V for Vixens The Furies Book 1 eBook John Steiner
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FORGED – THE FURIES
"Ruth was crouching down beside the Ronson flame projector. She squeezed the chunky trigger and a gout of liquid fire lit up the house. Hot air scorched her cheeks as if a furnace door had opened. Squinting, she let fly again and the soldiers scattered from the fiery jet. The staff car was engulfed and burst into an orange fireball. The flamethrower’s demonic screech made Ruth’s hairs stand on end ..."
The Second World War is at its height, the whole of Europe blazing, and Britain has its back against the wall. Bombers are pounding cities into rubble. But not all England’s enemies are in the skies above.
A beautiful German agent has been captured. There are conspirators in Whitehall who don’t want to see her talk. But the traitors haven’t reckoned on a new all-female unit, unleashed to fight a secret war of double-cross, seduction and revenge.
V FOR VIXENS is the first mission featuring THE FURIES - a daring sisterhood fighting a deadly war that just got dirtier.
V for Vixens The Furies Book 1 eBook John Steiner
World War Two adventure fiction can be broken down, if at all, into two categories. The first is the "War Story", in which soldiers of some stripe or another go on missions and set about to shoot or blow up someone or something. Although these can of course be very well-crafted stories, filled with engaging characters and carefully constructed plots, they tend to be much more straightforward. I think Len Levinson's two WW2 series, The Sergeant and The Rat Bastards, fall into this category, as does my own WW2 Commando novel, Operation Arrowhead.Then, you have the "Spy Story". I think this is actually the more popular of the two, especially since WW2 spy fiction evolves time-wise very easily into Cold War spy fiction and so on. The plots for these sorts of stories can be fairly straightforward, but they do tend towards the more complex, with double and triple agents, mysterious alliances and agendas, double-crosses and feints and counter-feints. This tends to also be the category that has a lot more sex (although to read The Sergeant, one would argue otherwise...) and definitely features more female characters.
With that last point in mind, taking a look at the first of John Steiner's The Furies series of WW2 spy stories, we come across what may be the first series of WW2 spy thrillers where the main protagonists are all women. In fact, they are a special, off-the-record-books section of female assassins and counter-agents who are ready to kill or be killed for Mother England.
I don't want to give away any of the major plot points, but suffice to say, Steiner has done an excellent job, both in crafting a very gritty, razor-sharp tale of ruthless violence and dedication, and in setting us up for further adventures later in the series. There are many instances in WW2 fiction, be it print or film, where the good guys get seduced and betrayed by some alluring Nazi femme fatale, and it's good to see Steiner work things so that the tables will now be turned on the bad guys. There is one scene, near the end of V for Vixens, that is such a shockingly titillating moment that I very nearly dropped my Kindle into my lap in order to clap out loud in congratulations to Steiner for pulling off something so perfect.
To conclude, if you have a hankering for some steamy, violent WW2 spy fiction, give John Steiner's books a try - I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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V for Vixens The Furies Book 1 eBook John Steiner Reviews
I recently received an email from the author, requesting a review of this series. I took a quick look at the blurbs, and in the absence of much more information decided that I'd give them a try. Why? Well, being British I grew-up on films about WW2 and to be honest they evoked memories of reading comics of my youth.
I downloaded all five (during a free promotion) and started the first.
The blurbs do not mention that every female is apparently a lesbian and that sex is their main weapon. I don't have issues with either, just they way they were handled in the book. The books, according to the author's note, are "inspired by the pulp war fiction of the 70s", which I am not at all familiar with. He also refers to war movies such as "Where Eagles Dare", which I am familiar with as this was released when I was a kid. While I can't comment on the pulp fiction, I can say that if you are familiar with this movie, I did not see any resemblance.
Right from the beginning I found the story to be confusing. Without knowing who was on which side I lost interest after the first few pages. I soldiered on but did not find that things improved.
So what did I like? The cover art is nice and uniform for the series. And I found the descriptions of the distant sounds of war and the countryside at night to be excellent and highly evocative.
Sorry, your-mileage-may-vary, but these were not for me.
I read the Edition (December 2011, 37pages), which I downloaded for free during a promotion.
Pretty good for a free book. Enough suspense to keep you interested.
I really enjoyed this first book of what promises to be an interesting series. The author does seem to be a little preoccupied with sex but I suppose that is a matter of style. The historical atmosphere is good, very evocative of war time England.
This tale of all female agents in Second World War London engaging in counterespionage is a perfect read for say a long wait at the doctor's office. Nothing too heavy and amusing enough to make the wait go by. Being a sucker for Second World War action stories, and a person cursed with doctors who can never keep their appointment times, I'll certainly be reading the next Furies story, Lightning War (The Furies)
This e-book reads nicely on the . There are not any glaring typos, etc. (As this is a series, this reader wishes Steiner had labeled the stories with their numbers (for example, The Furies, #1) for easier organization on the .)
World War Two adventure fiction can be broken down, if at all, into two categories. The first is the "War Story", in which soldiers of some stripe or another go on missions and set about to shoot or blow up someone or something. Although these can of course be very well-crafted stories, filled with engaging characters and carefully constructed plots, they tend to be much more straightforward. I think Len Levinson's two WW2 series, The Sergeant and The Rat Bastards, fall into this category, as does my own WW2 Commando novel, Operation Arrowhead.
Then, you have the "Spy Story". I think this is actually the more popular of the two, especially since WW2 spy fiction evolves time-wise very easily into Cold War spy fiction and so on. The plots for these sorts of stories can be fairly straightforward, but they do tend towards the more complex, with double and triple agents, mysterious alliances and agendas, double-crosses and feints and counter-feints. This tends to also be the category that has a lot more sex (although to read The Sergeant, one would argue otherwise...) and definitely features more female characters.
With that last point in mind, taking a look at the first of John Steiner's The Furies series of WW2 spy stories, we come across what may be the first series of WW2 spy thrillers where the main protagonists are all women. In fact, they are a special, off-the-record-books section of female assassins and counter-agents who are ready to kill or be killed for Mother England.
I don't want to give away any of the major plot points, but suffice to say, Steiner has done an excellent job, both in crafting a very gritty, razor-sharp tale of ruthless violence and dedication, and in setting us up for further adventures later in the series. There are many instances in WW2 fiction, be it print or film, where the good guys get seduced and betrayed by some alluring Nazi femme fatale, and it's good to see Steiner work things so that the tables will now be turned on the bad guys. There is one scene, near the end of V for Vixens, that is such a shockingly titillating moment that I very nearly dropped my into my lap in order to clap out loud in congratulations to Steiner for pulling off something so perfect.
To conclude, if you have a hankering for some steamy, violent WW2 spy fiction, give John Steiner's books a try - I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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