Review: First In A Series I Want To Continue
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
I liked this book. I also agree with the "pro parts" of the review by Deke. His was constructive and informative, but I don't agree with the "Cons" (or rather, they can be explained quite easily as the author's prerogative in storytelling). The story is US-centric because that is where the book is sold. The US has controlled everything that is manned in space for a long time, so why wouldn't that continue? We are not the only ones in space, but we have the biggest footprint.I suppose aliens could grab Chinese troops, but from a distance (alien distance) if you looked at each nation on earth and tried to figure out where the most competent, highest mean-educated troops are, and where the highest concentration would be, you would likely pick the US. The average troop may be smarter in Sweden, but there are not that many. China has more troops, in larger concentrations, but they are less tech-savvy than US troops. The point being to stuff them in advanced hardware so if you are a bug, who ya gonna choose?Marines. So what? There are also mentions of Army troops. The ratio of male to female in the future is speculation by the author. So too is the idea about Marines who just happen to be female (they are all Marines). If you want to quibble, then the lack of NCOs in the story is something I wonder about. If you randomly grab 75,000 troop, you should get a random sampling. But, in the story they are grabbed from bases, and who sleeps on base in large concentrations? Not major generals. So overweight to corporals and pfcs makes sense.4 stars because the first installment naturally is freighted down with intro material. He does a good job handling this and I can imagine wanting to rush through the background so you can tell the story. I approve of the story and storyline.