Review: I didn't especially like it
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2012
This is a short story that is a prologue to a series the author wrote. The purpose being to convince the reader to buy the remaining books in the series. It failed in that purpose for me. It left me with no interest at all in reading any more of the series.In any story like this, I have to be able to let go and see the story unfold in my head. In this case, mostly what was going through my head was "When will this be over?"I never believed the basic premise of the story - that being a lowly Sgt escapes a massacre perpetrated on a unit of its own soldiers by a military force for the purpose of justifying wiping out a group of semi-intelligent beings on a planet. The Sgt than decides to go up against the planetary government and his own military based on a brief conversation with an individual he does not even know. Not something any normal person is going to do.I did finish it, so it gets a minimum of two stars in the ILBOB rating system. But, if it was longer, I probably would have run out of patience with it and quit on the story, earning it just one star.It was a freebie, so no harm to my wallet.YMMV, and based on other reviews I saw, the author has a small but loyal fan base that likes his stuff. Based on what I read here, I won't joining his group of fans.