Commando #1: Operation Arrowhead by Jack Badelaire
Commando #1: Operation Arrowhead (2019) by Jack Badelaire Author Jack Badelaire describes this series as military adventure pulp fiction, and what a fitting description that is. Set during Hitler’s blitzkrieg across Europe, Commando deals with a crack unit of elite light infantry raiders capable of taking the offensive to the Nazi troops in occupied territories. The action in this first installment takes place in France with very little backstory or history beyond a prologue that grounds us geographically and explains the formation of the Commando units. Our main character is Lance Corporal Thomas Lynch and we’re introduced to him and his team in heavy action as they engage the Germans immediately. From there the entire book is virtually a non-stop minute-by-minute account of battle with small but tense reprieves. There’s not a lot of character arc, but that is not to say...