Review: A good read in the Star Crusades series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
This book is one of the better ones in the Star crusades series. This series have been a bit of a bumpy ride as far as I am concerned although it has never been really bad and, as I wrote, this book is quite enjoyable.The book takes off directly where the previous one left off. Thus we continue to follow Spartan who is now stuck on Earth. Earth is not what it used to be to say the least and Spartan and his Jötnar friend have to struggle not only against the Biomechs but also against the stupidity of the Earthsec forces and commanders. I think this is the parts of the book that I liked the most. Obviously Spartan gets to demonstrate who is right and who is not more than once.A second story thread follows Colonel Morato as they stage a defence of an Alliance planet against a major Biomech invasion fleet. As it turns out, the entire thing is not exactly what it seems at first but rather carefully planned by the Alliance. This is also nice reading with plenty of action although I find the smoke screens and not telling all the facts to people like Morato a bit ludicrous. The Jötnar are quite involved and as usual this is fun reading with their usual thirst for a good fight and them more or less walking around with tank guns as handheld firearms.During the latter parts of the book Spartan makes some interesting discoveries on Mars while he is in the process of kicking some Biomech behinds. It will be interesting to read where this leads in the coming books.Although this book series never really manages to place itself on my all-time-high list, although I have a difficulty putting in words exactly why, it is quite enjoyable reading and I am definitely looking forward to the next one.