Enemies (Carrier, 15)

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Summary: Carrier: Enemies
Review: Boundary and historical disputes between the Greeks and Macedonians become war when the Greek general decides to unite the two under Greek rule forever. The UN decides to back Greece, and gives control of its forces to the general. The general decides to use this force to his advantage. The US is hesitant to join the Greek, and comes under pressure from the rest of the UN. The situation unfolds into a disaster for the Americans. The book had a great plot, and it was written well. The idea was fantastic. It didn't have as much description about battles as in the first ten or so, but you could still tell what was going on. Some ideas are abandoned, such as Sarah Wexler the Ambassador and her conflict with T'ing the ambassador from China. The fights and battles aren't as spectacular as usual in the series. There were a few mistakes in the writing that could really throw you off, but if you pay attention closely enough, you'll understand the confusing parts. Overall, it was a good book.

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Summary: what happened?
Review: I'm a big fan of the Carrier series, I've read 1-15 in sequence, and whenever I see one in a bookstore ...I get it. But #15 disappointed me. The writing was as exciting as usual but it seemed to end very abruptly without resolving many of the issues laid out in the plot. They just ended up with the usual big air battle but we never found out what happened to the main villain or the main characters he held in custody or what happened with the secret diplomacy going on at the UN. It was like there were 4 or 5 chapters missing because Keith had a deadline for publication. Maybe some of the story will get resolved in #16. I gave it 3 stars because it's part of a great series but on its own I would only give it a 2.

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Summary: Reader is the Enemy
Review: Summary...
Greeks and Macedonians are having a border dispute. The Greeks claim that Macedonia is theres...etc...etc. The U.S. gets drawn in after a news chopper is brought down by the wash from a Greek Tomcat, who gets too close. Tombstone has been relegated to be an advisor to Greek General Arkady. Arkday has other plans, as he wants to have a full scale war with the Macedonians. The Jefferson and its crew have a few skirmishes with the Macedonians and eventually the Greeks. The Americans find themselves trying to figure out who the enemy is.

Likes...
Some on the ground scenes, with the downed Hornet pilot Murphy, and ACN Newsperson, Pamela Drake, avoiding the bombing run of the Greeks and Americans on the Macedonian camp.

Dislikes...
Everything else. This was a poorly written and edited book. Almost every page had grammatical errors, that a pre-schooler would catch. Time sequences were way off early in the book...as were a couple locations. This had to be one of the worst edited books I've read. Come on, Penguin Putnam, are you paying your authors and editors minimum wage?

Also, as previous reviewer noted, the ending was incomplete. At the end of one chapter Thor is trying to avoid getting shot down, and then that's it. The conflict gets resolved in the next chapter, and nothing is mentioned about Arkady. What happened to him? What happened to Thor. You do not get too many aerial battle scenes with this book.

Finally...
Glad this book was only 261 pages. Another 100, and I would have to trash it. Have looked ahead at the previous reviewers review of the next couple of Carrier books and it doesn't look promising. The ST7 series by Douglass is much better at the moment.