Fire on the Border

by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.

Lieutenant Darcy Lee could not tear her gaze away from the giant alien vessel displayed on the screen. The enemy's defenses had to be manipulating gravity in a way that Terran researchers had never suspected possible. But Darcy had watched as her fellow pilots were destroyed. And she thought she understood what had happened. — Now she was about to take a terrible chance to prove her theory. On her own authority. But what choice did she have? "Random corkscrew trajectory to intersect mathematical center point of Wayholder mothership," she said to the ship's computer. "Target lasers for nearest major gravity shield. On impact, cancel all acceleration and divert full energy production to lasers. Fire lasers at pre-selected targets."

Now she was committed and there was no turning back. And if her theory was wrong? She would die...

Genres: Science Fiction

368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Lonnie Veal · Rating 4 out of 5]

a Human star nation and an implacable alien empire go to war with a General who is cloned and replicated to orchestrate Man's campaign. Except the general is a traditional Japanese Military man with a deep sense of Honor and Bushido who is ruthelessly used by the Powers that be.

[Bnz · Rating 1 out of 5]

I very rarely DNF a book I bought, but I did this after some ten pages in this case. I returned to it a day or so later, and took a quick look at random places in the middle. Nope, nothing has changed - unreadable.

The other reviews are right: the style is of old space opera. I mean, the worst pulp space opera of '50. Blow by blow commands to computers, in the style advanced automation were imagined 70 years ago. I would give it a pass, if it was written 70 years ago.

Perhaps I read too much space opera written by actually capable authors, or I got up on the wrong side of bed. Do yourself a favor, download a sample before buying.

[Richard Beal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great sf. Excellent plot and ending.

Enjoyed the war fighting and especially the ending. The plot was very well developed and was tied together is a way that kept the books interesting