"WWIII is that rarest of sci-fi creations: a hugely innovative tale both smart and entertaining. Colossal effort and colossal fun." (Kirkus Discoveries)

"...an eerie, monumental novel. Friar skillfully blends history, and social theory with scientific imagining to portray the rise of the new republic, which has been planned down to the tiniest details. Geiseric's regime, the Apex, employs high tech bio-mimicry to create war chariots that hover like humming birds, ships that move like sea creatures and tanks that gallop on all fours. The Juggernaut, a giant tentacle machine ravages the coasts of resisting nations. Geiseric's armored warriors look much like ancient knights as they cruise above battlefields in airborne Kolibri war chariots. All the war technology is lavishly illustrated in a high sci-fi style that will appeal to military science fiction fans." (BookReview.com)

"Friar dazzles readers with big battles and saucy science, all driven by an astute sense of history and human motivation. Given the pace of Geiseric's blitzkrieg one suspects that the chinks in his armour might begin to show in the next eagerly anticipated volume." (Sci-Fi Lists Online, Best of Sci-Fi)