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The Human Chronicles #4
The Tactics of Revenge
Adam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...
In The Tactics of Revenge -- the exciting continuation of The Human Chronicles Saga -- we find our hero ex-Navy SEAL Adam Cain and his band of intergalactic Raiders fighting a behind-the-lines insurgency against the Juirean Expansion. In the meantime, the Human Fleet is now ready to take on the forces of the Expansion in massive head-to-head battles among the stars. But not all is as it seems, as the puppet-masters -- the Klin -- soon learn that the Humans -- and Adam Cain in particular -- are aware of their behind-the-scenes manipulations of the Human-Juirean War.
The action -- as always -- is non-stop, as Adam continually jumps from one frying pan into another fire, until he is finally standing before the Supreme Leader of the Klin himself.
This Epic Saga is full of spectacular space battles, exotic aliens, political intrigue and heroic deeds, and all presented in a gritty, realistic form that will make you believe that these are real people engaged in real adventure. Let the awe and wonder of interstellar adventure come home with you. Read the entire Human Chronicles Saga.
One of the Most-Popular Science Fiction Series of 2012!
If you haven't read the other books in the series it might be a good idea to pick them
Book 1: The Fringe Worlds
Book 2: Alien Assassin
Book 3: The War of Pawns
Book 4: The Tactics of Revenge
Book 5: The Legend of Earth
In The Tactics of Revenge -- the exciting continuation of The Human Chronicles Saga -- we find our hero ex-Navy SEAL Adam Cain and his band of intergalactic Raiders fighting a behind-the-lines insurgency against the Juirean Expansion. In the meantime, the Human Fleet is now ready to take on the forces of the Expansion in massive head-to-head battles among the stars. But not all is as it seems, as the puppet-masters -- the Klin -- soon learn that the Humans -- and Adam Cain in particular -- are aware of their behind-the-scenes manipulations of the Human-Juirean War.
The action -- as always -- is non-stop, as Adam continually jumps from one frying pan into another fire, until he is finally standing before the Supreme Leader of the Klin himself.
This Epic Saga is full of spectacular space battles, exotic aliens, political intrigue and heroic deeds, and all presented in a gritty, realistic form that will make you believe that these are real people engaged in real adventure. Let the awe and wonder of interstellar adventure come home with you. Read the entire Human Chronicles Saga.
One of the Most-Popular Science Fiction Series of 2012!
If you haven't read the other books in the series it might be a good idea to pick them
Book 1: The Fringe Worlds
Book 2: Alien Assassin
Book 3: The War of Pawns
Book 4: The Tactics of Revenge
Book 5: The Legend of Earth
301 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 20, 2012
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September 19, 2017
Before you pick up this book, you need to read the first three in the series or you will be lost. The first book is called The Fringe Worlds (The Human Chronicles - Book One), the second is called Alien Assassin (The Human Chronicles -- Book Two), and the third is The War of Pawns (The Human Chronicles -- Book Three).
The author does a good job of continuing the series, seriously kicking up the action a notch or two. The saga continues with a space battle and some strange turn of events with the usual "to be continued ending." This was a fast read, and I am ready for the next book in the series which is supposed to be the finale.
Similar to other books in the series, there are several spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors in the Kindle version of the book that were quite annoying and make you stop and lose your train of thought: this fourth volume seemed to have more than what volume three had. I would strongly suggest hiring an independent editor (or two) to correct this version as well as others in the series.
The author does a good job of continuing the series, seriously kicking up the action a notch or two. The saga continues with a space battle and some strange turn of events with the usual "to be continued ending." This was a fast read, and I am ready for the next book in the series which is supposed to be the finale.
Similar to other books in the series, there are several spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors in the Kindle version of the book that were quite annoying and make you stop and lose your train of thought: this fourth volume seemed to have more than what volume three had. I would strongly suggest hiring an independent editor (or two) to correct this version as well as others in the series.
