The Sky So Big and Black by John Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Sky So Big and Black is a sci fi novel by John Barnes that is good, not great. Above average. Interesting, intriguing, mysterious, fairly well told in a now somewhat common, but perhaps then unique way. It has some …
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A Review of Terms of Enlistment
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos My rating: 5 of 5 stars In Terms of Enlistment, Andrew Grayson is a slum-dweller who joins the military for three good/real meals a day – unavailable on the outside – and a decent chance at an enlistment payout if he survives his five-year commitment. The book follows Grayson …
A Review of The Road to Hell
The Road to Hell by David Weber My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow, what an awesome book! It was so worth the wait. The Road to Hell is the third book in the Multiverse series, a series that began in 2006 by David Weber and Linda Evans. The next book was published in 2008, …
A Review of Courageous
Courageous by Jack Campbell My rating: 3 of 5 stars Courageous, Jack Campbell’s third book in his Lost Fleet series, is decent, but not great. It’s more of the same with a few new wrinkles thrown in to make it interesting enough for you to buy the next one in the series and keep reading. …
A Review of Crusade
Crusade by David Weber My rating: 5 of 5 stars Crusade, written in 1992, years before the Honor and Safehold series’, is David Weber doing what Weber does best. There are tons of excellent space battles which, after all, is his very best skill and talent. There are religious zealots, in this case, human-related aliens, …
