The book starts out in modern Berlin, with an American scholar/author about to announce some shattering revelations about the final days of the Third Reich. He is murdered quite quickly once he begins his announcement and in the course of the investigation the story flashes back to the final days of the Battle of Berlin. Rag tag bands of survivors, German veterans, Volksturm and angry Russians struggle in the ruins of the Reich capital. Then the Vampires made an appearance - shadowy at first and then building to a conclusion with some nice occult bits.
Unfortunately, my impressions of the book were not good. It reads very much like self published fan fiction. Readable (at times barely) and without the style a professional author brings. That said, I persevered and about half way through the book the pace and quality picked up significantly.
Overall I give it 2 stars - mostly because its a Weird WW2 fix and there aren't too many of those about.
PS The author is clearly a fan of Game of Thrones - so don't get too attached to any of the characters!
Sounds a bit weird but like an interesting story. Thanks for the hint.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll like it Stefan. You'll certainly sorry for the bunch of survivors who on top of everything else start getting stalked by some ticked off Vamps!
DeleteCool! Looking for some reading material as ive got a "stuffed"ankle so laid up for a few days!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat excuse to take it easy and catch up on some hobby stuff!
DeleteGet better soon mate
Heh, you're right about the writing style!
ReplyDelete...I didn't persevere though - I think it made it direct to my waste paper bin by chapter 2!
I was rather challenged to keep going I must admit!
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