Fun, I'll read the sequel, but not quite the nutso nazi lovecraft mashup I'm after... ( )

I liked this book and the story line was attractive enough for me, but there was a sense of old spy,detective book like Mike Hammer it.It didn't matter how things were bad , the main characters was always OK or lightly injured which is hard to believe. Also how Guy and Sarah is being engaged with one of the top most secret agencies during the WW2 is far too easy to be acceptable. Overally I enjoyed it though. ( )

This book reads like an episode of Doctor Who. That's not a bad thing but it does influence the pacing of this story. The author has written many Doctor a who books. The thing is the story doesn't feel different from a Doctor Who episode even though it's set in World War 2. I found myself substituting characters in the book with characters from the show. There's the Doctor whose a Major in the book, I thought 5th Doctor. The Brigadier is a Colonel here. The Cybermen are alien zombies. But I'm not sure if the female is Rose Tyler or Sara Jane Smith. Still the story was good but the ending feels like the end of season for the year. I will say that the author knows his World War 2 history. London felt like it was in the midst of the Blitz. I thought the beginning was slow but once it picked up speed the book was off and running. I expect the Daleks and the Ood to pop up in the next book. It will be funny to see if Hitler is the Master or if that's someone else. It's a good read but better for someone who watches Doctor Who.

I read this book thanks to NetGalley. I thank them for this book. ( )

This was a freebie from Fantasycon, and I only picked it up after spotting the Nazi Black Sun and flying saucers on the cover. And this was despite recently reviewing Graeme Shimmin’s A Kill in the Morning, another occult Nazi alternate history, for Interzone and not being very impressed. A secret section of the British intelligence services called Station Z crops up in various places, intriguing a man and a woman who are plainly intended to be the series main protagonists. They are duly recruited and learn that Station Z is fighting against Reichsführer Himmler’s new secret occult weapon, ancient technology some of his Ahnenerbe officers have discovered in ancient barrows scattered across Europe. Unfortunately, also in said barrows are alien creatures which are, well, are completely ripped off from the hand-creatures in Alien, and some sort of alien parasite which keeps the ancient kings interred in the barrows still alive, sort of – and who promptly go on a violent rampage once released. Oh, and there are some flying saucers too, which may be linked to the ancient aliens. It’s all complete tosh, and appallingly researched. Incidentally, the title refers to an exhibition laid on in the British Museum for the duration of the war and which the Museum didn’t mind losing should the Germans bomb the crap out of the building. It’s also mentioned later as a metaphor for Station Z or something, but its presence in the story is so trivial it seems completely undeserving of providing the title. Avoid. ( )

I enjoyed this book, although I am hard pressed to figure out why exactly. The plot is tied into the Second World War before the USA's direct involvement; so features all things British. Focusing on the Nazi preoccupation with the occult, the author spins a tale that incorporates the un-dead, runes, buried civilizations hostile to mankind, and finally mysterious SciFi like radio transmissions and flying machines that clearly exceed the current state of technology. Unfortunately, the only half-hearted explanation for any of this is that the un-dead are animated by fungus like growths; the balance is simply presented. The result is decidedly non Science Fiction; but rather Occult Fiction as you have to accept the postulates as presented. As said earlier, I enjoyed it in spite of the lack of explanation, only wish some more had been added, perhaps I would not be questioning why it was enjoyable. ( )