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Project Gitmo: Resurrection
Eight wounded American servicemen discover their miraculous recoveries occurred because they were genetically modified with a serum stolen from the Iraqis. The modification gave them enhanced physical abilities that could finally defeat the insurgenices in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their mission changes from offense to defense when the president is briefed into the project and orders its termination. Now the team must outwit the fanatically devoted men sent to capture them without revealing to the world the most horrifying effect of their modification.Will the team members, who the world thinks were killed in action, be able to overcome the forces arrayed against them? Do they deserve to succeed after the decisions they were forced to make in combat?Project GITMO uses events from the Gulf Wars, the Roman conquest of Britain, the Battle of Hastings, and the ravages of the Black Death to weave a web of intrigue, honor, and loss.
345 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 20, 2013
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September 24, 2014
When I came across this book a few months ago, the description sounded so cool. A take-off on the Universal Soldier storyline (loved the first movie). But then I read the 6 reviews at the time (the same six reviews (as of Sep 24, 2014) written in 2013, and none since then), which were ALL 5-star reviews. This always rings an alarm in my mind. All six reviews were 5-stars? What are the odds that a first time author would come out like that? I put off on reading this book until I signed up for Kindle Unlimited and decided to take a chance. In my opinion all those 5-star reviews were a bit off. This story had so much promise but the author let it slip away. I am giving this book 3-stars. I was torn between 2 to 3 stars, but bumped it up to 3 because of that so-called "promise".
Things I didn't like:
One-The author wasted way too much time in setting up the whole vampire storyline. I felt he spent too much time with Saddam and the whole discovery part. The "resurrected" soldiers were not really introduced until about 50% into the book (which is where I was expecting the time to be spent, background on the resurrected soldiers, who they were BEFORE the change. The author really only focused on 1 out of 8 characters. The rest were just there. We had no connection to them). I kept going back to the book description to remind myself what this book was suppose to be about. It was getting real boring at this point. I was looking for a combination of Rainbow Six/The X-Files/Universal Soldier. Instead the author went on and on about how bad Saddam was and described every step in developing the vampire serum.
Two-This author really does not like President Bush or VP Dick Cheney. He used real names and had the VP as the guy driving this Resurrection program for the US (and a second even more secret project). Big bad government. Very preachy. Okay, I get it, you have an axe to grind with the republicans. No need to keep pounding this into our heads.
Third-This book featured one of the most awkward and out of place sex scenes I ever came across. A grief stricken brother gets going during the post funeral gathering at his family's house (and he was a virgin). The girl played no part in the story and we never saw her again. Just felt really out of place. Did not add to the plot or to the character's development. Guess the author figured us horny males needed a sex scene in there somewhere.
Four-These resurrected soldiers just seemed to adapt a little too easy. On their missions they had little qualms about killing civilians who got in their way. Really? You changed that much and just shrugged it off? Compare this with the SEALS in Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 and it is like Night and Day. Keep in mind these resurrected soldiers are suppose to be the good guys. The choice of service men was a little awkward, and not much was made of any special forces type soldiers once they became vampires. This should have been the main focus of the story. As I mentioned before, I thought the story would be like Rainbow Six with the horror aspect added to it. Go into the character's minds as they prepped for each mission and how they each adapted to the changes to their bodies and minds. To quote from Golden Earring (Twilight Zone): "Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far. Help, I'm steppin' into the twilight zone."
Things I didn't like:
One-The author wasted way too much time in setting up the whole vampire storyline. I felt he spent too much time with Saddam and the whole discovery part. The "resurrected" soldiers were not really introduced until about 50% into the book (which is where I was expecting the time to be spent, background on the resurrected soldiers, who they were BEFORE the change. The author really only focused on 1 out of 8 characters. The rest were just there. We had no connection to them). I kept going back to the book description to remind myself what this book was suppose to be about. It was getting real boring at this point. I was looking for a combination of Rainbow Six/The X-Files/Universal Soldier. Instead the author went on and on about how bad Saddam was and described every step in developing the vampire serum.
Two-This author really does not like President Bush or VP Dick Cheney. He used real names and had the VP as the guy driving this Resurrection program for the US (and a second even more secret project). Big bad government. Very preachy. Okay, I get it, you have an axe to grind with the republicans. No need to keep pounding this into our heads.
Third-This book featured one of the most awkward and out of place sex scenes I ever came across. A grief stricken brother gets going during the post funeral gathering at his family's house (and he was a virgin). The girl played no part in the story and we never saw her again. Just felt really out of place. Did not add to the plot or to the character's development. Guess the author figured us horny males needed a sex scene in there somewhere.
Four-These resurrected soldiers just seemed to adapt a little too easy. On their missions they had little qualms about killing civilians who got in their way. Really? You changed that much and just shrugged it off? Compare this with the SEALS in Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 and it is like Night and Day. Keep in mind these resurrected soldiers are suppose to be the good guys. The choice of service men was a little awkward, and not much was made of any special forces type soldiers once they became vampires. This should have been the main focus of the story. As I mentioned before, I thought the story would be like Rainbow Six with the horror aspect added to it. Go into the character's minds as they prepped for each mission and how they each adapted to the changes to their bodies and minds. To quote from Golden Earring (Twilight Zone): "Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far. Help, I'm steppin' into the twilight zone."
May 14, 2013
Rich writes like an engineer. But then again, he IS an engineer--writing about engineers. Oh, and a VAMPIRE ENGINEER. CREATED AT DICK CHENEY'S REQUEST. TO FIGHT SADDAM HUSSEIN'S VAMPIRES. So cut him some slack.
June 1, 2013
This book was recommended to me by a mutual friend of the author. I loved the originality (is that a word?) of the story. The military lingo was lost on me but everything else was great.
June 20, 2016
Recommended for alternate history reading!
I recommend this book for an alternate history behind the scenes story. Thank you Daniel Rich for a fantastic debut novel.
I recommend this book for an alternate history behind the scenes story. Thank you Daniel Rich for a fantastic debut novel.
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