Billy Boyle is an unlikely hero. He isn't on Uncle Ike's team because he's that good or that brave. He's there because he took advantage of a distant relationship to avoid going to the front lines. Only to find out that friendly Uncle Ike isn't going to spend the war in DC like he thought.Boyle has to deal with his own prejudice against the English and his own doubts because he knows that he was promoted to a position a little beyond his abilities. But he keeps working at it, even when his superiors seem to be working against him, through sheer determination.Benn dragged me along for a fun ride. It's not my usual genre and it's full of cliches, but it also had engaging characters and an interesting plan of the war that was well used in the story.