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The War for Terra #1
Resolute Command: Book 1 of The War for Terra (Volume 1) by James R. Prosser
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First published July 27, 2013
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January 8, 2014
This book is perhaps not wow-this-is-great-material but it is certainly not bad either. It is actually a fairly enjoyable space adventure. It is a simple story and which is rather simply written. It looks like this might be the first work of this author and as such I do not think it is bad one.
The story is a little in the direction of BattleStar Galactica in that humanity gets clobbered and we get to follow the refugees. It is much more upbeat than Galactica though in that more of humanity appears to have survived. In particular more of the military forces and in general there is much more hope for some later comeback as well as payback in this book.
The book frequently wanders back and forth in time in order to introduce the background story of the various characters and I have to admit that I find this a little annoying. I always find back-flashes annoying and I generally read them a bit faster in order to get back to the main thread. The characters themselves are enjoyable (most of them) though and reasonably well done.
The story, at least the background part how earth got clobbered etc. is perhaps a bit thin and rather weak but it is good enough to get the story going. Once it gets going it is quite fun reading with a fair amount of action and a decent progression of the story including a few twists here and there. Overall an enjoyable light read which I will continue following since the author have already published two more books in the series.
The story is a little in the direction of BattleStar Galactica in that humanity gets clobbered and we get to follow the refugees. It is much more upbeat than Galactica though in that more of humanity appears to have survived. In particular more of the military forces and in general there is much more hope for some later comeback as well as payback in this book.
The book frequently wanders back and forth in time in order to introduce the background story of the various characters and I have to admit that I find this a little annoying. I always find back-flashes annoying and I generally read them a bit faster in order to get back to the main thread. The characters themselves are enjoyable (most of them) though and reasonably well done.
The story, at least the background part how earth got clobbered etc. is perhaps a bit thin and rather weak but it is good enough to get the story going. Once it gets going it is quite fun reading with a fair amount of action and a decent progression of the story including a few twists here and there. Overall an enjoyable light read which I will continue following since the author have already published two more books in the series.
July 28, 2014
There is a good story here. It pokes its head above ground from time to time but the grammar/word errors, punctuation errors, and gaping holes in military protocol do their best to hide it.
There are several chapters that the word errors feel like what you find when you try to send an email and use sywpe to type it. Sometimes you just end up with the wrong word but its spelled correctly so its not flagged as wrong.
The jump forward of one year from the end of the first book to the beginning of the second feels like too long of an interval.
The Captain who abandons his command multiple times to jump into a fighter is also unrealistic. If after one year, Lee still hasn't given up his fighter to a new pilot, then he has done a huge disservice to his fighter wing, keeping it down 16% strength. Or Lee should have been demoted back down to fighter pilot and a new Captain found.
Finally, how about seat straps for when Artificial Gravity fails on a combat vessel? Even Star Trek made a nod to this with the seat/arm rests that folded down to double as restraints in combat situations. Yet here we have the bridge crew of the Resolute drifting off station as soon as A-Grav goes down.
A good effort but it needs cleaned up.
There are several chapters that the word errors feel like what you find when you try to send an email and use sywpe to type it. Sometimes you just end up with the wrong word but its spelled correctly so its not flagged as wrong.
The jump forward of one year from the end of the first book to the beginning of the second feels like too long of an interval.
The Captain who abandons his command multiple times to jump into a fighter is also unrealistic. If after one year, Lee still hasn't given up his fighter to a new pilot, then he has done a huge disservice to his fighter wing, keeping it down 16% strength. Or Lee should have been demoted back down to fighter pilot and a new Captain found.
Finally, how about seat straps for when Artificial Gravity fails on a combat vessel? Even Star Trek made a nod to this with the seat/arm rests that folded down to double as restraints in combat situations. Yet here we have the bridge crew of the Resolute drifting off station as soon as A-Grav goes down.
A good effort but it needs cleaned up.
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