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Each successive book in the aviator series is better than the one preceding it.
By the time we get to Book, Shanle has become a first rate story teller, The first three books are pretty much historical fiction, The characters and specific incidents that drive the stories are fictional, but the context in which they are embedded are pure WWII history.
"Code Name: Infamy" changes things up as pure fiction replaces history, The characters in the series are fully developed and by Bookseem like old friends, The mixture of reality and fantasy is believable and dog fights, staffing and bombing runs come alive with facts only a naval aviator would have at his fingertips.
Speaking of facts I have just one quibble, one not specific to Shanle alone, but all to often to historical fiction in general, especially as applied to WWII.
Phrases, slang, and military jargon have changed greatly in the past sixty plus years, I can assure you the phrase "Roger that" never passed the lips of a man or woman in uniform in.
The response to a message, instruction, or order received was either "Roger" or "Roger wilco", "Roger" is the phonetic for the letter "R", which in turn was the letter transmitted in Morse code to indicate the message had been received.
The "wilco" is short for "will comply", "Roger that" was decades in the future of military jargon.
The nicknames Motown and Big Apple didn't exist in, Another quibble. No one addresses a Lt, Colonel as Lieutenant Colonel, unless it would be a senior officer reminding the Lt, Colonel who is the junior of the two, A Lieutenant Colonel might be referred to or presented using his full rank, but would be addressed as Colonel.
These are admittedly minor points in otherwise good stories, but still are peas under the mattress, WOW!

What a wild ride, This Shanle guy really knows his stuff, Aces all the way.
Thank you Amazon Kindle, Gene “Code Name Infamy” eBook was published inand was written by Leland Shanle sitelink com. This is Mr. Shanles fourth book, and the fourth in his “Aviator” series,

I obtained a galley of this novel for review through sitelink netgalley. com. I would categorize this novel as R as there are instances of Violence and Mature Language, This World War II era Thriller novel is set in both Europe and the western Pacific during the closing days of World War II.


Just before Germany surrenders in, an SS General Bassenheim escapes from a secret German research facility with four functional nuclear weapons.
Shortly after his escape, US forces make a daring air landing in Germany to save scientists who had been working at the research facility from the advancing Russian army.


They discover that Bassenheim has left with the bombs and begin an air chase that takes them to Africa, then South America.
Bassenheim is able to escape from South America in a German Uboat, and heads for Japan, He is able to make contact with Japanese military leaders who are unwilling to surrender,

Using secret aircraft and submarines that the Japanese have been developing, Bassenheim heads towards the US to make a final strike.
The US forces are still on Bassenheims trail and it becomes a race to see whether Bassenheim can be stopped before nuclear weapons can be unleashed on US cities.


I spent a little overhours with this book and enjoyed it, I had not read the priorbooks in the series, so that put me at a little disadvantage, but this novel stood well on its own.
I did feel though that it was a little choppy, I give this novel aout of,

Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at sitelink wordpress. com/blog/. A Nazis Nazi, SS Generalleutnant von Bassenheim has no intention of surrendering, And Lieutenant Commander Atsugi, an Imperial pilot with nothing left to live for, wants nothing less than total revenge.
With Axis powers facing defeat, the two men set out on a suicide mission in a submarine aircraft carrier with two nuclear weapons on board and two Sieran fighters destined to drop their loads on American cities.
In a catandmouse game spanning the globe, one OSS officer and a team of naval aviators and ship commanders race against the clock to find and destroy the rogue submarine.
From the beginning its obvious that this is not the first of the series, as the main characters are deposited in this story as though the audience is already familiar with them.
In general this didnt have much of an effect, though at the start it made for a little rough going.
. . yet Im sure fans of the series would be annoyed if there was a bunch of exposition theyd already heard, so it cuts both ways.

This is a story of a crazy Nazi general who cant accept the failure of WWII and goes to the Japanese to help him get his revenge on the US before Japan goes under as well.
The heroes are OSS agents whom, as mentioned above, seem to have been through adventures before, considering their rapport.
Its obvious that the author is a aeronautics buff even before reading his bioblurb at the end, as we have plenty of fliers here, including early aircraftcarrierbased planes.
Theres a new submarine as well, not to mention nukes,
The best parts involved the personal moments of the heroes, from the carrier pilot having doubts about his ability, or will to continue fighting, to one of the OSS officers meeting a prostitute in Chile and instantly falling in love, to their little hot tub party on Iwo Jima.
They made up for the awkward feeling at the beginning of how Im supposed to already know these people.

