Into the Storm (novel)

For the 1997 non-fiction book by Tom Clancy, see Into the Storm: On the Ground in Iraq.

Into the Storm is the first book of the Destroyermen series of alternate history novels by Taylor Anderson. The main setting of the series is the four-stacker USS Walker, which in this series is part of the United States Asiatic Fleet, and being pursued by the Japanese battlecruiser Amagi.

Into the Storm

First edition
Author	Taylor Anderson
Cover artist	Studio Liddell
Language	English
Series	Destroyermen
Genre	Alternate history
Publisher	Roc Books
Publication date	2008
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	386
ISBN	978-0-451-46207-7
OCLC	185026595
Followed by	Crusade

Plot synopsis

In 1942, the American destroyer USS Walker (DD-163), a World War I 'four-piper', is part of the United States Asiatic Fleet. Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy is Walker's captain.

Walker and her sister ship, USS Mahan (DD-102), enter a squall and emerge on an alternate Earth where humans never evolved, but two intelligent races, the Lemurians and the Grik (a race of evolved "dinosaurs" from Africa), are at war. The Grik have a class system, in which the Uul are the soldiers, workers, etc., and the Hij are the leaders. The Lemurians are peaceful refugees from Madagascar that possibly evolved from lemurs. Reddy meets twice with the Lemurians' leadership. The Lemurians' king and his advisers tell him that others came to their world before him. Reddy and the crew of Walker side with the Lemurians.

The Lemurians and Grik are very technologically behind. The ships that they have are from the 1800s, specifically the British India Company.

References

• Review of Into the Storm. Alternate History.com. August 25, 2010.
• John Ottinger III. Book Review: Destroyermen – Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson. August 25, 2010 Archived July 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Into the Storm title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database