ARMOR, The Complete Series

Books 1-5

By: Craig DiLouie

Narrated by: Garrett Michael Brown

ARMOR: The Complete Series chronicles the journey of a tank crew through the Second World War, from North Africa to Berlin. Action-packed, authentic, and filled with flawed but tough men of the Greatest Generation, ARMOR drops you straight into the horror, brotherhood, and triumph of armored warfare.

You'll fight alongside the crew as they go head-to-head with Tigers at Kasserine Pass, race to Palermo in Sicily, land during the horrific first assault wave at Omaha Beach, crash against the Norman hedgerows, make a stand against Hitler's last blitzkrieg in the Battle of the Bulge, and batter their way into the heart of Nazi Germany. All the while, you'll live with the crew in the cramped, noisy, and vulnerable fighting machine that was the American Sherman tank.

ARMOR: The Complete Series puts together for the first time all five episodes in Craig DiLouie's historical military fiction action & adventure series: The Battle of North Africa, The Fight for Sicily, Fortress Europe, The Bulge, and Reich's Fall.

©2020 Craig DiLouie (P)2020 Craig DiLouie

Gritty WWII Combat Stories

I enjoyed this series of books. After finishing the Crash Dive series from this author, I was looking forward to this series and Mr. Dilouie did not disappoint. Lots of action. The characters are well-developed. And as the series went on I grew more attached to them. I felt the author did a good job blending action with historical description, and struck a decent balance developing fully rounded characters. The books follow a crew through Africa and the European campaign of WWII, ending with the fall of Nazi Germany.

Great series of books

Easy listening story line with decent characters. Rooted with seriousness and humor at some points. Brings a certain amount of vividness to the story, similar to his other series "Crash Dive".

Great series in one stop.

Great characters, well read and a good guide on the European phase of WW II.

Good story and narration

Easy listen. Good story. I’d find myself listening to only five minutes at a time if that’s all I had.

Great tale of bravery and perserverance

This was a tremendous story about the war in North Africa and Europe, about the bonds of battle forged between strangers who become brothers, and the horrors of war that can last well beyond its end.

WWII

Loved all 5 books. helped one fell what it must have been like to be in battle in WWII. from normany to berlin. God bless the greatest generation. Wow!

Historically Accurate, Fun, and Action-Packed

4.5 out of 5 stars

This was one of those sets of books that I knew, going into it, that if it didn’t grab my attention right away that I was going to be in trouble. At 22 hours, it’s hard to devote that amount of time to any book (though, this is a collection of 5 books). Thankfully, DiLouie absolutely sucks you in with the historical realism and the action that there was no way that I wasn’t going to enjoy it.

I hate to compare it to anything, but at least with a reference – the movie Fury really helped me see/understand what the inside of an armored tank would be (I”m not sure if it’s the same one or not) but you really get the understanding that these guys are basically on top of each other and that if they don’t get along that things are going to be difficult.

The Armor series is broken up into five books, each one telling a different story about a different campaign. This really broke the book up and allowed it to flow really nicely. Each story had it’s own plot and just own feeling – but the book as a whole felt complete. It’s nice when you’re able to break it up like that but keep the feeling the same.

The narration by Garrett Michael Brown added to an already enjoyable story. He was able to add in effects and just different things that took this from just a narration and slightly into a performance. But, it’s not over done or anything to the point that it brings you out of the story. He’s able to add stuff in that makes the story better instead of distracting.

Overall, a really enjoyable collection of stories that felt historically accurate and were an absolute blast (pun intended) to read. I’m glad that I was able to read this and I’m glad that I spent the time to savor each story.

Narrator

Sometimes I had a hard time relating to the seriousness of the storyline because it seemed like the reader had a light merry tone.

Authentic

Another great WW II story with authentic characters and a great story
I read his submarine novels and liked them so much and now I can add Armor to the list of my favorites

Exceptional

Wonderful recording and material. A+. Would recommend to my friends. do yourself a favor and listening you like tanks. I'm looking at you war thunder players.