The writing in this series is getting much worse. When writing about the Marines, it's OK but venturing away from that and the writing becomes very child like. I don't known where the author got the idea for names of people other than Marines, but they are totally ridiculous. These names sound more like a kid made them up instead of a professional writer.I've made it through 10 books in this series. If they don't get better as far as plots and writing, I won't make it to the final book #14. Oh, yeah, this is the first book I've read completely using my IPad and my Kindle app. Great way to read a book.