When the Colony on Hayden’s world went black, a team was sent to investigate. It was supposed to be a training mission: skip in, find out the Casimir Transmitter had gone dead, report back and wait for resupply from the Fleet.
By the time the only surviving member of the team made landfall, it was spectacularly clear that this wasn’t a training mission. Now Sgt. Sorilla Aida has a job to do. She has to gather the local survivors, recon the enemy, train a militia, and take the war right to the enemy’s doorstep. Just what she trained for. De Opresso Liber.
Excellent Hard Military Sci Fi This was an excellent example of hard military science fiction, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The primary character, Sergeant Sorilla Aida, is very reminiscent of Cadre Sergeant Alicia DeVries in David Weber’s “In Fury Born”. The story is well written, gripping, and very hard to put down once you start it. It’s a little abrupt at the end with us not really learning anything about the invaders, but then again this is an easy lead-in to a sequel. Overall highly recommended.
Fast-paced and engaging I got this within an hour of finishing his last book, Odyssey One. This one kicks Odyssey’s butt! The editing was better this time, though there were a few errors and typos here and there. But seriously, with a story this good, who cares? (OK, I do, but I’m an English teacher.) Mr. Currie has got Clancy’s pacing and enough tech talk to create really fast-paced, interesting storytelling, and he sets up the next books in the series beautifully. I really hope to see the main character…
On Silver Wings I’ve become wary of self-published books which have nothing but a string of 5-star reviews. In this case, the reviews feel sincere, rather than solicited.Â