Review: hard to put down, very good military sci fi
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2012
Alarm of War is a tremendously enjoyable read for fans of military science fiction.  The characters are well crafted.  The plot is engaging.  Battle tactics are interesting and at times back up by good historical battle references.  I look forward to reading sequels.  Would have gotten a 5th star from me but for the fact that rates of acceleration and velocity were mostly missing; the explanation for a maximum military velocity for 5% of the speed of light seemed rather week; as some of the other sub-$5 Kindle published novels are prone to do the author runs out of steam a little at the end with some of the final events a bit inconsistent with expected character actions maybe because the book needs to end.  I won't share any details for fear of spoiling it for you.  This a good read that was very hard to put down with gripping action and occasional well done humor.  It will read a little soft for hard sci fi afficionados.The author does a fair job of avoiding smutty sex (there is a bit) and there are no blatantly anti-christian themes (characters exhibit multiple religious belief systems with tolerance).