Review: I really love this series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2013
Plot: (Note I am asuming you have read the earlier books in the series - if not, then do so). OK - the aliens are back for another assault upon the forces of Earth. But humanity have not been sitting idly by. Reverse engineering everything they can, humanity now has some interesting surprises ready. Our gorgeous sergeant is now a Lieutenant, and she has a combat suit that makes mechwarriors look primative. Time for some on-ship combat! The Earth fleet is also carrying some awesome weaponry. Problem is, the enemy are now sending actual military fleets. Turned out that the other aliens the Earth forces had fought were more like civilian security. Oops. Hard times ahead.I really enjoyed this book and gobbled it down in a little over a day (not bad considering I have had an eye operation and my eyes are still painful - just could not put the book down). The characters are well drawn and sympathetic with realistic motivations and responses. The technology is described with enough techno-crap to make it plausible. The author has a good sense of pace and suspence. The wordsmithing is a pleasure to read. I did notice a few typos of the sort that a spellchecker could easily miss (e.g. "was" instead of "has") but not enough to warrant a drop in my rating of the novel.Yes it is space opera and not "hard" science fiction, but who cares - it was just so enjoyable.