Rainbow Reviews

BOOK BLURB:
This is the story of two soldiers in the British Forces and of a friendship taking unexpected turns.

In the eyes of the Army they are just two mates who are close. But from the revelation of personal secrets, ensuing hatred and aggression, through terror and danger, to loyalty, triumphant strength and courage, grows their own realisation of what they are: comrades first and foremost, but something else too, something more significant. The two Royal Engineers, Sgt Tom Warren and SSgt Alex Turner, learn to understand the real meaning of loyalty and strength. Their fight for survival cuts through all the discipline and rules, to tie them together in a unique bond of companionship and trust.

BOOK REVIEW:
The at times stream of consciousness prose rips right to the heart of the matter. It can be a highly effective mode of storytelling, if handled properly. And there is no safer pair of hands than Marquesate. Alex and Tom are men, doing a hard demanding job. Their all too vividly portrayed needs and fears reflect their tough masculine alpha personae.

Both men battle with their emotions, each other, and a band of military rebels in the jungle, conquering all three is never certain, and the gritty prose does not hide the fact that the struggle for friendship, loyalty and survival is a hard one.

To say this story is just about military high adventure and friendship would be a gross underestimation. It was difficult to quantify, but impossible to put down.

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