{"id":4370,"date":"2014-01-09T05:50:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T03:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.military-history.us\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2014-01-11T19:09:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T17:09:44","slug":"book-review-come-and-take-them-by-tom-kratman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/2014\/01\/book-review-come-and-take-them-by-tom-kratman\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will make no secret that I am a fan of Tom Kratman’s work and would be thrilled to see more\u00a0<\/span>authors\u00a0of his caliber and outlook writing in Sci-Fi. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Come and Take Them<\/a>\"\"\u00a0is the next installment in the\u00a0<\/span>Carrera\u00a0series and I have waited almost 2 1\/2 years for it to come out. \u00a0I hope the wait for the next installment is not that long in coming. \u00a0I do have to admit that COL Kratman had another book from a different series come out in that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 512 pages of story it is a respectable sized book. \u00a0A few people on Amazon<\/a>\"\"\u00a0complained about the amount of space in the book devoted to discussing the training of the Legions. \u00a0I found that one of the most fascinating parts of the book but probably because Kratman describes training as I always wished it had been done during my own military career.<\/p>\n

Come and Take Them<\/a>\"\"\u00a0takes us one step further on the way to finding out how Carrera eliminates the threat represented by the Tranzi’s of his world and a decadent earth. \u00a0 \u00a0The combat sequences are well written and I for one found the training sections to be just as interesting as the combat. \u00a0I had expected to hear more of what is going on with the UEPF but I imagine that we will hear more about that in the next book as it is obious that a clash with the TU is coming.<\/p>\n

The big question I have is which side of the fence the FSU will land on, I have a sneaky suspicion that the libtards in charge of the FSU will lose and election the FSU will ally with Balboa at some point. \u00a0I don’t see how Carrera can viably threaten the UEPF without the FSU’s missile capabilities.<\/p>\n

This book is well worth reading, especially for those that were disappointed by The Amazon Legion<\/a>\"\". \u00a0I highly recommend this as an excllent continuation of a series I will be sorry to see coe to it’s logical conclusion. \u00a0I would guess however that there are at least 3-5 more books left before we see the last of Patricio Carrera.<\/p>\n