Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, Russell Phillips has lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. His articles have been published in Television Magazine, Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers Journal. He currently lives in Stoke on Trent with his wife and two children.

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• The Losing Role on Nov. 01, 2010
  
  An interesting story, well written, with some surprises. The author has very obviously done his research, not just about the operation that Kasper (the main character) is involved in, but about everything the book touches on. Highly recommended.
  
• Churchill's Queen on April 26, 2011
  
  This is a good story, but it really could have used more editing/proofreading. I've sent the author all the errors that I spotted, so hopefully he'll update it. It does have some similarities to The Eagle has Landed, so if you enjoyed that, you'll probably enjoy this. Note though that the story is entirely set in WW2, there's just a short epilogue covering the incident in Hong Kong. From the description, I'd expected the book to be roughly 50/50 WW2 and Hong Kong.
  
• Trio of Horrors: Three Tales from the Holocaust on June 03, 2011
  
  Good stories, with interesting and believable characters. It's a little difficult to see where one story ends and another begins, though. Some sort of heading for each story would help with that.
  
• Besserwisser: A Novel (The Know-It-Alls) on June 10, 2011
  
  I wouldn't have bought this if I hadn't read The Losing Role by the same author. This is quite enjoyable, but not as good as The Losing Role. I think that may be partly due to this being an earlier novel, and so the author's skills have improved, but it may also be that The Losing Role is the sort of book I'd usually read, whereas this was an unusual choice for me. The story is funny and believable, with interesting characters.
  
• False Refuge on June 10, 2011
  
  This is a thought-provoking book, dealing as it does with one man's decision to go AWOL rather than be sent to war. The question of whether Alex has deserted his mates or exercised his right to refuse service in an illegal war is not a simple one. Anderson, however, manages to have his characters explore that question without bogging down the story. In the action scenes, this book reminded me of an Andy McNab thriller. This is the third Steve Anderson book that I've read. It's not the best (that accolade goes to The Losing Role), but it is very good and certainly worth four stars.
  
• Tales of Dune on Dec. 24, 2011
  
  The new books by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson are nowhere near as good as the original six by Frank Herbert. Naturally, they're a completely different style, but they're also much simpler and less interesting. That said, they can still provide some entertainment. If you've read any of the others, you'll probably enjoy this as much or as little as you enjoyed those. If you haven't, then note that these stories are much simpler and less nuanced than Frank Herbert's books.
  
• A Submariners Story (Sinking to Crush Depth)(short story) on Jan. 20, 2012
  
  This is a very short, true story. It's well worth reading, the author captures the tension of the situation very well.
  
• In Search of Lethality: Green Ammo and the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round on March 05, 2012
  
  I should probably note at the start that this book isn’t going to be for everyone. It’s a description of how a new 5.56mm round was developed, the design considerations, how they were met and the compromises that had to be made. The impetus for the new round was a need to reduce or eliminate lead from small arms ammunition, to avoid falling foul of tightening state environmental regulations. During initial discussions, the issue of the existing M855 round’s performance came up, and so the program looked at improving performance in a number of areas, as well as reducing the environmental impact of the many rounds that were fired at ranges in the U.S. The end result was a round that was much improved over the existing round, at a similar cost. The book describes the whole process, and the controversy that surrounded the new round, in a very readable manner. It’s not excessively long at a little over 5,000 words.