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    Destroyermen: Distant Thunders
    Destroyermen: Distant Thunders
    Destroyermen: Distant Thunders
    Audiobook16 hours

    Destroyermen: Distant Thunders

    Written by Taylor Anderson

    Narrated by William Dufris

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    After the battle in which the men of the destroyer Walker and their Lemurian allies repelled the savage Grik, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy is shocked by the arrival of a strange ship captained by one Commaner Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy-an island-nation populated by the descendants of British East Indiamen swept through the rift centuries before.

    With the Walker undergoing repairs, Reddy already has a great deal on his hands. For the Grik will return, and Reddy will need all hands on deck to fight them off when they next attack. But Jenks's uncertain loyalties make Reddy question whether he can trust the man.

    As tension between the Allies and the Imperials mount, Reddy will come to realize that his suspicions are not misplaced-and that a greater danger than the Grik is closer than he ever suspected.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 7, 2010
    ISBN9781400185023
    Destroyermen: Distant Thunders

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    • 4/5
      It wasn't just during WWI that the Time storm struck. The British East Indiamen have been in this world longer and they have adapted differently than the Destroyermen. As human beings, are we a better race than the Lemurians... not necessarily based on the story Taylor Anderson tells. And are all the evil Grik, all evil?
    • 4/5
      .enjoyed this book worth a listen good series all around
    • 4/5
      Book 4 in the Destroyermen series continues to engage the reader. New characters emerge and a few of the old characters are enhanced. Silva, for example, becomes a central character who impacts events. New alliances and antagonists emerge while the old "Grik" bad guys continue in the background. Can't wait for Book 5.
    • 3/5
      The weakest book in the series (although still not bad). Many of the incidents (repairing the beached sub, finding the, well, something, in the jungle, etc.) are obviously setups for later books. One part of a major plot point is resolved but another left hanging in true Edgar Rice Burroughs fashion. If you are a fan of the series (as I am) you will enjoy meeting the continuing characters (and the Walker)again but this is not a place for a newcomer to dip in.
    • 4/5
      After the defeat of the Amagi and the first wave of the Grik the Walker is layed up for repairs. But the Princesses British show up and all is not how it seems. Can the crew of the Walker and the Lemurians stand against the odds? An excellent read. A real page turner.
    • 5/5
      Moves the plot along nicely while upping the stakes with potential new enemies.
    • 5/5
      Distant Thunder is the fourth novel in Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series, but the first I’ve read. In summary, a WWII destroyer working the Pacific near Indonesia is caught in a storm that deposits it in another dimension. The earth-like environment they steam into has followed a different evolutionary path. There are numerous sentient species, but the humans, brought there across a broad spectrum of time, are not native.Where this novel picks up, the native cat and lizard people have, with the help of the American destroyer crew, thwart an invasion by a lizard people who breed like bugs and eat other lifeforms. The lizard people have been assisted by Japanese sailors (who are at war with the Americans) who’ve shared their technology and training, both of which this world lacked.It’s a thrilling story with political plots and sub-plots, great characters and a goal – the elimination of the species of lizards that eat people. They set out to do this by building a coalition of the various species, setting in motion cultural clashes and rapid modernization.I enjoyed Taylor’s writing and the theme such that I purchased the sequel to this. I’ve got the seventh novel in the series and may well purchase the original three so I can see how the story developed from day one.One of the best fantasy novels I’ve read.