Fiends

ianstead · Post by **ianstead** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:15 pm

Allo,

Hope everyones recovered from the festivities..

Apologies for my silence/absence. Still alive and no the motherships not come to take me back. Interesting as in 'Interesting Times' end of year. Well less said about that..

Any way been reading a book called Fiends of the Eastern front, a trilogy collection. Easy read, think WW2 with Vampires. 1st book is from the view point of 3 brothers in the German Whermacht. They end up with Rumanian allies.. Some of the Rumanians fly escort for the Stukas in Hurricanes. With black out windows and no need for parachutes..
(according to the story the Rumanians bought some from us before the war) I dont know how accurate everything is but its seems good.
A good easy, very interesting for the war sections, gory and a good laugh in some ways. Vampires are great fighters at night, but daytime poof ash every where.
Book one is mainly Barbarossa, then Book 2 is Leningrad from the view of a russian ex Komissar stuck in a penal unit.

Originally a comic strip in 2000ad (where Dredd is from)

Book 3 I;ve to read soon. Oh and for you fellers over the pond, theres a
Fiends of the Rising Sun.

The Authors call David Bishop
Black Library Books

MarkG88 · Post by **MarkG88** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:46 pm

A good easy, very interesting for the war sections, gory and a good laugh in some ways. Vampires are great fighters at night, but daytime poof ash every where.

LOL great review/commentary Ian. Sounds like a fun read all the way around.

wminsing · Post by **wminsing** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:27 pm

(according to the story the Rumanians bought some from us before the war)

Which is historically correct. 12 Hurricanes were delivered to the Rumanians just before the start of the war.

-Will

ianstead · Post by **ianstead** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:31 pm

wminsing wrote:
(according to the story the Rumanians bought some from us before the war)
Which is historically correct. 12 Hurricanes were delivered to the Rumanians just before the start of the war.

-Will

Blimey Mr Bishop said he did alot of research, sounds like he did it well.

One of the Rumanian/Translyvanian pilots is forced to fly a daytime mission and promptly goes ash when he crashes...