Review: Still the few, the proud, the Imperial Space Marines....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2012
This was a good tale that portrays a future USMC that has emerged as the preimminent fighting force in the known galaxy ruled by the Imperial Core Worlds. Unfortunatly, the core worlds overspent and overtaxed their tax base of lesser but resource laden periphery systems. Now the spending has come home to roost, causing the closing and reduction of both Naval Assests and Goverment oversight. The Commandant deploys his few brigades of Marines to provide a training cadre that will allow the outlying systems a chance to overcome the chaos and anarchy of the collapsing Empire.I liked the book but its got some plot weak points that are never fully explained...they never made me put it down but it did cause a few "huh..why'd they do that?" moments that made me drop out of the story to try and rationalize the decisions.Still...good book, good price...if you're a Military SF nut...read it...you'll like it.