June 24, 2019
Whadayaknow
After reading the first book I wasn’t real complementary of the story. I thought it was an interesting storyline but lacked the polish of a more seasoned writer. Looks like dude grew up or something. Maybe took a creative writing class. It’s turned out to be a pretty solid series. Unfortunately it looks like the author has decided to make a career out of it. I don’t know, maybe 20-30 books? I’m exaggerating but there’s a lot. Don’t even know if it’s done yet. That is one thing that really irritates me. What happened to the good old days when a sci-fi book was just that, a book. I guess space operas happened. Don’t know if I’ll stick around for the whole thing. It’s starting to get kinda old. Harris seems to be getting paid by the word, which in a sense he is. A lot of the book has a lot of extraneous BS through out it. Gets tiring.
After reading the first book I wasn’t real complementary of the story. I thought it was an interesting storyline but lacked the polish of a more seasoned writer. Looks like dude grew up or something. Maybe took a creative writing class. It’s turned out to be a pretty solid series. Unfortunately it looks like the author has decided to make a career out of it. I don’t know, maybe 20-30 books? I’m exaggerating but there’s a lot. Don’t even know if it’s done yet. That is one thing that really irritates me. What happened to the good old days when a sci-fi book was just that, a book. I guess space operas happened. Don’t know if I’ll stick around for the whole thing. It’s starting to get kinda old. Harris seems to be getting paid by the word, which in a sense he is. A lot of the book has a lot of extraneous BS through out it. Gets tiring.
June 4, 2022
Great Story, poor English
Anyone enjoying action packed space operas will love the story. The multiple typos, grammatical errors, and vocabulary miscues definite distract from the enjoyment. Every page... Indeed almost every paragraph is riddled with distracting errors that even cursory editing would catch. I don't get it. Mr Harris must be testing the willingness of his readers to endure. I for one am done. When I'm reading along and constantly lose the flow of the story, it just isn't worth it.
Anyone enjoying action packed space operas will love the story. The multiple typos, grammatical errors, and vocabulary miscues definite distract from the enjoyment. Every page... Indeed almost every paragraph is riddled with distracting errors that even cursory editing would catch. I don't get it. Mr Harris must be testing the willingness of his readers to endure. I for one am done. When I'm reading along and constantly lose the flow of the story, it just isn't worth it.
May 22, 2021
Book 4
Book 4 was a fun read and had a few errors. The characters have developed well and the plot is fun and different. The characters are a bit one sided in scope and development so far into the series. The plot is a bit predictable, but fun to read. I look forward to the next book.
Book 4 was a fun read and had a few errors. The characters have developed well and the plot is fun and different. The characters are a bit one sided in scope and development so far into the series. The plot is a bit predictable, but fun to read. I look forward to the next book.
February 11, 2024
The tactics of Revenge: book4
There at not many authors that can keep each book in a series as exciting and captivating as this author. I have thoroughly enjoyed each book. I can not wait till the next.
There at not many authors that can keep each book in a series as exciting and captivating as this author. I have thoroughly enjoyed each book. I can not wait till the next.
January 24, 2020
Beautiful
December 6, 2022
Has Adam Cain met his match
Captured released, captured escaped captured rescued captured escaped again. Adam Cain spends as much time locked up as he does free.
Captured released, captured escaped captured rescued captured escaped again. Adam Cain spends as much time locked up as he does free.
January 16, 2013
I like these books. They are real easy to read and the story is pretty good.
We've been abducted by some aliens who don't really realize who or what they have messed with and soon find out they should have left us alone.
Humans tend to be much stronger, faster and smarter than any other aliens in the known universe. While there has existed a huge galactic empire not too far from Earth, they have pretty much left us alone until lately. We encounter a group of very smart aliens who want to help us get ready for the coming indoctrination into this ancient galactic empire warning us that we won't probably like our new found friends.
That turns out to be very true since the rulers of this galactic empire rule by force. They visit Earth and begin to completely destroy the planet. If not for our "friendly" aliens, we would have ceased to exist, but we barely manage to defeat this first attempt at our destruction. Now, we're mad. And we also know that our "friends" were only playing us to get back at the bad guys because they couldn't do it themselves.
So Earth begins to build it's first galactic armada intending to face the empire rulers on their own terms in space. Our "friends" think we don't know what's going on but we do and we manage to get a great deal of their technology figured out which doesn't make them as necessary as they think.
Our hero was one of the original abductees. He's now leading a guerrilla war behind enemy lines letting the bad guys know that the humans are coming. Problem is, he seems to be getting captured a little too often. Of course they can't hold him and his female friend very well so he escapes only to get caught later on.
