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Now its a murder mystery, well thats an improvement...

For a short book, the author use about 1/3 of the book making backstory/character developement on a standalone character.

IMO thats a risky move , but it might pay of during the final ACT, who knows...

The start was a bit confusing with all the names and places, but I managed through and now its pretty good.

Bill was a really bad stereotype character, his character arc was meh. Gotta flesh out those minor characters ,authors please...

What an end to the leskan/ denland conflict, However much is left of the book, Wonder what Thats all about.

On another note, Im gratefull that this is flintlock fantasy and not set in the napoleonic wars wich it is based on AS the military Units and ranks doesnt make sense.

In the audiobook it takes 7 hours for the prologue and the Flashbacks to play catch up. Or 33% of the book. A bit too long Imo.

Slow start, but interesting.

I really enjoy how the main characters dont really know what is going on. The reader is discovering the truth alongside with them .

On another note , I find only 2 of the minor characters to be annoying or do annoying things like in cheap horror movies. The main cast themselves are pretty well done and doesnt make me cringe like in some other outbreak novels.

Its not that difficult to learn What a clip is vs a mag, this should be basic knowledge for a sci fi / military author.
You can google it or watch a YouTube video. This blatant small but significant ignorance by the author is annoying.

PS : Rich restucci makes fun of this in length in the zombie theories books. Reccomended.

Around halfway into the book it goes from decent to nailbiting excitement and outlandish plot developements .
Most of the plot however predictable is very Well written, with Miles being a brilliant but not a flawless character.

If only the ending was better and the depiction of soviet soldiers less blatant anti communist "everyone is incompetent" style.
(Or even better If this was a book series of 3 books. )
It would have been 5/5

I can forgive the author tho , AS he served as a M1 tank company Commander in the Cold war. But still ...