After the enemy halts NATO’s advance across Europe, the fate of Operation Repulse hangs in the balance. But will apparent chaos inside the New Persian Caliphate aid or hinder NATO forces? Covering events from October 2063 to February 2064, Aftermath concludes The Repulse Chronicles
My husband and I buddy-read Books 1-6 of the Repulse Chronicles over a two-week period, and after the climatic cliffhanger at the end of Book 6, we were chomping at the bit to finish the series. We just polished it off.
As the title states, this book covers the denouement (aftermath). The pivotal climax has occurred and now the remaining action cascades toward the end of the war, which wraps up with the same detail as the rest of the series. All the books felt militarily authentic (despite being sci-fi), and as I imagine real wars conclude, this one is complicated and has a lot of factors that impact its progress and closure. There’s plenty of action left, and the outcome isn’t assured, so a degree of tension continues to the end.
This book also includes a wrap-up of the lives of the characters we’ve come to know through the first six installments of the story. One of my favorite parts of the series was how clearly it demonstrates the impact single individuals and their choices can have on world events, sometimes recognized and many times not. Some heroic actions happen almost anonymously, and yet they change everything. That’s certainly the case here, and it’s mind-blowing when I think about how that applies to real life. Like in real life, not all the characters make it.
As the conclusion of the series, this book moves a little slower than the first six, but after becoming so invested in the characters, we were pleased to see everyone through to the end. Highly recommended to readers of hard military sci-fi.
A brilliant conclusion to the series of books by Chris James but the warning is that we could rely more on AI than human interaction with world affairs