This book was part 2 of a 3 part series. I rarely read series, but will definitely read past 3 in this case. This was a fast read. A little too many battle scenes for my liking, but what can you expect from a war story? I like the character, John Matherson. I hope we don‘t ever encounter the type of events that took place in this story, but if we do, we‘d be lucky to have a man like John on our side.