think I’m almost there – two books remaining. As always, the reptilian Grik in Africa somehow come up with another massive army and fleet of galleys (along with the usual host of ironclads) and are coming down the south-flowing Zambezi river, attempting to break out and flood across the strait to Madagascar, to push out the allies and keep pushing until thousands of miles are taken back. Unluckily for our heroes, all their assets are north, up in Zanzibar, where they just put paid to much of the Japanese presence there, including squashing a significant character or two. So there is nothing to stop the Grik from flooding out into the sea, to sweep with their newest grand swarm. It’s all over. Nobody can save us.

Except for our one asset, the Santa Catalina, and old tramp freights discovered with a cargo of P-40s way up a jungle river books ago. So the plan is for the crew to sail it as far up the Zambezi River as they can, set themselves in a choke point and fight them head-on, hopefully blocking the river with the hulls of ships, theirs and, of course, the enemy.

So it’s a very interesting wallop-fest in this strange alternative world, with all the heroes being heroic, the Grik being creepy, and meanwhile the war burns all over the place, from Central America to all the oceans across this never-lost-its-dinosaurs world. Another fine book in the series, but I’ll admit that I’ve learned to keep track of all the players, since someone always rides in like the 7th Cavalry to save the day in every hopeless battle.

But it’s fun reading, and soon all the books will be packed on the shelf and I’ll be off reading other things.

Good yarn.

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