A Post-Apocalyptic Story of Shattering Violence and Exquisite Revenge...: The Soldier's Son, Books 1 & 2 Kindle Edition

A tale.so.convoluted, so violent,.so.broad and.beautiful that it's hard.to believe it wasn't written by some. Morose.Russian in the 19th century. Its.hard core.violence.without a.bit.of unnecessary prose. Hemingway must be jealous. Hammett.must be smiling down from.wherever he.went.off to. This is.absolutely staggeringly brutal and beautifully written.

Exciting story told from multiple perspectives. Very much lines up with current events, drug cartels working hand in hand with the US government to kill and enslave American citizens. Government punishing the law abiding while covering up for the criminals in political office and as well as aiding/ recruiting cartel criminals to take out anyone who might disrupt their plans. There are just so many different moving pieces in this story its hard to adequately summarize in a way that does the writer justice. This story had heroes I could root for as well as well written 3 dimensional enemies I could hate. I look forward to reading future novels DC Bourone writes.**Other novels I have read and enjoyed (multiple times) include Without Remorse by Tom Clancy, Levon's Night by Chuck Dixon, The Spartan's Last March by JG Elliott, Sleeping Dogs by Thomas Perry, Dragon Sim-13 by Bob Mayer, Invasion Alaska by Vaughn Heppner, Whorl by James Tarr, Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski, and The Punisher by DA Stern.

"The Soldier's Son" is a great story and one that I recommend to anyone interested in thrillers, and the survival/post-apocalyptic genre. That said it isn't an over the top Mad-Max/Zombie Apocalypse theme. It is more along the lines of a terrifying grind-down of civilization through corruption, a collapse that one could see actually happening.To sum the story up in a single sentence: A peculiar boy, raised in a very peculiar family metes out vengeance on the people who murdered his father.The story is set in Texas against a backdrop of cartel violence, government corruption, and the very beginning of what looks to be a global societal collapse. The reader gets a view into a very peculiar family. One with a long history of fighting for liberty and what is right and good. A family that has passed this tradition down purposefully for MANY generations.If any of that sounds appealing then I think that you will enjoy this book. I loved it both the first and second time that I read it. I will read it again.

The author takes us into a world we are on the verge of living.It's a terrifying world; earth-shaking events influenced by megalomaniacal, narcissistic psychopaths, hellbent on ruling at all costs. As is true in our world, these people don't care who lives or who dies, as long as they are left in charge with the riches and the power.I read "The Soldier's Son" over three days and, truly, couldn't wait to get back to it. The end came too soon, despite the length. It was a bit fanciful, but I can't help but wish families like the Gehrs actually exist - and, certainly, that despicable leeches/parasites get what they ultimately have coming.There's a rich, vibrant tapestry of generationally passed-down history, knowledge and skill expressed here - both by the author and his protagonists. Woe that I wasn't born into such a family as DCB describes! (I suspect he's had quite the upbringing/education, too.) Regardless, I'll sleep a little better thinking that such families might be out there - helping secure what little liberty we yet enjoy.

I have been following the author since he first posted the initial draft on a forum, six years ago. I expected greatness, and he didn't disappoint. The detail of every aspect, from machinery, to politics, firearms, food, human nature, was all well researched and meticulously presented. The story in the book is as good as the times making the book are "interesting," in the Chinese proverb meaning. You have to read this book at least three or four times, to see all the historical nuances, look up the references, visualize the painting the author has presented to you. THAT many levels, THAT much thought.Read it once for the enjoyment of the story, once for the details of the history presented, and if you are like me, you will read it again a piece at a time to look up the historical nuggets presented you didn't know. Everyone should be gifted with a story like this at least once in their lives.

I've waited years for this to come out. So very happy now. Great book. So many twists towards the end. I missed associations and I rarely do.This is well written. The story is thorough and full. Nice mix of characters, both good and evil. Even with out the direst references to IR, I saw them while reading. I highly recommend that book also, Injured Reserves.DC, it's been a long time since the SB days, for me. I kept checking back, just to see if it was finished. For years.Your old pal, Lep

Loved this book! The authors writing style guides your reading pace very well. It brings you so deep into the story - very smooth.This tale delivers us into a dark world of all too real possibilities. An Orwellian future where those we trust to protect us do the exact opposite - with glee.The concept of librarians/historic scholarly knowledge used in the story is huge!Too many 'power' people in our society today do everything they can to ignore and trivialize our histories.Read this book - You won't regret it!

The author has written a compelling tale of a future that seems all too possible, a future where a curtain of darkness threatens to cover the entire world... a future where, to paraphrase Orwell, a boot stomps eternally on a human face. We live in a very interesting time. More and more people are becoming "woke". Books like this are instructive that there is a deep history; a history largely forgotten and obscured by those who seek to control the future. Our need for the librarians has never been greater...