Review: Pound those aliens into mush, Creed!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
My head was still in space opera mode when I noticed Vaughn Heppner had penned a sequel to "Assault Troopers," a fast-action world-is-taken-over-by-aliens novel. "Planet Strike" follows the exploits of now Commander Creed, a former con who has taken over his alien master's ship after winning and escaping a huge interstellar battle. He returns to earth to try and save what's left of humanity. But Creed never gets a break. The Lokhars, who look like big bipedal tigers, return with some simian freelancers to finish off all humans. Creed kills off the apes and works a deal with the tigers and winds up in a religious quest for the meaning of life. Only this one requires a mass amount of death. Heppner turns on the action. Really. Creed is an interesting character who reminds me of a badass version of Harry Harrison's "Bill, the Galactic Hero." The story has one direction: forward. Those who want to contemplate more philosophical stuff need not read this book. Heppner ends the book somewhat suddenly, and I wanted a bit more resolution. But he's got a paragraph that puts my mind at ease. A little anyway. He says, and I paraphrase, "Read this and I'll write another." OK, dude. I'm ready. Here's a review. You're prolific as all hell, but this guy has more to say.