Homeworld

by Eric S. Brown

After years of assumed oppression by the Earth Republic, the Coalition of outlying planets have reached their breaking point. Sending a massive fleet across the galaxy, leap frogging from one Republic controlled planet after another, they scramble towards their final destination....Earth.

Drake is a born killer, the perfect weapon, and a man that has grown weary of killing. A chance encounter with a pair of rookie Earth Republic soldiers, Dinah and Abigail, he begins his own journey of redemption, and quite possibly, sacrifice.

Together, they hope to turn the tide of battle in a war destined to repeat itself, time after time, from one corner of the galaxy to the next.

"A detailed, action-filled look at war's sacrifices at the sharp end and at war's pointless cynicism at the level of grand strategy." David Drake, Author of Hammer's Slammers

Genres: Science Fiction

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 2, 2013

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Reviews

[Yrik Valentonis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Homeworld is what it promises to be, an action pack adventure across planets and space. This reminds me of Starship Troopers, the movie not the novel. I mean this in the best way. The combat descriptions are vivid and riveting without being too gory. The space battles are exceptional dances of mayhem and tactics. The characters are flushed out enough for the reader to empathize or despise the individual. Their motivations are clear but not clichéd. Then, they die. Yes, this is a war novel. Characters appear and the reader gets to know them, then they die. I lost count of the amount of characters who I liked or was interested in who then met their end. New characters took their place and the story charged along. There was no chance to stop and mourn, the action just continued. As a war book should go. True, there are some main central characters who last through the entire book, giving the plot its consistency. The background politics are defined well enough to see the reasons and rationale for the overall battles, but this is a foot soldier’s story. This is front line space combat. Hold your gun tight and keep a spacesuit nearby.

[Joshua · Rating 1 out of 5]

If this book is in need of anything, it is an editor. Any editor. Seriously, anyone. It feels like the writers published it without a single revision, without even rereading it once. On top of that, their grammar isn't very good, their prose is usually hamhanded, and their characters are both cardboard and poorly developed. I'm going to mention the editor thing again. Because it was bad. This isn't a reflection on the story, necessarily, but if writers care about their work I feel like they should make an effort to make sure that the prose is at least clean before publishing. I feel ripped off, and I got this book as a rental using Amazon Prime so I didn't actually spend a single penny. The writers misspelled 'champagne', misused their/there, had no clue how to use commas, and routinely used apostrophes incorrectly. What I will say about the book is that the story is largely okay, and the action scenes, the science, and the aliens are pretty good. It would have been better as an explosion-filled summer movie than as a book.

[Heather Faville · Rating 5 out of 5]

Might technically go 4.5 stars, but HOMEWORLD is more worthy of rounding up than down thus the 5 stars. I will not be writing a full review as I am the wife of one of the authors and even though I can separate my love of reading from my personal relationship, I know many would feel my review is biased.

Suffice it to say, HOMEWORLD is a well written, intelligent, action packed military sci-fi read that I believe many lovers of the genre will greatly enjoy.