{"id":13306,"date":"2013-11-03T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T13:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=13306"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:58:59","slug":"review-come-and-take-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=13306","title":{"rendered":"Review: Come and Take Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day, it has been a while since I did a review and I just completed the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tom-Kratman\/e\/B001IXNZFA\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=angersentral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Kratman<\/a>novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00FY443IW\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00FY443IW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=angersentral\">Come and Take Them.<\/a> This is the 5<sup>th<\/sup> book in the Carrera series and as usual, it is excellent.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The novel takes place on a fictional world some 500 years from now. The \u201chero\u201d in the novel, Carrera has built a large military force in the nation of Balboa. This is a thinly disguised future version of Panama, right down to the canal. The story picks up after the third novel in the series, \u201cThe Lotus Eaters\u201d with Carrera, the Legion and the nation of Balboa preparing for an invasion from the Tauran Union. (The future version of the European Union and just as insipid and moronic)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=angersentral&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B00FY443IW\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>The book spends a great deal of time tying a number of threads together from several other novels in the series as well as going into the planning and preparations by Balboa and the TU. As expected, there is an invasion. I am not going into the details of what happens, or even who wins. You will need to buy the book to find out. I understand that the 6<sup>th<\/sup> book in the series is already underway, and I am impatiently awaiting it\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Kratman, (US Army Retired), only gets better with each new book he writes. Buy this book. In fact, buy all of Mr. Kratman\u2019s books. Leave copies in places that Transnational Liberal Progressives will find. Like any good booby trap, they might pick it up and start reading. They will either begin to understand that there way always leads to failure, or their heads will explode all over the walls from the massive hike in blood pressure when they get angry. Unless they have been bathing in Gamma Rays, I doubt they will get very big and turn green.<\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-13306\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"a6ae81bc6a\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_13306_1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(13306, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_13306_2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(13306, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_13306_3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(13306, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_13306_4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(13306, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_13306_5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(13306, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (<strong>1<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>1.00<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_13306_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-13306-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=angersentral&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1416555927\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0 <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=angersentral&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1416591508\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0 <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=angersentral&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1451638132\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0 <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=angersentral&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1439134359\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day, it has been a while since I did a review and I just completed the new Tom Kratman novel Come and Take Them. This is the 5th book in the Carrera series and as usual, it is excellent. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=13306\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[63,4,32,37,100,62],"tags":[4,17,62,30],"class_list":["post-13306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-entertainment","category-general","category-liberty-politics","category-moonbat","category-reviews","tag-entertainment","tag-liberty","tag-reviews","tag-war"],"views":1102,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/useagle3.gif?fit=150%2C161&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4586,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=4586","url_meta":{"origin":13306,"position":0},"title":"Review: Against All Enemies","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"August 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all, Angry Webmaster here with a book review. Today I\u2019m reviewing Tom Clancy\u2019s Against All Enemies. I\u2019m sorry to say, I hated this book. I was barely able to finish it which would be highly unusual for a Tom Clancy novel, except this ISN\u2019T a Tom Clancy novel.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=63"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14150,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=14150","url_meta":{"origin":13306,"position":1},"title":"Review: Revolution 2016","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"February 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. It\u2019s been a while since I did a book review and I just finished a new novel by Lee and Vista Boyland titled Revolution 2016. 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I first read the book back in 1989.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Entertainment","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3509,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=3509","url_meta":{"origin":13306,"position":4},"title":"Book review: Molon Labe","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"February 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Greetings all, it\u2019s the healthy Angry Webmaster, enjoying the misery and suffering of the Angry Systems Administrator. While Typhoid Systems Administrator is sitting in the corner, hacking up a lung, I\u2019ve been reading a book. The book is titled Molon Labe and was written by Boston T. Party. 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