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conversations.value: Provide a description for a book titled Red Sky in Morning about Maxwell, Genre, Max with the genre: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction.
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conversations.value: Genre renaissance man Max Allan Collins is wearing a new hat these days as the author, author of adventure-crime thrillers. His latest is an old-fashioned World War II navy drama (think Caine Mutiny). Drawing on the war experiences of his father, the author tells the story of a midwestern musician called up after Pearl Harbor. Ensign Peter Maxwell likes directing the navy choir, but he wants to see action and lands a posting as a junior officer on board an ammunitions ship, which turns out to have an African American crew led by a hard-assed, racist captain. After the ships home port in San Francisco is blown up (a real-life tragedy), and its second in command is killed, Maxwell finds himself caught in the middle of a potential mutiny and forced to investigate a murder, just as he sets sail across the Pacific. the author melds shipboard melodrama, WWII action, and solid amateur sleuthing into an infectiously readable adventure. Yes, some of the plot is predictable, and a few of the characters are familiar types, but it all runs smoothly, much in the manner of Herman Wouk. Old-school storytelling delivers great entertainment. --Bill Ott
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conversations.value: --Bill Ott. Old-school storytelling delivers great entertainment. Yes, some of the plot is predictable, and a few of the characters are familiar types, but it all runs smoothly, much in the manner of Herman Wouk. the author melds shipboard melodrama, WWII action, and solid amateur sleuthing into an infectiously readable adventure. After the ships home port in San Francisco is blown up (a real-life tragedy), and its second in command is killed, Maxwell finds himself caught in the middle of a potential mutiny and forced to investigate a murder, just as he sets sail across the Pacific. Ensign Peter Maxwell likes directing the navy choir, but he wants to see action and lands a posting as a junior officer on board an ammunitions ship, which turns out to have an African American crew led by a hard-assed, racist captain. Drawing on the war experiences of his father, the author tells the story of a midwestern musician called up after Pearl Harbor. His latest is an old-fashioned World War II navy drama (think Caine Mutiny).Genre renaissance man Max Allan Collins is wearing a new hat these days as the author, author of adventure-crime thrillers