Review: Great military sci-fi and great value
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2013
Well Jay, you have done yourself proud, this is a great start for you and great book, yes, I agree about the 533 pages as I am a quick reader also so thank you for putting that effort in.I really enjoyed the "flashbacks" it really helped develop the characters and story, Bloom's story was very funny so good to see a mix of flash back story's and Beast/Runt was good too as it gave me info on that race and how they exist.Fantastic value at $2.99 so hope you are making some money to inspire you for more. I read many military sci-fi, John, David Drake and David Sherman are just a few and I reckon you have potential to get up with them.Couple of things that I did not like was 1) the several references to old movies like Speed,Die Hard etc, I thought a bit weak for the many years ahead in the future the book was set and tended to "break" the flow for me. Also, the way it seemed almost all the flash backs linked the people, sure, it is fantasy but seemed a bit much and too often.I reckon you could write a prequel on "The General" as he sounded like a character with lots of potential in how he got that much experience and rank.Sometimes books ending on a cliff-hanger annoy me a lot but the way yours ended with the offer of more stories was fine.Thanks