Review: The Alamo has foud the Hercules at last. Now how to get everyone out alive!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
Five Stars.Tongue stays on target with his Battlecrusier Alamo series – the same spare writing style, fast paced storyline and believable characters.The Alamo and crew have at last found the missing Hercules, along with a major supply depot of the Cabal and a host of new enemies to outthink and outfight.There are also further hints that there may be more to the Cabal’s conspiracy than just a desire to rule Human controlled space.So what did I like?Great ship to ship combat using technologies on the edge of being believable. This isn’t Space Opera, but near future military SF and the hardest SF to write. With real world time and constraints on combat systems – no Dues ex Machina here – writing exciting combat scenes is doubly hard, yet Tongue pulls it off in styleEqually well done,  Tongue does his usual five star job on understanding the military mind-set – characters act like proper, adult members of a military command, even when family concerns intrude - Command decisions are swift, sensible and well thought through, with an eye to both losses and reward.And not so great? Too long between episodes! Keep them coming