The Hundred Worlds have withstood invasion by the relentless Hok for decades. The human worlds are strong, but the Hok have the resources of a thousand planets behind them, and their fleets attack in endless waves.
The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many. Genetically sculpted to drive a mech-suit as if he wears a second skin, he must find a path to victory. It’s a battle in which he’ll never admit defeat, but not even Straker knows the dark truth behind this titanic struggle. With Lieutenant Carla Engels piloting, Starship Liberator explores enemy territory in search of answers.
Entertaining Recommended if you’re a fan of either of authors, must read if you’re a fan of both. Some suprises in the plot, interesting retrospective intro that helps reader to understand the characters – not that they’re particularily developed – expect fast action and lots of it, not extensive character development. Zaxby feels very similar to BV Larson’s Mervin, but main character is not as cunning as usual in Larson’s books – a bit more in Van Dyke’s style. I’ll be waiting to see how this series (and…
So good This book has many elements of the Starforce and Undying Mercenaries series. And that is all just awesome. We have the rookie leader who is bad ass. We have his love interest. We have the bad ass side kick. And of course, we have the hyper intelligent scientist role. (Hello Marvin-esque guy!!!). And we take those roles and just throw them into the blender of the space opera!!Â
Don’t think too much just enjoy the mindless military battles of our incredible invincible hero Borderline between three and four stars but very reasonable pricing easily slips this to four stars. Classic (no thinking allowed) military science fiction by Larson & Vandyke. One man is super soldier against the cosmos, where everyone else (except his band of merry rebels) are bad guys oppressing the little people. But our hero is such a good soldier he can take them all on. Ok sounds like I am thinking too much. Frankly it is just mindless battle fun. The characters area bot simplistic…