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Dietrich's writing style is vivid, lush, and rich. Readers will get the feel of the time period and the places involved. His plots, and his latest is no exception, are fast-paced and filled with derring-do and close escapes. Readers should suspend their disbelief, make popcorn, and enjoy.
Dietrich's novels are always rich in historical detail, and his latest is no exception. The battle of Trafalgar is narrated magnificently. There are also plots, twists, and counterplots along with searches for religious relics as the amoral but cunning and deadly Gage tries to settle accounts with Napoléon while protecting himself and those he loves. Historical fiction fans will relish this over-the-top romp as they wallow in the color and the history. [See Prepub Alert, 11/12/12.]
Fast paced and well written, this Storm will be welcomed by those who love adventure fiction of any period or historicals set in the Napoleonic era. [“Written with tongue firmly planted in cheek, Dietrich’s...novel of high adventure is meant to be enjoyed and not critiqued,” read the review of the HarperCollins hc, LJ 4/15/12.—Ed.]
This fifth entry (after The Barbary Pirates) in the entertaining exploits of the highly educated, morally ambiguous, and sometimes very deadly American frontiersman is a tale of high adventure, written with tongue firmly in cheek and meant to be enjoyed and not critiqued. Even though the series might be getting a little old, it is recommended for those who like good history along with over-the-top adventure. [See Prepub Alert, 11/21/11.]
Explorer Kurt Raeder has orders from Heinrich Himmler to find an elixir hidden deep in the Tibetan mountains that grants eternal life, and American zoologist Benjamin Hood has orders to stop him...