Rising Tides

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First edition
Author Taylor Anderson
Cover artistStudio Liddell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Destroyermen
Genre Alternate history
Publisher Roc Books
Publication date
2011
Media typePrint
Pages433
ISBN 978-0-451-46388-3
OCLC 617551209
Preceded by Distant Thunders  
Followed by Firestorm  

Rising Tides is the fifth book of the Destroyermen series of alternate history novels by Taylor Anderson.

Contents

Plot synopsis

Captain Mathew Reddy takes his ship and crew to Hawaii and facing other humans in that region. Younger officers are given increasing responsibility and deal with the consequences of their decisions. Lt. Sandra Tucker fights to keep a band of refugees, including a princess, alive and moving to safety.

Literary significance and reception

The reviewer for SFRevu wrote that "the majesty and mystery of the Destroyermen series continues in the fifth entrant in the series, Rising Tides" and "this volume brought back the spirit of adventure and exploration that had been lost to nonstop warfare in the past few books". [1] The reviewer for Publishers Weekly wrote that "Anderson continues to broaden the scope of the story, but never lets the philosophy drown out the action". [2]

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