Free peoples of the world on the comeback trail
Rating:
4 / 5
Mr. Head continues his epic saga with a description of how the West, after finally gaining the upper hand in the years long world-wide struggle, begins to push the enemy alliances back across the globe. New technologies are developed, the war goes into near earth space in a major way, and the enemy continues to react and respond with developments of their own.
It is a hard, long push, filled with set-backs, but representing a tenacious, prolonged effort by the free peoples of the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and free Europe, Austrealians in excile who begin to reclaim major prortions of the continent nation, and the freedom loving peoples of South America and Africa struggling against their own enemies who have allied themselves with the Greater Islamic Republic (Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq) and the Coalition of Asian States (Red China, N. Korea, India).
This was another really compelling, exciting and great read, and I recommend most heartily this series to everyone. I rated Volume IV a little lower than Volumes I-III. Mainly because Volume III was SO good, and SO compelling, that I felt I had to take a little something off just in comparison.
Military enthusiast in LA
Rating:
5 / 5
In the fourth installment of his series, Mr. Head has the United States and their allies on the comeback road.
After several years of harsh struggle, where the very survival of western civilization and freedom has remained in doubt, the push back, liberating occupied nations, is presented in riveting detail, but not without a number of surprizes and signifcant set backs.
The characters continue to develop within the series. Mr. Head demonstrates the stark, and oftimes overlooked by other writers, reality of world war...a lot of people die, including heroes and stars. Mr. Head provides us with this gripping reality while moving the story forward and showing the impact to individuals, units and nations.
In addition, Mr. Head enters new technology and almost science fiction but very believable technical developments into the war effort as each side strives to find advantage over the other and bends their massive resources to that end.
I have to applaud this entire work. Despite some grammatical and typo errors that creep in because the entire thing has been self-published, Mr. Head has written a magnificent tale of physical, political, economic, mental, emotional...and even spiritual conflict on a world-wdie canvas. I recommend the entire series to everyone.
Dragon's Fury: The Long March
Rating:
5 / 5
Dragon's Fury, Volume IV, The Long MarchIn Volume IV of his fictional series, Mr. Head takes the reader to the battle lines across the globe and even into outer space, as the United States and her allies struggle to recapture territory previously lost to the Coalition of Asian States and the Greater Islamic Republic. His story highlights the experiences of ordinary citizens and their families, and the parts they play in the greater strategic objectives for survival and freedom. Volumes one through three of the series demonstrated a plausible scenario wherein the United States and western allies fall behind in their military and economic capability to resist aggression from a more populous enemy alliance. Volume IV reveals some of the technological and cultural changes necessary to reverse the course of the onslaught. Only our most elderly citizens can remember, from World War II, the level of national unity, sacrifice, and faith that are the essential elements for victory against such overwhelming odds. Few of us can easily comprehend the massive changes such a war would bring to our daily lives. A future world war would be no less demanding than WW-II, but would more likely require greater sacrifices. The Dragon's Fury series covers these issues at home and at the front lines, for the people, the fighters, and the leaders, in an exciting depiction of a devastating, near-future World War III.
Jeff Meads
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