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Lings

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Lings

By: Atticus Andrews
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 They came. The ravagers of the universe. The scourge of star systems. The enemy of his race. They decimated all that he knew, slaughtering his colony like a herd of insects. Carrying their metal guns and tactical missiles, the marines butchered his siblings by the thousandfold. For that, they would pay. Krill is the last of his kind in a distant corner of the galaxy. Entrusted with the survival of his species, Krill carries with him an egg given to him by the Hive Mother herself. Her last, parting gift. What will it hatch into when it's born? A new hope for the rebirth of the Krath? Military Science Fiction
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The story largely plays out like a Terran vs. Zerg match from StarCraft—except one side is controlled by a mentally challenged character, and the other by a hacker using a developer console.

The main plot barely holds together, especially considering the villain could have obtained the necessary genetic material in a much simpler way. I'm not exactly a fan of unstoppable magic that no one seems to have developed any reasonable countermeasures for.

Technology and tactics make just as little sense. The standard marine is equipped with armor that kind of works, but his primary weapon feels about as effective as a bow and arrow against the average enemy.

In an era of nanotech, autonomous war robots (somehow without even basic firewalls), and self-replicating factories, minefields are still cleared by sending in foot soldiers to walk over them. And honestly, the list of absurdities could go on for a while.

What did surprise me—in a good way—was the AI voice. It was actually tolerable for the entire duration of the book, which, given everything else, felt like a small miracle.

When Zergs Hack the Plot

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