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The Nameless War Trilogy #2
The Landfall Campaign
Has a battle won meant a war lost?
The Nameless’ opening attack upon Earth has been stopped, but at a terrible cost. Its forces decimated, for the men and women of Battle Fleet, there is no time for respite. The fleet must gather its strength quickly for the Nameless are already moving upon their next target: the now isolated colony of Landfall.
The Nameless however are not the only threat, there are those who would seek to take advantage of humanities weakness. The fleet’s leaders must now decide, who and what they are willing to risk.
Who shall be saved and who will be sacrificed?
The Nameless’ opening attack upon Earth has been stopped, but at a terrible cost. Its forces decimated, for the men and women of Battle Fleet, there is no time for respite. The fleet must gather its strength quickly for the Nameless are already moving upon their next target: the now isolated colony of Landfall.
The Nameless however are not the only threat, there are those who would seek to take advantage of humanities weakness. The fleet’s leaders must now decide, who and what they are willing to risk.
Who shall be saved and who will be sacrificed?
451 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 29, 2012
About the author
Edmond Barrett
11 books22 followersEdmond Barrett is a native of the North-West of England and a resident of Dublin, Ireland. An amateur student of history, a fan of Terry Pratchett and low tech science fiction. He writes military science fiction and urban fantasy. Currently he is working on the final book of the Nameless War Trilogy - The Last Charge which is due for release in October 2014.
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May 6, 2021
Too light weight and predictable for me. If comfortable "World War II in space" is what you're looking for, this is the series for you.
The writing about the political dimension of the conflict is superior to what Weber writes.
The technology is far inferior.
I reduced my rating by a star for technical inaccuracies.
Ships "disappear in an actinic flash as their fusion reactors are breached." The commander of a underground fortress has explosives packed around their reactor to form a suicide self destruct mechanism. Sorry, it's dramatic and all, but fusion reactors don't explode when the containment is breached. We've struggled for decades to achieve stable containment of plasma. If it's lost the plasma loses energy and fusion ceases.
In space battles a ship exploding damages it's nearby neighbor. If there were shrapnel this might be possible, but otherwise it's not an issue. Shock waves don't form without atmosphere. Ships with Military grade armor would shrug off impacting shrapnel.
I reduced by another star for "If any of the characters stop doing stupid stuff the whole thing falls apart."
Earth is at war with an unknown race of aliens. They make no attempt collect alien bodies for study after combat.
The aliens have technology we don't understand, and again no attempt is ever made to capture it for study. One of the sub plots in this book is about other aliens trying to capture our technology, so it's not as if the idea didn't occur to the author.
The writing about the political dimension of the conflict is superior to what Weber writes.
The technology is far inferior.
I reduced my rating by a star for technical inaccuracies.
Ships "disappear in an actinic flash as their fusion reactors are breached." The commander of a underground fortress has explosives packed around their reactor to form a suicide self destruct mechanism. Sorry, it's dramatic and all, but fusion reactors don't explode when the containment is breached. We've struggled for decades to achieve stable containment of plasma. If it's lost the plasma loses energy and fusion ceases.
In space battles a ship exploding damages it's nearby neighbor. If there were shrapnel this might be possible, but otherwise it's not an issue. Shock waves don't form without atmosphere. Ships with Military grade armor would shrug off impacting shrapnel.
I reduced by another star for "If any of the characters stop doing stupid stuff the whole thing falls apart."
Earth is at war with an unknown race of aliens. They make no attempt collect alien bodies for study after combat.
The aliens have technology we don't understand, and again no attempt is ever made to capture it for study. One of the sub plots in this book is about other aliens trying to capture our technology, so it's not as if the idea didn't occur to the author.
September 18, 2020
While this is largely military sci-fi, I am surprised at how character driven the story actually is. This starts off strong and while it goes in several directions the characters are different enough to keep it interesting. Towards the last third it really starts to bog down and really begins to feel like a 'middle book'. A few editing misses that are noticeable but do't detract much from the core story. Where the pacing fails, the characters keep things going.
January 17, 2019
Still going good...
Like the old & new characters. The Nameless show some savvy now. Author needs to grammar & spell check. A Proofreader would certainly help. Bone up on MIL terminology.
