What are you reading?

Just finished and enjoyed South To Java by Vice Adm. William P. Mack USN (Ret)

The book is about an old WW1 four stacker destroyer in the Plillipines at the start of WW2. The main charactor is a young Naval Officer is the gunnery officer. Just so happens that at the start of WW2 that Adm. William P. Mack USN (Ret.) was was a young gunnery officer on the USS Pope an old WW1 vintage four stacker station in the Phillipines.

This is what makes this book unique from the many other fiction books that I have read set in this time frame. There is a feel of authenticity to the conversations amoung the charactrs;
"Where and when will the war will start. Pearl Harbor, Hong Kong, Singapore etc."

Also the charactors or more fleshed out than in most books of this kind. Not only the officers but the enlisted as well. They all have their lives and problems aboard ship and ashore. We care about them.

The battle sequences were well written and the fictional USS O'Leary DD 200 Took nothing away from the actual historical battles.
Overall a good read and recommended to any that like Naval Fiction.There are a few more books that the author wrote to continue the story. I just might look into them

Just got a copy of Repercussion by Rob Alexander. A book relating to modern day conflict and terrorism. A donation from the sale of each book will be made to the UK Charities, BLESMA and Combat Stress.
The book is available through Amozon.co.uk or the website of Houghton Books the publishers.

Based on comments and interest in other threads, this is an effort to wake this group out of its lethargy. Snap to!

Thought I would try to revive! I'm currently reading Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman. This is the story of Richard leading the armies on a crusade. It's not straight military, but more than 50%, thus far. I'm about 25% into the book.

I just finished The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper. This was a "military tale" in the sense that it took place during the American Revolutionary War and it was a naval maneuver, as opposed to a land action.