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Before my review, let me say that I am weary of these hoity toids who rate a book low on the scale, based on grammar or spelling or character development, ad. nausium. Me, I was "borned" in Alabama and grew up in Cocoa, Florida. AA's vernacular is the way we talk in the South; "fixin' to" do something, "me and Bobby", "These is some good groceries!" ... It's the way we roll! As a writer myself and being a Southerner, I write in my own vernacular, because I write about Southern experiences with my own idiomatic, geographical idiosyncrasies, as does the author. You hoity toids need to shake your self-righteous selves and get over yourselves.OK, Now that I've got that out of my system, I am 77% finished with this third book of the Survivalist series, or so my Kindle tells me. They're all good; the whole series, including this third book. While the "action" is slower in this 3rd book as some have criticized, it still holds my interest by way of the story line, introduction of new characters, reintroduction of old ones, and of course, the characters themselves. It doesn't take constant action and battles and confrontation to make the story good. By now, I feel I know these characters. AA includes a modicum of humor in the relationships between the characters, especially Sarge and the rest. If this were a movie and I was in charge of scrolling the cast at the beginning or end of the movie, Sarge would be second in the scroll, behind Morg, and just before Thad. Any guy who doesn't appreciate their manly banter, must be a girly man or metrosexual. Guys are guys... men are men. That doesn't necessarily mean crude, just... well... manly. This story and this genre is not written for women. (Most)Men are genetically, warriors, sheepdogs. Women, for the most part, are genetically more like sheep in nature. While both are altruistic with respect to their family members, men are the more so with their warrior nature. This series reflects these natures. Nevertheless, this "warriorism" is not restricted to men. Some women too, leave their families to join the military, even going to war. This alternate nature is reflected in this series by Jess, and in this book by Fred (a woman). Read the book and you'll see what I mean.Great job, AA! Standing by for the 4th in the series...
