Years ago, this book was recommended to me by a man who, at the time, I thought was boarding on being a survivalist nut. I dismissed it. My mistake.The novel is, it itself, a good adventure story. Set in a small mountain community outside of Asheville, NC, the author shows how our society woul...
A modern update to the space elevator idea. The author was clearly influenced by Clarke's earlier book from the late 70's. This book is more immediate and gives you the sense that the technical obstacles are not impossible to overcome and in deed a space elevator could really be built. It's pr...
Note: Actual review is 3.5 starsThis was my first experience with the world where the story takes place. The characters and the premise were definitely interesting, and they kept me reading. Tinuva was a mystery, and I was really worried that the authors were never going to explain his subplot. I...
In all fairness I have to start this review with a spoiler alert. If you haven’t read the preceeding book by these authors (‘Gettysburg‘) then I strongly urge you to so, since ‘Grant Comes East‘ picks up more or less where ‘Gettysburg’ stops. Still here? OK – my first comment on this book is h...
Newt GingrichThis refers to a hardcover copy of the book (thus no editorial or spelling errors as I've seen mentioned in the eBook copy) which I received as a gift. Disclaimer: I love history, and because of this my review might be a bit biased toward this subject. But I think even if you're no...
Exceptional! Many thanks to the author for such a wonderful story. Continuing from where the last novel left off. Ulysses S. Grant takes his newly formed command to face off Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. From here on in Newt Gingrich expands on what might have happened if the Confe...