Operation Beast Slayer

by John J. Rust

While on a NATO exercise in Norway, ace Marine chopper pilot Makato McShane discovers a threat unlike any humanity has ever faced . . . a race of stone giants. Thirty feet tall, impervious to missiles and shells, they lay waste to one city after another. At the height of the conflict, another monster appears, one straight out of legend. A fire-breathing dragon! But is it friend or foe to humanity? McShane and mythology professor Ylva Tande team up to find the origin of these creatures and hopefully a way to stop them. Should they fail, Norway, and all of Scandanavia, could face utter devastation.

Genres: Science Fiction

235 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 25, 2020

About the author

Born in Hamilton Township, NJ, Rust graduated from Nottingham High School before obtaining degrees in communications from Mercer County College (NJ) and the College of Mt. St. Vincent (NY). He worked as a reporter for New Jersey 101.5 FM before moving to Arizona, where he became the sports director/sportscaster for KYCA-AM. Rust published the military sci-fi novel "Dark Wings," the baseball-related books "Arizona All-Time Baseball Team" and "The Best Phillies Team Ever," the cryptozoological thriller "Sea Raptor," and several short stories, including "The Art of Fear" starring the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, which appears in the anthology "Halloween Dances with the Dead."

Reviews

[Emily Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF. Not bad, I just couldn't relate with the characters and not super into the whole military/marine vibe.