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Victory
by Barrett Tillman
from Forge Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Nice anthology of WWII novellas.
  I picked this title up as as a means to pass the time during a stint on jury duty last week. Thumbing through the book in the bookstore I was immediately attracted to the title (mainly because of the subject) but also because Stephen Coonts edited the book (and his Flight of the Intruder is one of my favorite titles).
  This collection of 3 novellas read quickly and held my attention. This paperback edition contains 3 of the 10 novellas contained in the original hardback edition of Victory (which ran... more info

• Good Outweighs the Bad
  More good than bad is this admittedly uneven anthology of World War Two tales. My favorite by far was the tale by Ralph Peters, which is sad and poignant and not by any stretch a "thriller."
  Yet thrills abound in stories liie V5, an espionage yarn so exciting it reminded me of a level from a video game like CALL TO DUTY or MEDAL OF HONOR (who wouldn't want to heist a ME-262?).
  Recommended.

• Very uneven stories
  I only picked up this book because Stephen Coonts name was on it. "Eyes of the Cat" was the best story. "Hangar Rat" was a total waste of time - the hanger rat turns out to be an alien. How does that fit into a WWII book?

• Not worth the money--not even close
  This book was a great disappointment. I have a habit of passing along books to friends when I am done with them. I'd be embarrassed to recommend this one to anybody, even if I'm giving it to them for free. Reading it was a waste of time. David Hagberg's "V5", the second story of the three in this book, was okay. Not great, but okay.

  The first story, by Stephen Coonts, "The Sea Witch", was on the level of a junior high school writing project. Poorly written, with a weak plot, I felt robbed of my time when... more info

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