Freedom's Rangers 5
by Keith W Andrews
1990 Berkley
Freedom's Rangers is the Men's Adventure series with the coolest concept and most disappointing execution. The year is 2008, and a failure of nerve (damn liberals!) has allowed Soviet Russia to conquer half of America. Free Americans use time travel technology to travel to the past to alter history, while trying to prevent the Russians from doing the same.
Our story starts in 1588 Cuba with our heroes barely escaping their time travel base being destroyed by a nuclear blast. They hitch a ride sailing to England to stop the Soviet plot - they seek to use modern weaponry to aid the Spanish Armada's attack on England in order to prevent England's ascendancy, which in turn will weaken the formation of America.
Andrews has clearly done his homework - if it's not historically accurate, he's faking it well enough for a casual read. But the action doesn't take advantage of the setting or premise.
