Devil's Battle

Artillerymen, Book 3

By: Taylor Anderson

Narrated by: PJ Ochlan

Length: 21 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Marooned on a deadly alternate Earth, Colonel Lewis Cayce and his soldiers find themselves outnumbered and outclassed in this riveting new adventure set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Destroyermen series.

After being stranded on a very different and more perilous Earth, Colonel Lewis Cayce led his small army of displaced Americans, natives of the Yucatán, and Jaguar Warriors to defeat the biggest host the Dominion general Agon could assemble. Most unexpectedly, General Agon came to recognize the inherent evil of the Dominion and its depraved Blood Priests and turned on his former leaders.

Awkwardly at first, Lewis Cayce and Agon join forces to press their common enemy back toward the dark heart of the Dominion in the Great Valley of Mexico. But more Dominion troops have been drawn from the west to stop the Allied march on the Holy City, and a grueling race has begun. Worse, the Gran Cruzada—a vast Dom army that was marching on the far Californias to eject yet another heretic foe—might’ve already been recalled to face Cayce’s soldiers.

Time has become more precious than ever, and before Lewis Cayce can even try to implement his plan for total victory, he and his force must brave their greatest challenge yet—a brutal fight against a larger, better-trained army whose commander has a gift for strategy to rival Cayce’s own. The struggle to keep all his soldiers alive, new friends and old comrades alike, will test Cayce like never before, and, win or lose, nothing will be the same.

©2023 Taylor Anderson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Incredible story line !

Taylor Anderson has become one of my top 5 living authors ! I’m extremely gladdened by audible for choosing to let me listen to his stories ! This means I can perform mundane chores while listening to his great works . It’s my hope that he will continue to write as many books in this series as his last . Which I chose to listen to a second time one after another .

You are there

Characters who feel real, exotic settings, grim battles... what's not to like? I love how a bunch of 1840s soldiers basically take the place of the Conquistadors in our timeline, recruiting oppressed locals to fight the "Aztecs".

Keep it coming!

Thank you Mr. Anderson and Mr. Ockham for a wonderful story and performance! When do we get a Movie Series?

Keeps getting better!

I have listened to the entire Destroyer men series and loved it and was expecting this series to be somewhat less for some reason, but I’m stupid. This series is outstanding.

Hard start but settled in to be a good book

Wasn’t crazy about the narrator but the book was good. It was a slow start but came together after a few chapters.

the detailed battle descriptions are extremely accurate.

I'm very much drawn to Taylor Anderson's ability to bring his characters to life. They're very easy to see as real breathing people.

A very inventive series

I really like the world built here along with the characters and storyline. This is one of those series that really gets involved between all the moving pieces

I've tried to..But

I so enjoyed the Destroyermen series that I gave this new series a try. After the first two books trying to settle in to the listen I can't stand the narrator any longer. I've tried to listen...But I give up.

It is a bit long between exciting bits

Great story line and entertaining read. The terms are very old school not distracting but it does match with the time line the author is trying to produce. After listening to both books I still think that the Destroyer men series is better by far, Mr. Anderson, I would love more on the destroyer men!

Same song. Same as the first—and second

I like a good battle description as well as anyone and Mr. Anderson never disappoints in that area. Unfortunately, that’s all he can do. After reading this, the third book in the series, I find that it is really the same book as the previous two. The only difference being the location of the battles fought by our Hero, Col. Lewis Cayce and his army. I am finally weary of the trivial details Mr. Anderson persists in repeating to “pad” his narrative. For example: How many times must I know that mounted riflemen use a model 1817 rifled musket? Or, OMG, I have read the details of how to load and fire a 6-pounder field gun so many times (sometimes more than once in the same battle) that I am pretty sure I could fill-in at any crew position myself! The main characters are too-perfect stereotypes. I just can’t suspend disbelief that Col. Cayce and his “ ‘merican” soldiers could build a modern 19th-century army (along with the required industrial and logistical base) of more than 40,000 men from a largely agrarian, peaceful society of independent city-states in less than 18 months. And I just can’t buy in to Mr. Anderson’s ridiculous premise that the best use of that army is to send it, supported by supply lines that must pass through hundreds of miles of unfriendly territory, to strike at the heart of the evil Holy Dominion—despite the looming threat of an army of 250,000 foaming-at-the-mouth fanatics! Frankly , I don’t believe Mr. Anderson is clever enough to make his story really interesting. Remove all the technical details and this book is just a monotonous slog through the mountains of (alternative) Mexico. There will no doubt be further books in this series but I won’t waste my book credits to read them…