''Rising Tides'' is the fifth book of the ''

Destroyermen The ''Destroyermen'' series is a series of alternate history books, written by American writer and historian Taylor Anderson. The fifteen books in the series are '' Into the Storm'', ''Crusade'' (both 2008), ''Maelstrom'' (2009), '' Distant Thun ...

'' series of

alternate history Alternate history (also alternative history, althist, AH) is a genre of speculative fiction of stories in which one or more historical events occur and are resolved differently than in real life. As conjecture based upon historical fact, altern ...

novels by Taylor Anderson.

Plot synopsis

Captain Mathew Reddy takes his ship and crew to

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

and facing other humans in that region. Younger officers are given increasing responsibility and deal with the consequences of their decisions. Lt. Sandra Tucker fights to keep a band of refugees, including a princess, alive and moving to safety.

Literary significance and reception

The reviewer for ''SFRevu'' wrote that "the majesty and mystery of the Destroyermen series continues in the fifth entrant in the series, Rising Tides" and "this volume brought back the spirit of adventure and exploration that had been lost to nonstop warfare in the past few books". The reviewer for ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of B ...

'' wrote that "Anderson continues to broaden the scope of the story, but never lets the philosophy drown out the action".

References

External links

* 2011 American novels American alternate history novels Destroyermen and Artillerymen Novels set in Hawaii Roc Books books {{2010s-ah-novel-stub