The plot provides a clear cut way towards a second book. RSR excels on that aspect, which makes the book in its entirety more complete and comprehensible. The destruction of laser nav aids had no impact on the story? What happened to the 3rd armored train? Is the Taiwanese issue just a setup for book 2? In short, I missed the moving of chess pieces on the map by higher echelons and the problems that brings for those on the ground. This is fine, but would also be better if the no doubt ferocious effort to bolster European defences would be included. The combat phase is all about grunts doing combat. The first part of the book, prior to the combat phase, really takes too large strides through time to allow a listener to build a good picture of what the problems at hand are. Sadly, this didn't turn out to be the case. At one point I thought maybe he omitted the parts where I expected a connecting chapter intentionally to simulate the comms issues in the plot. The story is not too bad conceptually but Greaney fails to connect the different miniplots to one coherent flowing story. The plot (rare earth metals, Russia backed in a corner, slacking Western attention to military affairs) all checks out. I enjoyed the Grey Man series so I had high hopes. I hope Greaney manages to incorporate this political/military strategic level as it would vastly improve the whole story.Spoiler alert! The search for another read like Red Storm Rising led me to this title.

Spoiler alert! The search for another read like Red Storm Rising led me to this title.

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