Armageddon: 1973 - Part 2
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend On New Year's Eve, under cover of a terrible storm, a Soviet nuclear submarine attempts to land men and equipment on a poverty-stricken, British-held Caribbean island. The men and equipment are part of Fidel Castro's aid program to the Communist guerillas operating in the jungle carpeted mountains. The landing is detected by the British forces on the island, resulting in a tense duel of wits between the British and Soviet commanders...a duel which at any moment could… Product details and pricing info |
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7 Customer Reviews Posted
- Nuclear War or total surrender.
- A Russian submarine has armed its entire load of Nuclear Missiles and is threatening to launch them, how do you stop them and how do you stop the clandestine mission to resupply the guerrilla fighters who are killing your troops at the same time? Do you start a nuclear war and stop the resupply or do let the enemy get the supplies it desperately needs and watch you brothers in arms die a slow death by ambush for who knows how much longer? These are the kind of sticky questions Mr Cassell deals with in this second part of his story. It makes for an interesting read and one that won't soon be forgotten.
- 2008-07-20, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Is It Beginning of the End of the World?
- I am assuming that you've read part 1 already if you've gotten this far. If not, what are you waiting on?
The intense action picks up without missing a beat. Both sides of the battle are "staring" each other down in a deadly competition to see who blinks first. Neither commander wants to back down but both desperately want the entire situation to end quickly and peacefully. Unfortunately something has to give.
Eventually the decision is made. Shots are fired, explosions blast through the air, and men lay dead. Who dies and does it start World War III? You'll have to read and find out. Once again Mr. Cassell takes the reader on a whirlwind of emotion in this action-packed adventure. And who's to say it never happened or might not happen one day soon? - 2008-03-28, 4 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Say goodbye to your fingernails!
- When I finished reading part 1 of Cassell's military tale, I made it clear I wanted to read the rest of the story. He'd successfully built the suspense and left us hanging at a key point in the story.
Part 2 picks up the story in full throttle, escalating the stakes on both sides and deftly bringing things to a satisfying conclusion.
While this is a far cry from my usual reading material, I can honestly say I enjoyed both parts of "Armageddon: 1973" and can recommend them without reservation. - 2007-12-18, 7 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Finding a way out
- John Cassell takes the reader into the minds of military combatants in his thrilling conclusion to Armageddon: 1973. What is obviously a military standoff quickly becomes a psychological standoff as well. Two commanders going to the brink of Armageddon to protect their charge. Both are prepared to do whatever is needed in this personal battle; neither interested in the opinions of leaders at home. Cassell has left these two combatants to figure a way out of this incident on their own. Be sure to purchase both Part 1 and Part 2 of this story to see how the author builds up an incredibly tense confrontation before bringing his readers, like myself, to an enthralling and shocking conclusion . . . The reader of fascinating, well written, international intrigue will not be disappointed here. I can vouch for John W. Cassell. Great job, John.
Joshua Berry, author of Andrea's Dream and numerous Amazon Shorts - 2007-08-22, 6 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Like a Clancy, Coonts and Brown Collaboration.
- A well written enjoyable and believable account of what might have been. Line after line of suspense and chicanery holds your interest through out.
The only issues I found was that it ended much to quickly. - 2007-08-06, 9 of 9 people found this review helpful, Rated:
