Review: End of Empire
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
The galactic human empire has fallen apart because the people at the top only care about themselves and most other people have become debt slaves; a Marine unit, banished to a far-away planet, helped reestablish civil order and then, in this book, takes on a gang of pirates led by a mad tyrant.  The novel is very well written, like the others in the series, full of interesting characters, with sympathy towards democratic ideals.  I don't know if Nuttall intended this, but the crumbling Empire looks a lot like the current-day US, ruled by corporations who only care about profits, and a rich elite who only care about power and wealth.  He inserts sly references to other science fiction, such as E.E. Smith, one of the pioneers, and Tom Kratman, who writes military SF.  I look forward to more in the series.