Review: Continues the Downhill Slide
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2012
This author continues to invent a great premise for a story line and then execute poorly.When I first started reading this series, I was excited at the possibility of a great new series.  In fact, the first book (Battle Earth 1) I considered pretty good.  The protagonist started out as a well trained Marine Special Forces officer, so I didn't have to suspend disbelief too far to imagine what he was doing was in his skill range.Book 2 began the downward slide.  All of a sudden new technology is invented that the protagonists start using to whip the bad aliens with no training, no planning, no preparation.  The hero gets what amounts to a magic sword and, other than a few good guys dying, magically makes it all good again and whips the bad guys.  No complexity, no science, no battle tactics, none of what you expect out of good military sci-fi.Book 3 is the worst of the lot.  I was barely able to get through it.  In fact, the only reason I gave the book a 2 star rating was because I did read it all the way through for the action, although with gritted teeth.  I forgot what I thought of Book 2 and bought this book anyway and suffered the consequences.  This is the worst of pulp fiction.I've now decided I will read no more Nick S Thomas books.  His Starforce Ganymede series suffered from the same flaws.  He apparently thinks that if he just shovels in enough action sequences he can get away with poor dialogue, poor story development, and poor character development.  Maybe he can sell plenty of books that way, but I'm done.