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War's Edge, Book 2
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Roger Wayne
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Ryan W. Aslesen
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Galactic war.
On its heels after the disastrous Battle of Verdant, the United Systems Alliance is taken completely by surprise when the Galactic Union launches an all-out surprise offensive that captures planet after planet. Fear and panic spread like an oxygen fire as the Union invasion fleet makes a dash for the Alliance core worlds.
Sergeant Mark Rizer and the Marines and sailors of Sixth Fleet are lightyears from the front, still licking their wounds after the bitter defeat on Verdant. But there is no time to rest, for General Hella is planning a daring - perhaps suicidal - operation to finally halt the Union juggernaut.
As the Alliance launches its first offensive of the war, Rizer and his Marines find themselves in the midst of a brutal campaign to retake the Union-occupied planet Stavanger. Fighting house-to-house and hand-to-hand in a frozen hell, Murder Company wages a desperate battle against a seemingly unstoppable enemy. Outgunned and outmanned, Rizer realizes his platoon is more than just a cog in the vast Marine Corps war machine: They're the glue holding the entire operation together. Failure isn't an option if the Alliance is to survive.
This book contains graphic violence, profanity, and sexual content. It is intended for a mature audience.
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solid read
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another excellent chapter but where is book 3
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Absolutely entertaining
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Narration
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Now off to the third book. Let’s hope it’s as good as the first two!
Oh. Narration. Good but after the first book it threw me off a bit. Not as good as Bray or Kater, but gets the job done nonetheless.
I really like this series so far.
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Great book
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side note: new narrator does just fine. just takes a little getting used to.
skips the insides for more action
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New narrator but still great
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His space combat work could be better, in that it comes across as just wet-navy combat with "space" pasted on. If you're going to worry about a ship listing in space, you need to explain why it's important that the ship _not_ list. 'Oh no! The ship is tilting to port!' 'Who cares; this is zero g?'
Similarly, his space fighters seem to be flying in atmosphere at all times rather than riding thrusters.
Be aware that the narrator doesn't seem to care much about pronunciation. There is a planet in the book named "Stavanger", presumably after the city in Norway. It should not be pronounced "Sta'-vanjer". And the first syllable of "Pyrrhic" is not "pyre". That said, he does have a good voice for this subject; I just wish he had taken a bit more care in the reading.
I'll probably continue with the series, because the combat scenes are evocative and the flow of the narrative is good, but this isn't one of the best military SF books I've read.
Good ground combat, weak space combat and narrator
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