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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
Just to say that I've just finished Steve's "The Losing Role", and I heartily recommend it.
A definite cut above - and away from - the usual hu-hum "War" stuff, an intruiging story very well written.
Characters are very well realised, and the main character, Max, who made the wrong decision at a stage in his life - or did he ?- is totally believable. Relationships created in, and by, an extraordinary situation, are nicely drawn, and the "action" details very realistic and well researched - and are there because they need to be , not just because it's about time there were a few explosions and violence.
One particular passage covering a nightmare ride "on the tails" of a Panzer attack is one that stuck in my mind, rather like a Don McCullin photo behind my eyeballs.
The fact that the operations covered in the story actually happened, is a good thing to bear in mind when reading it - because, as Max might have said, if you'd 've put it on a stage, no-one would believe it !
Very very good - and a "ripping" yarn.
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Carpetmojo,
You just made my day. I'm so glad you enjoyed the book but also that you really got what I was going for. It's tough for us indie authors to reach readers, but when we do it makes it all worthwhile. Your comparison to war photographer Don McCullin and gritty realism moved me.
I wish I could say the follow-up —
The Liberator, which follows Max's younger brother as a US Captain pursuing a murderer in Occupied Germany — is coming out soon, but my agent has it and is seeking a publisher. Encouragement like yours is compelling me to put that one out myself too.
I appreciate it, and thanks for reading.
Best,
Steve