Not going to lie. I made it 3 1/2 chapters before I ducked out.

The core concept is interesting if a bit stale (mix Lovecraft + lots of military hardware) a variant of the modern military goes back in time/crosses over to a fantasy setting trope.

While there’s a certain level of entertainment you can get out of reading this book, it’s akin to going back and re-watching old episodes of Three’s Company or The Love Boat. It’s doable, sure, but by the end of the episode you’ll probably end up wanting to pull your eyes out.

It’s written in the way that civilians must fantasize how Soldiers act and speak.

Hint: We don’t.

The book doesn’t really have characters but caricatures. Cartoon cutouts.

Done well with interesting dialogue it can work. Here it doesn’t.

And right off the get go, things don’t track/make sense with the plot.

The writer spends a lot of time and takes great pains to make the story/characters SOUND gritty & hard instead of BEING gritty & hard.

As a veteran, I wouldn’t recommend this book to other veterans. Well, not unless you go in for the poorly written dime novel stuff that tries to emulate the old Mack Bolan stuff (no accounting for taste).

I’m certain there’s an audience for this stuff. Just not this guy.