PG's Books

Alexander the Conqueror follows directly on Alexander Overlord. As the title of this post says, it is more of the same and that is a good thing as far as I am concerned because I really liked Alexander Overlord and I do like this book. Alexander is the same stereotypical knight in shining armour type hero who, eventually, vanquishes his enemies and saves the day.

For someone like me, whose science fiction preferences lean towards capital ship space battles, this book is like candy to a child. The battles are huge but not as huge so they become totally distanced from the reader as, for example, some of the ones in Saxon Andrews’ books have a tendency to become. They are also reasonably realistic even though I still have a bit of difficulty with this converted-wet-navy-stuff.

The fact that the really bad guys gets blasted at the end is certainly adding to the enjoyment I had when reading this book. This is pure fiction and adventure and I really like it. The writing style is, partly at least, more something you would expect from books written in the 30’s, 40’s or 50’s but I like that as well. In my previous reviews of this book series I have made references to Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter books and this is to some extent due to the writing style but also due to the story.