Review: Not just for kids anymore
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
In book 3, Lieutenant, David Birkenhead leaves childhood behind and more adult themes come into play. Note this book covers sexual abuse (very tastefully), starvation, and using just about anything around to win a battle, even respected dead corpses. The sexual abuse is very lightly touched on and happens off screen; thereafter the only mention is stuff like "Nestor once had something bad happen".I am enjoying how each military adventure becomes gradually more of a thought/strategy challenge to the main character. Each book concentrates on one military exploit of High Space Opera genre. The book also gave me insight into a little touched upon military aspect - cleaning up battlefields and retrieving the dead for burial with honors. The MacGyver solutions David (the rabbit) brings to defending a twice-defeated and presently unmanned space station makes the book a classic for people who love this sort of thing!Overall, I find the flavor and pacing of the series similar to Kris Longknife (by Mike Shepherd).