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I was provided with a review copy of this book before publication

Solid book.
Writer clearly knows his stuff, Fivestar book until the resolution felt that was a little too rushed and contrived, Was glad to see there is a sequel planned would like to see what happened to the characters.


A mustread for any air combat enthusiast! Retired fighter pilot Leland Shanle has woven a fastpaced, globespanning tale of spies, aviators and secret weapons.
This book has some of the best dogfights I've ever seen committed to paper written by a man who has personally piloted everything from an Fphantom to civilian airliners.
Though part of a larger series, works great as a standalone novel, Highly enjoyable, highly recommended for any World Warhistorical fiction fan, My latest novel in the Aviator series, I recommend it to any reader that enjoys thrillers, action, historical fiction or technothrillers, Preorders are available now, release isJuly, Take it for a wild ride, Truly the Tom Clancy of WWII Novels

Many technothriller writers have been penned as “the next Tom Clancy,” but Lt.
Commander Leland Shanle, USN Ret, is the real deal.


A career naval aviator with overcarrier landings to his name, Shanle writes authoritatively, and in precise, seemingly effortless detail, as only one of his experience can.
Whats more, hes a writers writer, equally adept at creating colorful, memorable characters, and sizzling plot lines.



Through Shanle, we get a peek behind the fascinating curtain of all aspects of the military, from ghostly intelligence spies to esoteric terms only a career insider would know, from to military tactics and strategy to Navy fighter jocks nursing crippled Hellcats to the carrier deck in black of night, from nasty Nazi villains that would make Hitler blush to rogue, nuclear warheadladen Japanese submarines attacking the U.
S. mainland, Shanle puts you right there,


Code Name: Infamy, the fourth in his World War II Aviator series, is the first book of his Ive read.
But if Infamy is any indication of what lies in store with his other works, then Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!


This thrillers author has earned his place among such technothriller giants as Clancy, Koontz and Crichton.



Disclosure: I am a personal acquaintance of author Shanle, as he is one of our “blogging in formation” pilotauthors.
Nevertheless, I have been incredibly impressed with his writing prowess and attention to detail, Awesome read!

As usual, Shanle delivers a riveting book with more plot twists and turns than FF Hellcat.
I totally recommend this book to those readers that enjoy historical fiction, Leland C Shanle Jr Lieutenant Commander, USN Ret, Leland Shanle is a pilot, award winning author, and military/aviation technical adviser for the movie industry.
His consulting projects include Pearl Harbor, Behind Enemy Lines, xXx, The Day After Tomorrow and Stealth, His production company Broken Wing Productions has worked on several aviation based movies and series including the Discovery Curiosity Series Plane Crash.
Shanle is the author of four books Project Seven Alpha, Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal, ENDGAME in the Pacific and CODE NAME: Infamy, available for pre order now, slated for publication on July,.
He has also written for Aerospace Testing International Magazine and was a Contributing Editor for Airways Mag Leland C Shanle Jr Lieutenant Commander, USN Ret.
Leland Shanle is a pilot, award winning author, and military/aviation technical adviser for the movie industry.
His consulting projects include Pearl Harbor, Behind Enemy Lines, xXx, The Day After Tomorrow and Stealth, His production company Broken Wing Productions has worked on several aviation based movies and series including the Discovery Curiosity Series Plane Crash.
Shanle is the author of four books Project Seven Alpha, Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal, ENDGAME in the Pacific and CODE NAME: Infamy, available for pre order now, slated for publication on July,.
He has also written for Aerospace Testing International Magazine and was a Contributing Editor for Airways Magazine.
Shanle has adapted his book, ProjectAlpha as a screenplay for a major motion picture studio, Shanle's lifelong interest in Aviation is a family legacy, His Grandfather was in the airline industry in thes and two uncles Bob USAF, Larry USN were combat military aviators.
Shanle flew naval aircraft insquadrons including the FPhantom II, EAB Prowler and TASkyhawk.
Attached to CAG,andcruising on the USS Midway, America and Lincoln Leland flewmissions over the war torn skies of Bosnia, Somalia, and Iraq.
He got into the flight test world when transferred to VX, Naval Weapons Test Center Point Mugu.
He flew as a Project Officer on various test programs and was the Squadron Operations Officer, Shanle also attended the Project Officer/Engineers and the Out of Control Flight courses at National Test Pilot School.
He was inducted as a Full Member in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots SETP in, Closing out his Naval Aviation career withcarrier landingsnight ondifferent carriers he continues his Aviation career with American Airlines.
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