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Operation Werwolf
At the end of World War 2 Winston Churchill dispatches an SOE team into Austria to search for German military secrets.
What they find leaves them with less than forty-eight hours to save London from becoming a nuclear wasteland.
Using technology in its infancy, the SOE group must fight their way to the Nazi's Redoubt in order to stop Hitler's victory.
What they find leaves them with less than forty-eight hours to save London from becoming a nuclear wasteland.
Using technology in its infancy, the SOE group must fight their way to the Nazi's Redoubt in order to stop Hitler's victory.
245 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 15, 2011
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About the author
Tom Kane
17 books45 followersTom Kane is a seasoned writer whose literary journey began at the age of eight with his first short story, "Planet A for Acid." Armed with a pencil and notepad, he embarked on a lifelong passion for storytelling. Transitioning to a typewriter in his thirties, he penned tales whenever time allowed. It was the advent of the Kindle that spurred him to become an indie author and publish his debut novel, "Operation Werewolf," based his father's World War II experiences.
Drawing from personal and family narratives, Kane's writing evolved, exemplified by "The Diary of a Debt Collector," inspired by his wife's professional encounters. This catalyst ignited a prolific period, yielding both fiction and non-fiction works, with 1,284 copies sold.
During the Covid lockdown, Kane delved into historical fiction, crafting The Brittle Saga Trilogy comprising "The Brittle Sea," "The Brittle Land," and "The Brittle Sky." Offering the first book as a free enticement resulted in over 10,000 downloads, showing a growing readership.
Currently, Kane's focus now lies on the sequel to "Walking Away from Midnight," "Midnight's Child," his latest historical fiction endeavour part two of a promising series. Additionally, he is on the brink of completing "The Ragged Edge of Time," a captivating science fiction novel slated for release in the autumn of 2024.
With an ever-expanding repertoire and a knack for weaving intricate narratives, Tom Kane invites readers to explore his diverse literary landscape, offering a glimpse into his writing style through his published works.
Drawing from personal and family narratives, Kane's writing evolved, exemplified by "The Diary of a Debt Collector," inspired by his wife's professional encounters. This catalyst ignited a prolific period, yielding both fiction and non-fiction works, with 1,284 copies sold.
During the Covid lockdown, Kane delved into historical fiction, crafting The Brittle Saga Trilogy comprising "The Brittle Sea," "The Brittle Land," and "The Brittle Sky." Offering the first book as a free enticement resulted in over 10,000 downloads, showing a growing readership.
Currently, Kane's focus now lies on the sequel to "Walking Away from Midnight," "Midnight's Child," his latest historical fiction endeavour part two of a promising series. Additionally, he is on the brink of completing "The Ragged Edge of Time," a captivating science fiction novel slated for release in the autumn of 2024.
With an ever-expanding repertoire and a knack for weaving intricate narratives, Tom Kane invites readers to explore his diverse literary landscape, offering a glimpse into his writing style through his published works.
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January 30, 2014
I got this book for free as part of the Read it and Reap program, in exchange for an honest review.
There is one reason why I liked this book, and why I kept reading, and a hundred reasons why I didn't like it. But we shall start with the positive.
The story - or, the idea of the story - was good, and I liked most of the characters. Especially Jamie and Petra, who I guess are the main characters, although there is a lot of secondary characters equally as present. Munroe and the Russian were good, too.
And onto the bad. Firstly, the general writing style. I didn't like it, and it could have been better. The grammar, in some sections, was absolutely appalling. I suggest the author look up how to use a semi-colon, as they got it very wrong and it made sentences clunky and awkward. The dialogue was clunky and slow most of the time, too, and a lot of descriptive scenes were full of redundant qualifiers and descriptors that made them rather boring.
A lot of plot points also didn't really make sense. The twist with Reid was, in my opinion, quite unrealistic. Not only that, Jamie figures it out in all of ten seconds. He's just been betrayed but his boss and close friend. Surely there is a little more freaking out, a little more confusion?!? It happens in the middle of a shootout, too, and not only does he just run with it, but he puts all these little clues together and Bam! mystery solved.
Then there are the scene swaps. Unless my .epud reader was missing something, often it would jump from one character to the other with each paragraph, with no break and nothing to direct you. And as there was really only one female character, I was often lost as to which 'he' was talking. Some sections also had what I think were characters thoughts being written in first person (the story was in third person), but again with no formatting for you to decipher this, it was just confusing and jarring.
Finally (I could probably go on, but I've covered the main points) - the ending. To start with, no reasons for why Petra left her family. Sure, it was to find answers about her brothers, mother, father, but why didn't Jamie go too? And surely there was some sort of decision there, a tension as to whether she says with the man she loves and her son, or if she leaves? Petra was a fairly well fleshed-out character, but this decision made her seem rather one dimensional. I was also expecting us to go back to Jamie's son and his family, in the pub where they have supposedly just sat listening to this story. What do they think? What does James think about meeting his mother? Is the grandson impressed, indifferent, interested? The story started with them, and I was very disappointed that it didn't end with them, too.
