Review: A Heroic Saga - Saving Two Worlds
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2011
Just because I have studied orbital mechanics and entry aero/thermodynamics I was bothered by a couple of faults in the author's physics. But that does not detract from the action in this high-tech thriller among the distant stars. I even forgive the incredible ways the main two characters stay alive to be together in the end, stretching our sense of probability - surviving close proximity to a multimegaton fusion warhead exploding! It is a little hard to figure how a large civilization, expanded over several planets, is nearly defeated by a small band of bad guys and then saved by two really determined Marines. (Well, they were really determined!)There are several faults in the author's knowledge of physics. But, as we often must do, we can forget those problems to enjoy the story. I'll just mention the faults that bothered me: 100x Lightspeed, sling-shotting mass into orbit, getting down from geosynch in a few minutes, dialing in your landing target with a joystick, and "gravity returning" during entry.