The Excalibur Alternative by David Weber My rating: 5 of 5 stars Honestly, I initially had a hard time getting into this book. It was a struggle. But it was Weber and he’s usually quite good, so I kept slogging on and am I ever glad I did. By the time I was halfway through, …
Tag: military sci fi
A Review of The Dog from Hell
The Dog From Hell by Chris Bunch My rating: 4 of 5 stars This fourth Star Risk, Ltd. novel is pretty good, much better than the previous one. The mercenary group is back, but this time, their nemesis, Cerebus Systems, a huge “security” firm with thousands of operatives spread out on hundreds, perhaps thousands of …
A Review of The Ion War
The Ion War by Colin Kapp My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I bought this book used last week, I had never heard of the author and knew nothing about the book. It just sounded kind of interesting, even though it was somewhat old and probably out of date. Also, it had mediocre ratings …
A Review of Star Corps
Star Corps by Ian Douglas My rating: 1 of 5 stars I'm not sure what it was about this book, but I just couldn't get into it. I tried for several days, reading 20-30 pages a day and just being bored and frustrated. Frankly, I thought the premise was dumb. I guess that's the basic …
A Review of The Shadow of Saganami
The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Shadow of Saganami is an Honorverse spinoff of the brilliant Honor Harrington series that I really didn’t want to start reading, but I had been reading so much about the several sub-series’ spinoffs and how they elaborate on key plot elements, …
