Dai Alanye

No superheroes nor anything supernatural (thus far, at least.) Expect merely ordinary people - you and me, as it were - caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Plots are character-driven, and the characters themselves are complex and often contradictory.
I aim to appeal to the reader who has an ample sense of humor and an appreciation for irony. You can expect adventure and romance, but graphic violence and sex are at a minimum - think PG or PG-13 at most - and suitable for mature youths as well as adults.

Mercenaries
The initial book series written by Dai Alanye. Three tales completed, the final one still in process. Alternate history with a haphazard crew of time-traveling adventurers. Everyone nowadays seems to have problems—money, health, politics, personal commitment, sexual identity. But if you think things are tough in the present, wait till you experience the Middle Ages. Not that mythical Arthur-Galahad-Merlin stuff but the real thing—battle axes, unruly peasants, taxes and all.

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• How the Allies Won World War II on March 15, 2012
  
  Promises more than it delivers.
  
• Mount Moriah on Dec. 23, 2012
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  Not bad at all, if you like drollery. Could use another edit for typo types of errors, but what book couldn't?
  
• The Good Morrow on Dec. 24, 2012
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  Seems to have potential.
  
• The New Guy In Moon Base Twelve on Dec. 24, 2012
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  Zea mays, I'm afraid.
  
• Gunboat Number 14 on Jan. 13, 2013
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  Interesting for coverage of a little-known (outside the Baltic) slice of the Napoleonic Wars. Could be improved by editing for better English and consistent formatting.
  
• Widdershins on March 09, 2013
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  French? Or English? Childe Roland to the dark tower came in search of Burd Ellen, who had run widdershins around the church and been carried off by the King of Elfland. The tale is also in Joseph Jacob's English Fairy Tales, written in the late nineteenth century.
  
• Silent By Night Part 1 on March 10, 2013
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  I like this author not because of his book but because he gave a caustic review to a certain over-rated writer whom I won't name. As for "Silent by Night," it might come to something if Wyatt waits a couple years then rewrites it with the benefit of experience gained over that period. In other words, he has imagination but style and technique are weak.
  
• Crystal Creek - An Adventure Story on March 12, 2014
  
  This is almost a good story. The tension is incredibly high until… Until anti-climax. What a letdown! Written in the wrong tense and needs an edit for silly typos, but the depiction of a man facing death has some merit, and brings the score to three.
  
• Krillaz on Feb. 25, 2015
  
  A horrifying horror tale written in down and dirty style with a horrible rotten lowdown hero who'd steal his grannie's glass eye if it had any value. Or maybe it it hadn't, just to be mean.
  
• Storm Flight on Aug. 05, 2015
  
  Probably the best of Berent's Wings of War series, though still with the weakness of overdrawn, Rambo-like characters. The strongest aspect of each book has been, as I see it, what might be called the technical details of air combat in Vietnam, though there's plenty of excitement if the reader is willing to suspend a portion of disbelief. In this volume we finally get rid of the egomaniacal Lyndon Johnson and the malign influence of Strange Robert McNamara, entering into the relatively sunny leadership period of Richard Nixon.
  
• Bombproof on Nov. 08, 2015
  
  A superior fictional memoir covering one year of a Canadian battalion in the First World War—the Great War as it was called until a greater one came along. Primarily concerned with the members of one Section (or Squad, as we might now call it) and the "originals"—those who were "bombproof" and managed to come through alive. With many flash-forwards to the later life of one man. As seemingly realistic as fiction can be, I only noticed one important missing element, the louse patrols and a few other personal problems of men who are unable to be clean in a time when DDT had yet to be invented. I'm surprised this hasn't made it to a conventional publisher. Heaven knows many a worse book is available from them.
  
• Mentioned In Dispatches on Nov. 04, 2016
  
  Another fine book on Canucks in WW I by Wytka. For those who like war stories from the enlisted viewpoint, don't miss this. As with the previous book, the scene switches between the war and the lives of the veterans afterward. I think we need a movie, though Hollywood will probably botch it.
  
• Rosemary for Remembrance:The Tragedy of Ophelia on Dec. 10, 2016
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  This particular work is too experimental for my taste but Mason shows a great deal of potential. I'd like to see that Elizabethan novel—an interesting period and a writer of promise.
  
• Plantation A Legal Thriller on Dec. 18, 2016
  
  Unbelievable! Not only due to the twists of law but because I'd never have expected to be intrigued by insurance fraud. This is mainly about an inside attempt to take down a prominent insurance underwriting firm whose primary business is reinsurance in the maritime field—ships, cargoes, oil platforms… The reader gets quite an education on the subject, and a few thrills from danger of arrest, courtroom surprises and threats to life. After all, when hundreds of millions are involved it isn't surprising if the game gets rough. Supposedly based on an actual occurrence, the book is well written if a bit wordy due to a slight tendency toward repetition. Five stars are well-earned none the less.
  
• Low Angles on June 01, 2017
  
  This is good stuff. I first read it many years back, and I'm happy to say it has worn well. There isn't a fully honest character in the book but I'm happy to say that it's easy to distinguish between the small-time and big-time crooks. Mucho inside movie business stuff, and more than a little off-color. But if you can accept those it's highly recommended.
  
• Hard Landing on June 22, 2017
  
  A pretty decent tale, though very light on descriptive detail, about a trigger-happy Australian private detective who blunders his way through Sydney or some such place. Moves right along toward a quasi-happy ending. Well, "blunder" might be a bit harsh. Let's merely say that discretion is certainly not our hero's foremost virtue.
  
• Hardshellz on Feb. 22, 2019
  
  Tongue in cheek, I'm sure, and entertaining. I believe the author should get in touch with me for a paragraph by paragraph discussion of writing ideas. (Be a good idea to remove blanks from my evilmail moniker when communicating.) r a donley@icloud.c o m
  
• Victory on the Veldt on April 22, 2019
  
  Well composed and well written story of a war such notables as Winston Churchill and Mark Twain once debated. While not the absolute highest quality of authorship the readability is excellent and level of excitement remains high throughout. Generally even-handded in its treatment of the two sides. Leaves the reader eager for a succeeding volume to complete the hero/heroine interaction and finish the description of the war.
  
• What Should We Speak Of When We Are Old? on July 08, 2019
  
  Excellent first-person story that appears historically accurate though such isn't stated. Tells of a U S military advisor to the Vietnamese late in the war. The protagonist, a junior lieutenant, wriggles free of a desk job to be assigned as an advisor and liaison to Viet military posts during his single tour. He's sympathetic to his Vietnamese and Montagnard associates, and longs for a more active wartime role. He eventually obtains it and…
  
• Altar of Fallen Gods on Aug. 25, 2019
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  Interesting blurb and cover, so I'm GOING to read (also because you reviewed one of mine. In the meantime, try https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/385171. It's free, so no harm to your pocketbook. Also try Lovejoy's World [Your coupon code is TA49L (not case-sensitive).]