Like the old & new characters. The Nameless show some savvy now. Author needs to grammar & spell check. A Proofreader would certainly help. Bone up on MIL terminology.
March 3, 2015
The Landfall Campaign follows up directly from the first book: The Nameless War. This book is a bit of a in-between book. I would not call it a interlude but it is definitely a bit of a build-up-the-story-for-the-grand-finale type of book. It expands our knowledge about The Nameless, although not by much, it covers some border skirmishes when opportunistic nations try to take advantage of the situation and of course there is the Landfall events. As we ride along the Nameless War universe is built upon and so are some of the main characters. Mostly however, the book focuses on the events at Landfall, a colony with millions of people left behind on the wrong side of the fragile front line.
As with the previous book, the characters, the story and the action is very well done. The science, military strategies and ship maneuvers are quite believable, in the context of being science fiction of course but definitely realistic within such a context. I of course especially like the fleet action which, to me, is very good.
Unfortunately, since the book focuses on the events at Landfall a lot of the action is dirtside. This does not mean that it is bad action though, quite the contrary, but I do prefer the space action. The book is not all action of course and there is the usual political jockeying, especially for the poor Landfall’s Admiral Eulenburg who has to fight off the usual batch of clueless political administrators and at the same time try to organize some kind of defense with three different colonies from three different nations.
The political oxygen wasters back on Earth is, not surprisingly, also making it difficult for the military insisting on military campaigns more for political reasons rather than sound strategic reasoning. It always irks me when dumbass politicians continue their political games at a time when the survival of the human race is at stake.
Luckily, these parts are not large parts of the story and the majority of the book is spent on the characters, developing the story and the action. In several cases said political dumbasses also got suitably told off.
Bottom line is that this is a very enjoyable book and I look forward to be reading the final chapter in this trilogy.
As with the previous book, the characters, the story and the action is very well done. The science, military strategies and ship maneuvers are quite believable, in the context of being science fiction of course but definitely realistic within such a context. I of course especially like the fleet action which, to me, is very good.
Unfortunately, since the book focuses on the events at Landfall a lot of the action is dirtside. This does not mean that it is bad action though, quite the contrary, but I do prefer the space action. The book is not all action of course and there is the usual political jockeying, especially for the poor Landfall’s Admiral Eulenburg who has to fight off the usual batch of clueless political administrators and at the same time try to organize some kind of defense with three different colonies from three different nations.
The political oxygen wasters back on Earth is, not surprisingly, also making it difficult for the military insisting on military campaigns more for political reasons rather than sound strategic reasoning. It always irks me when dumbass politicians continue their political games at a time when the survival of the human race is at stake.
Luckily, these parts are not large parts of the story and the majority of the book is spent on the characters, developing the story and the action. In several cases said political dumbasses also got suitably told off.
Bottom line is that this is a very enjoyable book and I look forward to be reading the final chapter in this trilogy.
June 9, 2015
A step down
I enjoyed Book 1 and looked forward to this book. Unfortunately,this season disappointed. The story arc itself was straightforward and obvious, no surprises. Most disappointing, none of the characters developed. Overall a very ordinary book that didn't leave me eager to read the next book. I read the first 2 books via Kindle Unlimited. Since book 3 is not available to be borrowed, I will save my money & skip reading the final book.
I enjoyed Book 1 and looked forward to this book. Unfortunately,this season disappointed. The story arc itself was straightforward and obvious, no surprises. Most disappointing, none of the characters developed. Overall a very ordinary book that didn't leave me eager to read the next book. I read the first 2 books via Kindle Unlimited. Since book 3 is not available to be borrowed, I will save my money & skip reading the final book.
March 29, 2016
Second book in the Nameless series is as good as the first, if a little slow to start off. The pace of the story races away, and it's good to see an author who isn't afraid to kill off relatively prominent minor characters to further the story.
The one downside again is the poor editing that is evident in the grammar and sentence construction. A good proof read would have perfected the book :D
The one downside again is the poor editing that is evident in the grammar and sentence construction. A good proof read would have perfected the book :D
December 10, 2014
Really like this series! Mr Barrett continues to deliver the goods:)
June 22, 2016
pointless
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