Review: Fun Military Sci Fi short
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2012
Rear Echelon mixes interstellar intrigue and bows and arrows in this short military Sci Fi novel.  Leading military research scientist Dr. Arnac has been kidnapped by a Marchai Death Squad and taken to a low tech planet.  Travis Buckley and the Bandit Company are supposed to be providing mission support for the Stellar Confederation Armada Marine Corps' Alpha Elite Squadron when a surprise attack drops them into to the middle of the mission to stop the Marchai.  If you are in the mood for a quick action packed military sci fi read then this will be fine.For military sci fi fans, this is an OK to good read.  Science fiction is on the light side.  Most of the story is planetside with a mixture of off planet futuristic technology and weaponry along with primitive native technology and weaponry which must be melded into a unified force.  Action is fast paced which made it entertaining.I went back and forth on rating 3 or 4 stars since I usually enjoy 4 star books better than this one.  However, since story is better than most books which I rate 3 stars, I gave it 4.  Overall 3.5 stars.Rear Echelon is 2,071 Kindle locations long; excluding except at back for another story. Standard length novels seem to run in the 4,500 to 7,000 plus Kindle location range.  Books in Jack Campbell's first Lost Fleet series were approximately 5,000 Kindle locations.