Fantastic

Second book from Prit Buttar ( and my favorite of the series ) details the murderous fighting in the Carpathian Mountains and the central powers pushing the Russians back across Galicia in the Gorlice -Tarnow offensive . I read everything I can about WW 1 on the east front and this series of books are hands down the best I’ve come across. The author weaves an understandable narrative of these complex battles and the politics behind them .

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Interesting Topic, Better Paced

I listened to the first book, Collision of Empires, and thought that it was great in terms of narrator and content, but found it difficult to finish nonetheless. I think i found this one a bit difficult to finish as well (this took me about one month, rather than two), but it's a marked improvement in terms of pacing. No set up, the narrator jumps right into the frontlines and details Germany's rather impressive maneuvers against the Russians. I recommend for fan of WWI and military history.

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Excellent!

I enjoyed, just like in Collision of Empires,the entire backstory of the events of 1915 on the Eastern Front. Very in-depth and fascinating.

Very in-depth, but dubious sources

The book offers in depth look at movements on the eastern front, however repeats some cliches and outright lies. Austrian 28th regiment did not in fact defect en masse, and hearing it in narrator's authoritative and damning voice is quite painful. This is a big historical work. Check your sources maybe...?