Review: Exceptional Read !
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2013
I first read Ms. Etzweiler's writing when I read Dark Edge of Honor. It was a collaboration with Aleksandr Voinov, and I loved it and was truly impressed. When their publisher sent our guild Fragile Bond for review, I immediately knew it was a story I would want to read. After Dark Edge of Honor I knew I would want to read more of Ms. Etzweiler's writing. This book went way over the top in a sci-fi story in my estimation!We first meet Sgt. Marc Staille, a sniper, part of an advance team sitting on a ridge on an alien planet of Horace Deuce-Niner, talking to his trusty rifle Mat. He is on a bodyguard mission on this small hopefully un-inhabited planet. His ships mission is looking for a specific metal that this planet seems rich in for mining. He is here on the ridge first with the five man team, looking for anything that will hurt the caravan following behind themThere seem to be predators they call tawnies that are native to the planet. They hunt in packs. Marc and Mat have just taken out possibly all the enemy in the area one by one. At that moment, little does he know the rules will change, when a tawny uses an unexpected weapon he has at his disposal: pheromones?Commander Hamm Orsonna, is the leader of the fefa clan. He has tracked Marc and has watched the sniper systematically kill his entire squad. These men were seasoned warriors and their lives have been snuffed out by the death stick in the alien's hand. Hamm is determined to stop these invaders, and wants to capture this man and weapon for Intel. He sneaks up behind Marc and uses an unexpected weapon: his pheromones.Marc is concerned, the caravan has not come up behind him yet, he does not know where his team is, and he starts to react to a smell of earth and other alluring sensual smells that act as aphrodisiac to his senses. He starts to feel light headed and is over powered by one of the enemy, Commander Hamm Orsanna.Wow, I cannot even speak any more about the plot. The story is breath taking. Marc the man who was just a grunt with a gun, becomes bigger than life. He has now taken responsibility for the many lives he has taken in the name of "orders" and is visibly shaken with the loss. Commander Orsanna the leader of the clan has to make hard decisions for his planet and his people and for himself.You will be riveted to the direction this book takes you. These two souls have found each other over inter planetary miles, and finally would die for the other in the name of peace and possibly love. A. MUST. READ.Review By Gloria LakritzSr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild