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Wandering Engineer #6
Pirates Bane
Fresh from fighting the ghost of a terrifying bioweapon On Epsilon Triangula, Fleet Admiral John Henry Irons has taken on a new task, to get to the fabled star system of Bek on the other side of the sector. But to do that the admiral must do what is now unheard of, a long jump through uncharted space. The jump is a test of man and machine. But when he arrives at his intended destination, new challenges await. Old foes, who learn why he will become... Pirates Bane.
531 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 28, 2013
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September 18, 2021
The use of wrong words
You keep using the word Marionette in your books if you are meaning a strict Disciplinarian and I think you do then the correct word is Martine
You keep using the word Marionette in your books if you are meaning a strict Disciplinarian and I think you do then the correct word is Martine
January 30, 2016
Coherent, rich details military fiction
The some 2000 page series wandering engineer series is good example of world
building. It puzzles me how almost all big words are well spelled and yet some
elementary mistakes occur over and over changing meanings. Apostrophe s ('s)
means possesive as in he owns his ship or Steve's ship, s means plural as in more than one, your is possessive, you're means you are, too means also or excessive as in too much. The tense slips into present instead of staying consistent. These are
important to avoid mistakes, repeated through series. They only sound minor.
The some 2000 page series wandering engineer series is good example of world
building. It puzzles me how almost all big words are well spelled and yet some
elementary mistakes occur over and over changing meanings. Apostrophe s ('s)
means possesive as in he owns his ship or Steve's ship, s means plural as in more than one, your is possessive, you're means you are, too means also or excessive as in too much. The tense slips into present instead of staying consistent. These are
important to avoid mistakes, repeated through series. They only sound minor.
August 10, 2016
I just... I want it to be better. Hechtl has some interesting stories, and this series has a nice idea, but the writing needs polish. A lot of descriptors are used repeatedly and turns of phrase used slightly wrong. I like the series concept. I like that he's self-published but an editor is really needed. Also, the series is going a little too On Basilisk Station Honor Harrington-ish.
February 15, 2014
Author Hechtl has again created an impressive addition to the Wandering Engineer series. His characters continue to shine and the story continues as a battle between excessive evil and reality based good. This book seems to be a point at which the author will pause for a bit. Several story lines have some closure without leaving future tales impossible. The entire series is a worthwhile expenditure in time and money.
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