You need to read about the battle between the Human Armada and the Alien Empire. It's quite good and exciting. Read the book to find out who wins.
We've been abducted by some aliens who don't really realize who or what they have messed with and soon find out they should have left us alone.
Humans tend to be much stronger, faster and smarter than any other aliens in the known universe. While there has existed a huge galactic empire not too far from Earth, they have pretty much left us alone until lately. We encounter a group of very smart aliens who want to help us get ready for the coming indoctrination into this ancient galactic empire warning us that we won't probably like our new found friends.
That turns out to be very true since the rulers of this galactic empire rule by force. They visit Earth and begin to completely destroy the planet. If not for our "friendly" aliens, we would have ceased to exist, but we barely manage to defeat this first attempt at our destruction. Now, we're mad. And we also know that our "friends" were only playing us to get back at the bad guys because they couldn't do it themselves.
So Earth begins to build it's first galactic armada intending to face the empire rulers on their own terms in space. Our "friends" think we don't know what's going on but we do and we manage to get a great deal of their technology figured out which doesn't make them as necessary as they think.
Our hero was one of the original abductees. He's now leading a guerrilla war behind enemy lines letting the bad guys know that the humans are coming. Problem is, he seems to be getting captured a little too often. Of course they can't hold him and his female friend very well so he escapes only to get caught later on.
You need to read about the battle between the Human Armada and the Alien Empire. It's quite good and exciting. Read the book to find out who wins.
August 20, 2013
Plot a bit predictable, and there are some pretty obvious holes in the worldbuilding. Switches too many points of view in the first few chapters, which becomes frustrating because none of the characters are really developed very deeply. Settles down near the 1/3 point though.
My major complaint is that the aliens all seem too "dumb" and easily outsmarted. For races who have achieved heroic scientific feats such as FTL communication, starships, etc., that level of denseness is just a bit hard to swallow for me.
Its not at work of art, nor will it really make you "think". The military tactics are a bit amateurish and transparent.
I have to say though, for pure entertainment value, it delivers. The swashbuckling comes fast, and the pacing is good. Its fun to cheer for the good guys. At the end of the day, I'll probably pick up the next book.
My major complaint is that the aliens all seem too "dumb" and easily outsmarted. For races who have achieved heroic scientific feats such as FTL communication, starships, etc., that level of denseness is just a bit hard to swallow for me.
Its not at work of art, nor will it really make you "think". The military tactics are a bit amateurish and transparent.
I have to say though, for pure entertainment value, it delivers. The swashbuckling comes fast, and the pacing is good. Its fun to cheer for the good guys. At the end of the day, I'll probably pick up the next book.
December 6, 2016
Humans start taking their revenge
I had read these 4 books and I am not sure how many more. I guess as I go forward I will discover how many, I never close out my books so they are always at 99%-100% so if I happen to reopen a book I've already read...I know. Well it's been several years since I read these books and I don't know where I left off...so I decided to start over. I am so glad I did. I'd forgotten how great the story and characters were. Now there's 17 of them to read....it's like Christmas has come early.
I had read these 4 books and I am not sure how many more. I guess as I go forward I will discover how many, I never close out my books so they are always at 99%-100% so if I happen to reopen a book I've already read...I know. Well it's been several years since I read these books and I don't know where I left off...so I decided to start over. I am so glad I did. I'd forgotten how great the story and characters were. Now there's 17 of them to read....it's like Christmas has come early.
April 2, 2015
Coming back to this series
After a while. Fortunately, there was enough background provided to refresh my memory. Indeed, Mr. Harris has improved his writing skills as the series progresses. It was a pleasant diversion, but I just can't understand why these self-published authors can't get someone to read their manuscripts before they're published. I've never seen a writer so afraid of the word "of" or "to"!
After a while. Fortunately, there was enough background provided to refresh my memory. Indeed, Mr. Harris has improved his writing skills as the series progresses. It was a pleasant diversion, but I just can't understand why these self-published authors can't get someone to read their manuscripts before they're published. I've never seen a writer so afraid of the word "of" or "to"!
June 21, 2016
Same old same old, gets pretty boring by book 4. May come back to the series if I can't find anything else to read. EE Doc smith is turning over in his grave.
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