There is one reason why I liked this book, and why I kept reading, and a hundred reasons why I didn't like it. But we shall start with the positive.
The story - or, the idea of the story - was good, and I liked most of the characters. Especially Jamie and Petra, who I guess are the main characters, although there is a lot of secondary characters equally as present. Munroe and the Russian were good, too.
And onto the bad. Firstly, the general writing style. I didn't like it, and it could have been better. The grammar, in some sections, was absolutely appalling. I suggest the author look up how to use a semi-colon, as they got it very wrong and it made sentences clunky and awkward. The dialogue was clunky and slow most of the time, too, and a lot of descriptive scenes were full of redundant qualifiers and descriptors that made them rather boring.
A lot of plot points also didn't really make sense. The twist with Reid was, in my opinion, quite unrealistic. Not only that, Jamie figures it out in all of ten seconds. He's just been betrayed but his boss and close friend. Surely there is a little more freaking out, a little more confusion?!? It happens in the middle of a shootout, too, and not only does he just run with it, but he puts all these little clues together and Bam! mystery solved.
Then there are the scene swaps. Unless my .epud reader was missing something, often it would jump from one character to the other with each paragraph, with no break and nothing to direct you. And as there was really only one female character, I was often lost as to which 'he' was talking. Some sections also had what I think were characters thoughts being written in first person (the story was in third person), but again with no formatting for you to decipher this, it was just confusing and jarring.
Finally (I could probably go on, but I've covered the main points) - the ending. To start with, no reasons for why Petra left her family. Sure, it was to find answers about her brothers, mother, father, but why didn't Jamie go too? And surely there was some sort of decision there, a tension as to whether she says with the man she loves and her son, or if she leaves? Petra was a fairly well fleshed-out character, but this decision made her seem rather one dimensional. I was also expecting us to go back to Jamie's son and his family, in the pub where they have supposedly just sat listening to this story. What do they think? What does James think about meeting his mother? Is the grandson impressed, indifferent, interested? The story started with them, and I was very disappointed that it didn't end with them, too.
January 28, 2014
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Let me start by saying that I think anyone who has published their own book has done a lot better than I ever will. I also enjoy reading self-published books and have nothing against the so called 'indie' authors. That said, I really hated this book and literally had to force myself to finish it. The document I was sent was riddled with errors - spelling, punctuation, grammar, poor language choice, appalling sentence structure... the list goes on. I would hope that if you bought this book these were all corrected and I was just sent a draft copy as opposed to the finished article.
The characters were... one dimensional at best, the plot was contrived and the beginning 'modern' day aspect did not tie in to the story one bit. It feels like it was added as a means to bump up the page count. I also found the book to be very black and white - with one very very minor exception the Germans were all evil horrid people, whilst the British and Americans were enlightened geniuses who could do no wrong.
That said, the descriptions of the environments and some of the character descriptions were quite good - the characters may not have been developed well but none of them were caricatures.
This books is outside of my normal 'go to' genre choices so it may very well be that this book is more enjoyable to fans of the genre.
Let me start by saying that I think anyone who has published their own book has done a lot better than I ever will. I also enjoy reading self-published books and have nothing against the so called 'indie' authors. That said, I really hated this book and literally had to force myself to finish it. The document I was sent was riddled with errors - spelling, punctuation, grammar, poor language choice, appalling sentence structure... the list goes on. I would hope that if you bought this book these were all corrected and I was just sent a draft copy as opposed to the finished article.
The characters were... one dimensional at best, the plot was contrived and the beginning 'modern' day aspect did not tie in to the story one bit. It feels like it was added as a means to bump up the page count. I also found the book to be very black and white - with one very very minor exception the Germans were all evil horrid people, whilst the British and Americans were enlightened geniuses who could do no wrong.
That said, the descriptions of the environments and some of the character descriptions were quite good - the characters may not have been developed well but none of them were caricatures.
This books is outside of my normal 'go to' genre choices so it may very well be that this book is more enjoyable to fans of the genre.
January 31, 2014
I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
I didn't care for this book at all. I found the characters to be one-dimensional, the structure of the story clunky, and the plot lacking in any true suspense. It was very hard to get finish reading it. The layout of the copy I received was maddening and made the story even more difficult to follow.
I didn't care for this book at all. I found the characters to be one-dimensional, the structure of the story clunky, and the plot lacking in any true suspense. It was very hard to get finish reading it. The layout of the copy I received was maddening and made the story even more difficult to follow.
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