. Heinlein for the 21at century.

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