New Book Review: Playing With the Enemy

Onkel Neal · 07-07-06, 09:20 AM

Born and raised in the Depression-era small town of Sesser, Illinois, Gene Moore knows one thing for certain: he was born to play baseball. When WWII breaks out, the Brooklyn Dodgers arrange for Gene to play exhibition baseball in the Navy.

Far from Gene’s world of line drives and fly balls, a US naval task force relentlessly hunts a German U-boat in the Atlantic. Led by Captain Dan Gallery, “a seasoned hunter of German U-boats”, they are determined to capture a U-boat and seize the codebooks and Enigma encryption machine. Gallery’s task force locates the U-505, a boat with a tainted history of disaster and tragedy. After a ferocious succession of depth charges, U-505 is plunged into darkness accompanied by the unnerving sound of water flooding into the fractured hull.

It was easy to imagine the seawater filling up beneath the deck plates, adding tons of weight that would soon make it impossible to bring the boat to the surface. And the ocean floor was a mile below them....

Full review here

To be published Sept. 2006

cheers,
Neal

Sarah · 07-07-06, 11:18 AM

Thanks Neal! We are so glad that you liked Playing with the Enemy. I enjoyed reading your review, and also that you didn't give too much away for readers. Some things are better left to be discovered as you are turning the actual pages. We are counting the days until the September 15 release!

Sarah

Onkel Neal · 07-07-06, 10:57 PM

My pleasure, Sarah. After reading the sample pages on the Savas-Beatie website, I was looking forward to reading Playing With The Enemy. It exceeded my expectations, a great book. People are going to be so surprised when they pick this up.

Subsim readers, I checked the official website, they have a special offer:

To reserve a signed, 1st edition copy of Playing With The Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams, with no obligation to purchase, please send an email with your name and contact info to sales@playingwiththeenemy.com and we will put you on the list and notify you when available.

I can recommend this book, I think you will enjoy it.

Neal
Subsim.com

07-07-06, 09:20 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	New Book Review: Playing With the Enemy Born and raised in the Depression-era small town of Sesser, Illinois, Gene Moore knows one thing for certain: he was born to play baseball. When WWII breaks out, the Brooklyn Dodgers arrange for Gene to play exhibition baseball in the Navy. Far from Gene’s world of line drives and fly balls, a US naval task force relentlessly hunts a German U-boat in the Atlantic. Led by Captain Dan Gallery, “a seasoned hunter of German U-boats”, they are determined to capture a U-boat and seize the codebooks and Enigma encryption machine. Gallery’s task force locates the U-505, a boat with a tainted history of disaster and tragedy. After a ferocious succession of depth charges, U-505 is plunged into darkness accompanied by the unnerving sound of water flooding into the fractured hull. It was easy to imagine the seawater filling up beneath the deck plates, adding tons of weight that would soon make it impossible to bring the boat to the surface. And the ocean floor was a mile below them.... Full review here To be published Sept. 2006 cheers, Neal __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

07-07-06, 10:57 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	My pleasure, Sarah. After reading the sample pages on the Savas-Beatie website, I was looking forward to reading Playing With The Enemy. It exceeded my expectations, a great book. People are going to be so surprised when they pick this up. Subsim readers, I checked the official website, they have a special offer: To reserve a signed, 1st edition copy of Playing With The Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams, with no obligation to purchase, please send an email with your name and contact info to sales@playingwiththeenemy.com and we will put you on the list and notify you when available. I can recommend this book, I think you will enjoy it. Neal Subsim.com __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

07-07-06, 11:18 AM	#2
Sarah Lady Mariner Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks Neal! We are so glad that you liked Playing with the Enemy. I enjoyed reading your review, and also that you didn't give too much away for readers. Some things are better left to be discovered as you are turning the actual pages. We are counting the days until the September 15 release! Sarah