Islands Of Rage And Hope
John Ringo
Baen, Aug 12 2014, $25.00
ISBN: 9781476736624
US Navy Atlantic Commander Steven John Smith
leads his Wolf Squadron fleet to Guantanamo where the mission is to clean the
area of the infected so that a safe lab can begin vaccine production with a long
term vision of taking back North America from the insane diseased. The squadron mounts a successful beach
deployment that includes rescuing civilian survivors.
Commander Smith’s teenage commissioned officer
daughters (Sophia Lynn and Faith Marie) lead a rescue mission of others trapped
on Caribbean islands especially seeking research scientists and medical
practitioners, but with the Marine mantra of no one left behind. The Squadron also sends a team to free royal Harry
from the Tower of London.
The third Black Tide Rising apocalypse thriller
(see Under a Graveyard Sky) is filled with plenty of island hopping action; engaging
and at times satirical survivor rescues; profound mental health issues as the American
Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders seems obsolete; and an
overabundance of strategic planning. Although
there is a déjà vu similarity with book two (see To Sail A Darkling Sea), this
is an entertaining zombie war entry.
Harriet Klausner
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