The Man With the Golden Sword by John B Leith

Has anyone wasted their time reading this piece of crap?
It is written as a non-fiction but appears to have not a shread of truth.
I love a good action packed novel, and especially a well written action packed non-fiction, but this fails in both regards. I believe they need a special category for books like this called "absolute BS"

Please correct me if anyone can find any merit in this book- maybe I missed something.

 

Is there really a blurb on the back cover from a regression therapist?

Is this the same author that wrote "Genesis for the New Space Age, Secret Development of the Round Wing Plane, the Extra Terrestrials from Inside the Earth, and the Arrival of the Outer Terrestrials"?

 

Yup Takao, that's him.
How can he be taking credit for being a war hero with the MOH, etc without someone doing something? Isn't there a law against that sort of thing?

 

Google books has it listed as fiction, so I don't think that any law would apply.

 

The Stolen Valor Act provides for prosecution if someone receives money or tangible benefits from falsely claiming certain awards including the MOH. An earlier version of the act was thrown out by the courts on free speech grounds; apparently profiting from the deception is what they hope will make this one viable. I suppose the government would have to establish that some proportion of the author's profits derived from the false claim, i.e. that people bought the book who otherwise might not have. Hard case to make I imagine.

 

Apparently the author of this rag is dead, but considerating the BS he's capable of it's debatable.
Even tho Amazon has it listed as fiction, most all the reviews believe it to be true. The person who published it, Robyn C. Andrews must be receiving tangible benefits from it.
What's scary is how gullible most people are.