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Into the Storm (Destroyermen) Hardcover – June 3, 2008

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Pursued by Japanese battleships, the USS Walker, a Great-War vintage destroyer under the command of Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, tries to lose the enemy by heading into a mysterious storm, only to become trapped in a primitive alternate world, populated by strange creatures, in which their ship could alter the balance of power.

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400 pages
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English
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Roc Hardcover
Publication date

June 3, 2008
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18 years and up
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6.64 x 1.29 x 9.28 inches
ISBN-10

0451462076
ISBN-13

978-0451462077
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Anderson’s outstanding first novel combines alternate history and seafaring in a way that recalls S. M. Stirling’s splendid Island in the Sea of Time trilogy. Two U.S. four-stacker destroyers on the run from the Japanese in the spring of 1942 sail into a mysterious squall. The USS Walker emerges upon an alternate earth, where the dinosaurs were never wiped out. One savage sapient race, the Grik, has evolved from the raptors; another, from lemurs. The latter becomes the allies of the castaways in parallel time, and together they prepare to fight the Grik, solve some of the mysteries of this world, and find the missing second destroyer. There may be points, probably few, at which naval buffs will raise their eyebrows, but the nonstop action will speed nearly all readers past them. That action works out in the context of extremely high-level achievement at both world building and characterization. It’s safe to say that the series this book launches is going to go places—for starters, into the hands of all seafaring-sf fans. --Roland Green

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Taylor Anderson is a gun-maker and forensic ballistic archeologist who has been a technical and dialogue consultant for movies and documentaries. He has a MasterÂs Degree in History and teaches at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

Taylor Anderson teaches history at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roc Hardcover; 1st edition (June 3, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451462076
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451462077
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.27 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.64 x 1.29 x 9.28 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,020,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,098 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books)
- #10,490 in War Fiction (Books)
- #18,424 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction

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Taylor Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author, gun-maker, and forensic ballistic archeologist who has been a technical and dialogue consultant for movies and documentaries. He has a Master's Degree in History and has taught at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

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ChickenHawk07

Naval alternate “history”

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020

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Excellent premise: What if WW2 was going on, but two WW1 Destroyers were sucked into a temporal vortex and sent to an alternate dimension? What if that alternate dimension was in the Bronze Age? What if they weren’t even human? As a fan of Naval History and Warfare, I love how much attention to detail is given to the subject. Being a fan of science fiction/fantasy as well, I am equally tickled by the main body of this work. Worth the price of admission.

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Taltos

Great alternate reality Earth war story!

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2019

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Really good start to book in WWII naval battle with Japanese. Traveling through a vortex they are suddenly on a different earth where dinosaurs still roam and the dominant species is a vicious seafaring lizard which preys on intelligent lemores. The humans are drawn into a war between the two sides. Good sea action and plot. Try it you will enjoy it!

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Daniel Duran

Awesome start to an addicting series

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018

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I admit this book may not work for everyone. But if it works for you half as much as it worked for me you will love it. This series is addicting because it's good not because it always ends on a cliff hanger. That old trope is used way too often but in this series the author gives you good relatable characters, a compelling story, a sense of humor, lots of adventure, and great dialogue to keep you reading. This book and the entire series makes you ask yourself, "what would I do?" Long after you put the book down. That's how I know it's good.

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Thomas

Good sci-fi adventure story

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2014

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A good sci-fi adventure story. Once again the theme of a strange storm appearing out of no where and transporting the characters of the story into a different world/time/place where they soon learn that they are not in Kansas anymore. Read three of the books already and have enjoyed them. Certainly a far cry from the Star Trek Prime Directive of no contact with the aliens to in this series complete contact with the aliens. From the cultural anthropology outlook it is interesting seeing how the Griks and Tree People are introduced to our world's weapons, and social system. Anderson has done a great job of intermingling our world's system with the "Other Worlds" system.

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An alternative earth for alternative thinkers!

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2013

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Mr. Anderson has given us a new world to become involved with, new species to love and a new species to hate. I chose 5 stars for this book because of how well written the book is. I am not new to the genre and have come to expect all writers in the genre to strive to reach the bar that S.M. Stirling has set in the crafting of the stories. Mr. Anderson has done that. My only criticism is that I cannot read this on my kindle yet. The other books in the series are on kindle and are lovingly reread by me. Write faster Mr. Anderson.

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Riveting Sci-fi / War Story

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2013

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What would early 1942 be like if the Chicxulub meteor had never happened? Well, maybe not exactly like the world that the crews of the USS Walker and the USS Mahan find themselves transported to, but the imagination of Taylor Anderson has created a worst case, nightmare world where humans are a pathetically small minority. Raptors have evolved into semi-sentient warriors capable of constructing sailing ships and using metal tools and weapons. The two destroyers find unlikely allies and face two powerful enemies.

I had seen the Destoyermen series for a while, but for some reason, it didn't look like it would appeal to me. I ran out of other reading material one day and decided to try the first book. I'm hooked. I'm now on my seventh installment of the series and I love it. This is well researched and well written. Of course, it is sci-fi which allows the writer's imagination to run wild. Nothing HAS to be plausible, just entertaining and Taylor Anderson does this well.

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Gregory Malcolm

Fabulous book

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2021

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It's just a solid read. Engaging and constantly evolving. Plus... Almost hyper realistic. Great book. Can't wait to see how it grows.

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015

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I was pleasurably surprised. It's easy to read (or listen, in my case :)). Well written and logically consistent. Of course, there are some parts that require reader to "willingly suspend disbelief", but overall I didn't mind them.

I was looking for something that will get me through a long car trip and this book was exactly what I needed. I liked it enough to start reading part II.

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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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