Semper Fi Brothers - Libroj.org

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Eldonita je 13-a de junio 2022 de Write My Wrongs LLC.

ISBN:: 978-1-956932-13-3

(1 recenzo)

Yarmuck, Syria is under attack. ISIS goons under the command of ruthless Commander Abu, have infiltrated the village and are determined to purge it of its Yazidi heritage... by any means necessary.

Meanwhile, half a world away in California, tormented Shamus "Gunny" O'Malley-retired Marine and Vietnam Vet who's done nothing but drink his way through civilian life as a TV personality and bar owner-learns his young Yazidi bartender, Quassam, fears for the lives of the family left behind in Yarmuck.

When Quassam, "Q" to his friends, announces his plan to save his mother and sister from the ISIS goons, Gunny's hapless best friend (and best customer), Buzz, decides he's going to aid young Q on his journey, and does everything he can to convince Gunny to come along for the ride.

With time running out and ISIS tightening its grip, Gunny has a decision to make. As the son of …

Yarmuck, Syria is under attack. ISIS goons under the command of ruthless Commander Abu, have infiltrated the village and are determined to purge it of its Yazidi heritage... by any means necessary.

Meanwhile, half a world away in California, tormented Shamus "Gunny" O'Malley-retired Marine and Vietnam Vet who's done nothing but drink his way through civilian life as a TV personality and bar owner-learns his young Yazidi bartender, Quassam, fears for the lives of the family left behind in Yarmuck.

When Quassam, "Q" to his friends, announces his plan to save his mother and sister from the ISIS goons, Gunny's hapless best friend (and best customer), Buzz, decides he's going to aid young Q on his journey, and does everything he can to convince Gunny to come along for the ride.

With time running out and ISIS tightening its grip, Gunny has a decision to make. As the son of a white father and black mother, O'Malley knows from his time in the Marines that race can never break the bonds between semper fi brothers. Will he stay brash and boozy in sunny California, or will he take a leap of faith and journey to hellish, war-torn Syria to help his brothers and slay his-and Yarmuck's-demons?

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Stephanie Jane recenzis Semper Fi Brothers de A C Turner

Action packed

3 steloj

If you like to read fast-paced, action-packed adventure novels then I think that Semper Fi Brothers could be just the book for you! A C Turner was inspired to create this tale by his family's military exploits and the action includes both the Vietnam War and the modern day Syrian conflict. I felt that Turner tried to make this a story about found brotherhood as much as one about the violence of war. Certainly O'Malley's perceived mistakes in his war as a youth seem to inform his desire to atone late in his life. I would have liked to have understood more how Shamus became the dysfunctional Gunny as these years are skipped - even the fact of his name change is jumped over unless one has recently read the book's synopsis. I hadn't so I spent several chapters believing 'Gunny' must be another descendant in the family tree we …

If you like to read fast-paced, action-packed adventure novels then I think that Semper Fi Brothers could be just the book for you! A C Turner was inspired to create this tale by his family's military exploits and the action includes both the Vietnam War and the modern day Syrian conflict. I felt that Turner tried to make this a story about found brotherhood as much as one about the violence of war. Certainly O'Malley's perceived mistakes in his war as a youth seem to inform his desire to atone late in his life. I would have liked to have understood more how Shamus became the dysfunctional Gunny as these years are skipped - even the fact of his name change is jumped over unless one has recently read the book's synopsis. I hadn't so I spent several chapters believing 'Gunny' must be another descendant in the family tree we had been following!

The Semper Fi Brothers narrative keeps up a blistering pace once it takes off. It is made up of short chapters to so this adds to the sense of speed and excitement. Turner weaves in a little humour and pathos too. I think this novel would appeal to American war movie fans and possibly to gamers too because much of the book's focus is right in the centre of the action.