Review: A perfect example of how not to write Military SF
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
The only redeeming feature was the action scenes, but they were by no means enough to rescue this one.First, if you are going to write high tech SF, try and have some understanding of science and technology.- You can't ignite plasma like some jet of gasoline- Lasers don't shoot Ions, and are NOT interchangeable with particle cannons.- They have a plasma engine that can get around the solar system in a few hours, yet have no compensation so would arrive as a thin paste.. Same with zipping in and out of asteroids.- You, OMG, shoot a grapple at a speeding Fighter and don't get you arms ripped off?Second, try typing and not rambling into some voice recognition software. So many phonetic errors my eyes are bleeding- Do and Due are not interchangeable- You Don a helmet, not Dawn it- Coarse is not the same as Course, but you could set a coarse course...Plot difficulties are huge and numerous. Hire an editor, a friend, someone who finished high school english.- An alien empire has rendered themselves incapable of violence, not had a warrior in 1000 years, and somehow still has defended their border with a fleet and is considering a surprise attack. Eh what?- Minutes after his fighter is rescued, a pilot is thrown into a Marine unit on a mission. Not a chance- A LARGE number of units is attacking, later in the sentence it become 5 Fighters. not exactly large by any fashion.- The Earth fleet has 800 fighter in one scene and pages later 100 destroyed is more than half.I don't ask for refunds or return books, but this may well be the first. I am embarrassed I read 80% before running screaming.