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A review by lizaroo71
The Valley by John Renehan
3.0
Black is a lieutenant that hasn't seen any combat. In his office duties, Black is determining whether he should remain in the military or not when he receives a case in a remote base high up in the mountains of Afghanistan. Black has to investigate an incident that involves some of the soldiers on the base and some locals from a nearby village.
Black has a week to investigate before an envoy will deliver supplies and pick him up to return to his posh life on the base. What should be a simple investigation turns into a week of eye-opening pronouncements.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from this book, but a military thriller was not it. The story kept me engaged, but I have to say that there are a lot of characters that I had to keep up with and I wasn't sure, in the end, whether I cared enough about any of them. In fact, there is a pretty big reveal at the end, and it fell flat for me because I couldn't recall the guy that they mentioned!
I feel that given the ending, this may end up being a series of some kind, but I may be wrong. Definitely some insight into what it feels like to be at an isolated post in a foreign country while at war.
Black has a week to investigate before an envoy will deliver supplies and pick him up to return to his posh life on the base. What should be a simple investigation turns into a week of eye-opening pronouncements.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from this book, but a military thriller was not it. The story kept me engaged, but I have to say that there are a lot of characters that I had to keep up with and I wasn't sure, in the end, whether I cared enough about any of them. In fact, there is a pretty big reveal at the end, and it fell flat for me because I couldn't recall the guy that they mentioned!
I feel that given the ending, this may end up being a series of some kind, but I may be wrong. Definitely some insight into what it feels like to be at an isolated post in a foreign country while at war.