Rising Tides

Destroyermen, Book 5

By: Taylor Anderson

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Stuck in an alternate universe during World War II, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy of the U.S.S. Walker has found an unlikely but invaluable ally in Commodore Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy. And now they are united in their desire to hunt down the traitor who abducted two women both men would die to protect: Reddy's love, nurse Sandra Tucker, and young Princess Rebecca of the New British Empire. But first they have a new battle to win.

However, this battle will not be fought with broadsides and broadswords, but with cunning and intrigue. For when Reddy and Jenks report the situation to the New Britain Company, they are met with scorn and disbelief. It soon becomes obvious that the ruthless Company is attempting to overthrow the Imperial Throne - and that someone involved knows where Sandra and Rebecca are. From the halls of power to the ballrooms of the nobility, Reddy must navigate through a tempest of politics, deception, and betrayal if he is ever going to save the hostages and live to fight another day.

Battle stations! Listen to more in the Destroyermen series.

©2010 Taylor Anderson (P)2011 Tantor

Great series, to repetitive

I have really enjoyed the Destroyermen series; with its epic battles, fights for survival, nation building. It is a grand story told on a grand scale. However I find myself constantly annoyed at the book. The author is constantly providing character assessments, shedding introspective light, and providing background for thought. Great once maybe twice, but I was perturbed in the first book, livid in the next, flabbergasted in the third, and so on. Maybe if I had read the books a year or so apart I would have appreciated the reminders, but as I read them in succession I was just annoyed.
Despite this I would recommend the book, it has a great dynamic story told well enough to draw you into the alternate realm.

Continues to entertain

What did you love best about Rising Tides?

The characters and their adventures especially Dennis Silva

Would you recommend Rising Tides to your friends? Why or why not?

Yes. Enjoyable story with a great narrator.

What does William Dufris bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

William mixes up his voices well and seems to enjoy his work.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Survival moments were well done.

Any additional comments?

The story needs to end sometime. It's starting to become a story with no ending.

Great story, characters + excellent narration!

This is a great addition to this series in which American and Japanese ships from WWII have gone through a warp to a parallel world filled with strange creatures and a cannibalistic enemy, the Grik. I like facing the adventures in this strange world with these wonderful, quirky characters. The story had me laughing out loud when the Americans were introduced to the British Governor. At another part I was near tears as struggles to complete a mission turned to tragedy.

There is interesting detail of munitions, replacing supplies of weapons and transport, ships and aircraft, as well as battle strategy that I find fascinating. There is also plenty of action to keep the listener interested. Taylor does a great job of making the characters full and real. One or two of the events are in the nature of miracles, but, hey - I believe in miracles! And not all of it has happy endings as this is full of war and struggling in hostile environments.

Audio Notes: Dufris does a fabulous job building on the real characters by giving them believable accents full of nuances and emotion. His narration is remarkable and definitely enhances the reading enjoyment for me. I am excited to listen/read on to book 6!

(More details of the storyline available on my blog review.)

LOVE THIS SERIES

The series is terrific and this book is another WONDERFUL hit. Five stars should also be awarded to the narrator William Dufris! I love the way he allows each character a voice and brings the world written by the author to life.

Every sequel is another "Can't wait to see and rea

Can't wait for the next book. What an imagination this author has! Suck you right in!!

Ex-cell-ant!!!

5th in series. Not much I can add. Book 4 left some unresolved plots that Book 5 ties up. New alliances, new enemies and hopefully some new toys. William Dufris' narration is perfect!!! OK where's # 6?

Excellent

What did you like best about this story?

The background universe and refreshing story

Any additional comments?

I have to go back and get the earlier books. To refresh my memory. Silva is a hoot and I want to see more of his development. It's very nice to find books not openly dismissive of basic American values. This series is about freedom.

Awesome series !

This is the second time I’ve listened to this series ! I love listening to the whole series one after another uninterrupted as much as possible . I had to wait between books because I came across this series so early , while I was still working . It’s one of my joys in retirement to just be able to listen to them on audible . I hope that the future writers of tv or movie’s gets the idea of making this into a well funded project .

Favorite series

The Destroyermen has turned into my favorite sci fi series. Taylor Anderson can sure spin a tale and William Dufris is one of the best narrators in the business. My only gripe with this series is that I can read faster than Anderson can write.

Destroyermen is a don't miss series.

Outstanding, Taylor Anderson has done a superb job with this story line, each book in the series expertly moves various individual aspects along while at the same time keeping things fresh and exciting. The character development and dynamic stories emerges you into this wonderfully exciting world and the complexity that has been put into each part of these books set the stage for a wide rage additional stories. Well worth adding to your Audible collection no matter what your genre preference is.