Winds of Wrath (Destroyermen Book 15)

I have enjoyed every book in the Destroyermen series. I heartily recommend that you read it in order from beginning to end. I am going to start re-reading the whole series very soon. I had a feeling as I was reading this installment that it was the last book. The world that Taylor Anderson created is very imaginative and I really liked all of the characters including the Grik, nasty people that they are. Anderson wraps up the story pretty well. Lots of people die and battles won but I was left with some nagging questions that I hope he follows up on. Who built those locks? What were those explosions, I think I know but I have guessed wrong before. Anderson himself sounds like he doesn't want to leave this universe quite yet and I am hoping that he follows up with some more stories. There is a lot more to explore in this world and I, for one, will be happy to follow right along. Hopefully we'll find out soon what Dennis, Courtney, et al, find in their travels.

I stumbled into this series by accident at a second hand book store. So after 15 books the main story line concludes. Yes, the author could have handled it in two or three different series of their own. Though, once you get to the end it ties up well and makes sense to keep it all in one place. It's a fun story and a good read. Due to the years it takes to put on paper you can tell the author grows in their style. One major thing that I appreciate is it didn't suffer most SF's foible of unabashed progress into the unbelievable. There's even a sense that Mr. Anderson caught himself in that quandary and walked away from it. My only advice if he by some chance reads this. Don't let readers just buy this piece meal. I think it could logically be broken into 3-4 sets or campaigns. Small enough to manage and be affordable but keep a new reader coming back.

Yes, I read all 15 books. Anderson creates an alternate Earth with intelligent species other than man. The human heroes, the Destroyermen, pass into this alternate Earth aboard the Walker, a WW1 era US destroyer fighting in WW2. Other intelligent beings have passed into this alternate Earth from different periods in our history, and from other alternate Earths. All of the books are about a war between the the Alliance of Destroyermen and the cat like Lemurians against the Grik, an intelligent reptile based species. Anderson is unique in that the wars are not entirely between different species. For example, the Griks are allied with WW2 Japanese. The war expands when the Alliance takes on the "Doms", a central American nation ruled by a perverted bloody form of Catholicism. The high level of acceptance and equality practiced by the Alliance toward all species is pretty idealistic. However, the battles and relationships are well done. Enjoyed every book.

While the dust jacket didn't say so, it was pretty clear after 100 pages or so that this would be the final installment of the "Destroyermen" series. That's about as spoiler-ish as I'm gonna get do do read on...Great battle/action sequences and great as are vignettes of favourite characters. As a longtime fan of NON-"rockets and rayguns" SF as well as a fan OF time travel/alternate history fiction I gladly endorse Winds of Wrath and the entire series.

There is so much potential after this book for sequels and side series-really hope Taylor gets on these. Love this series as there is a ton of strategy and I can actually visualize in my mind the battles and characters. He is a good world builder! I especially appreciate the lack of romantic BS that I find in so many fantasy novels - when a writer runs out of ideas they fall back on porn which causes me to skip a lot of pages. Anderson tells a great story and there is no lack of action here. I will probably re-read this series again at least 1 more time now that I have all of the books. Thanks Taylor!

Wonderful series of books. The author creates a whole new world and blends in characters and ships from our WW2 era. I waited long spells for the next book to be released and when starting it instantly remembered where the last ended. Great character development. Mr. Anderson also knew when it was time to end the ride and did so flawlessly. Not once in all 15 books did I find a mistake. You would think with all the monsters, human and animal, you could not remember each ones traits and all the characters idiosyncrasies but he did. Definitely my favorite reads of all time.

Every June for the past 14 years I have avidly awaited the next volume in the Destroyermen series. The characters have become friends and their triumphs and losses have become personal. I can't give enough plaudits to Mr. Anderson for this story and he's so correct that all stories must end for good or ill and this one ended so realistically, (and no better compliment can I give a fantasy story than that). Thank you for the story sir! I look forward to your next endeavor!

This is an amazing, perfect romp if at bare minimum you love those two things mentioned above—but so much more is going on in this brilliant series. Anderson builds an amazing alternative world with complex, well-thought-out cultures and peoples and tensions and individuals. There’s so much more going in here than an adventure yarn—but then there’s the adventure yarn! Putting the heroes of the GI Generation in this place and this time, watching them build an alternative world of unity and hope—that’s a story for today. Thanks, Taylor Anderson, and I’ll enjoy whatever more of this world you give us in the future!

Another brilliant book of the series.

A great action packed conclusion to a great series. Looking forward to future spin offs that may come. I can just imagine Courtenay dragging Silva, Lawrence & co. into more mischief.

After SO many great books, a finale was inevitable. Not to give spoilers, but a reasonably satisfactory ending AND the possibility of further stories if the author so chose in the future

The fifteenth (an unfortunately last) book in the Destroyermen series is yet another page turner. If you have followed the characters from "Into the Storm" until "Winds of Wrath" their adventures in this weird and wonderful alternative earth will have kept you entertained, fascinated and above all engrossed. This book pretty much wraps up all the loose ends, though has a few possibilities to spin off from. If you haven't dipped you toes into the troubled waters that the crews of USS Walker and Mahan are thrown into, and all the characters they discover, it is well worth investing yourself in their stories. The books have been well written, the characters developed, the storylines converging into this one great rip-roaring thrilling, nail-biting ending.Allan Cameron

An amazing ending to an amazing story. I will miss the characters both alive a those who pasted. The one criticism I. Have of these book are that the characters are so alive a likeable that each character that we lost caused some heartache. This in itself show what a wonderful job Taylor Anderson did in creating this universe which I have followed from beginning to end. I heartily recommend this book and all that came before. Hopefully Taylor will dream up other stories and incredibly lovable characters to entertain my waking hours.