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Undead Marine
Killed in action. Reborn on the battlefield.
Sergeant Paxton Alejo is a League of Humanity Marine Commando, the best of the best. After getting sent to oversee a batch of fresh conscripts, Pax makes the fateful decision to sacrifice his life to save his subordinates. He is posthumously awarded the Cross of Honor, the highest military medal . . .
. . . except that the Marine Corps isn’t done with him.
Using highly classified, experimental technology, his deceased body is transported to a top secret facility and infected with a genetically modified mycelium that can imprint on his brain, creating a biological download, ultimately preserving most of his memories and combat skills.
Despite being labeled legally dead, he wakes and feels alive.
He has no rights. He is no longer a citizen. Instead, he’s government property, part of a clandestine unit made up of the finest spec ops Marines, soldiers, and sailors, each one deceased. . .
. . . and all with capabilities too valuable to lose.
The military’s new goal is to create the finest combat force ever conceived, capable of bringing back the best of the best, no longer bound or constrained by death itself.
With enemies on the battlefield and at home, and with no real rights to his name, Pax and his fellows will struggle to survive in a universe built only for the living.
Sergeant Paxton Alejo is a League of Humanity Marine Commando, the best of the best. After getting sent to oversee a batch of fresh conscripts, Pax makes the fateful decision to sacrifice his life to save his subordinates. He is posthumously awarded the Cross of Honor, the highest military medal . . .
. . . except that the Marine Corps isn’t done with him.
Using highly classified, experimental technology, his deceased body is transported to a top secret facility and infected with a genetically modified mycelium that can imprint on his brain, creating a biological download, ultimately preserving most of his memories and combat skills.
Despite being labeled legally dead, he wakes and feels alive.
He has no rights. He is no longer a citizen. Instead, he’s government property, part of a clandestine unit made up of the finest spec ops Marines, soldiers, and sailors, each one deceased. . .
. . . and all with capabilities too valuable to lose.
The military’s new goal is to create the finest combat force ever conceived, capable of bringing back the best of the best, no longer bound or constrained by death itself.
With enemies on the battlefield and at home, and with no real rights to his name, Pax and his fellows will struggle to survive in a universe built only for the living.
524 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2024
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August 6, 2024
This book was not really what I expected and unfortunately not in a good way. Now, I should say right away that it is not a bad book, it just turned out that it is simply not my cup of tea.
I expected that Paxton when becoming a “Undead Marine” would become a bit more than he was before. You know, an undead, kickass, killing machine with capabilities beyond a regular human.
I would say that this expectation was reinforced by the rather cool looking book cover.
Sadly, this did not happen. He was just returned to the living as a fairly normal human. A marine of course but still “just” a regular marine.
After the reanimation most of the book was spent on marine, ground pounding action or discussions (and whining) about the undead not being recognized citizens anymore and the politics of reanimating the dead.
Also the ridiculous overuse of acronyms with explanatory footnotes after each chapter was really grating one me.
If you like marine ground pounding you will probably like this book better than me but that stuff is really not my cup of tea so I think this series goes off my reading list.
I expected that Paxton when becoming a “Undead Marine” would become a bit more than he was before. You know, an undead, kickass, killing machine with capabilities beyond a regular human.
I would say that this expectation was reinforced by the rather cool looking book cover.
Sadly, this did not happen. He was just returned to the living as a fairly normal human. A marine of course but still “just” a regular marine.
After the reanimation most of the book was spent on marine, ground pounding action or discussions (and whining) about the undead not being recognized citizens anymore and the politics of reanimating the dead.
Also the ridiculous overuse of acronyms with explanatory footnotes after each chapter was really grating one me.
If you like marine ground pounding you will probably like this book better than me but that stuff is really not my cup of tea so I think this series goes off my reading list.
December 2, 2024
Punched out at the 7 hour mark of the audiobook.
Wish I had pulled out sooner.
If you want someone with the same premise, but is much better, check out Richard Fox's Battleborn trilogy. Once I listed to the first book, I just never returned to this one. It's not bad, it's just boring.
Wish I had pulled out sooner.
If you want someone with the same premise, but is much better, check out Richard Fox's Battleborn trilogy. Once I listed to the first book, I just never returned to this one. It's not bad, it's just boring.
October 13, 2024
Grit. Determination. War. The Madness in outer space. Fighting for lives of humanity.
Good book for military lovers. I found it informative and fun to read. The war is in space, well planets in space. No outer space warfare. It's a fun book. A different take on a few concepts. I'm pleased
Good book for military lovers. I found it informative and fun to read. The war is in space, well planets in space. No outer space warfare. It's a fun book. A different take on a few concepts. I'm pleased
February 15, 2025
This is a great story idea. It was written pretty well. It has swearing and loses a star for that. Most of the swearing was battlefield talk. I suppose in that way, it was realistic.
I think the idea of being reborn but without any rights is super interesting. But, it was a bit too realistic for me. I'm reading for entertainment and want more of a happy ending feeling. But that's a personal preference.
I think the idea of being reborn but without any rights is super interesting. But, it was a bit too realistic for me. I'm reading for entertainment and want more of a happy ending feeling. But that's a personal preference.
November 17, 2024
Still dead…
Pax is still an Immortal, but he has been giving his new existence more thought. After an experience drives home their status as equipment not people who have rights or deserve anything more than the minimal amount of care they get.
Several of them are “Xeroxed” again, and Pax learns some unexpected facts about their status.
Pax is still an Immortal, but he has been giving his new existence more thought. After an experience drives home their status as equipment not people who have rights or deserve anything more than the minimal amount of care they get.
Several of them are “Xeroxed” again, and Pax learns some unexpected facts about their status.
July 22, 2024
This is kind of a weird book. We’re in the far future where Earth has colonized various planets and those planets have created their own military forces for the most part. Then the aliens began attacking and humanity had to start concentrating on defending several planets at a time. Sergeant Paxton Alejo is a Legion of Humanity Marine, but he’s no ordinary Marine. He’s got himself through several, four in fact, very hard and difficult operator training courses where most Marines don’t make it through one such course. He’s earned the nickname “Q B” or Quad-Bod since he made it through those demanding courses and now he’s fighting for his life.
The Tucanans are the aliens taking over human planets at an alarming rate. Sometimes they land enforce and completely overwhelm any local military forces. The “Tucs” know how to fight and fight well. They look like giant Earth centipedes. They were armored and very hard to kill. Right now, Sergeant Alejo was with a small contingent of Boracay militiamen who were actually just young guys who were rounded up and given a weapon to fight the Tucs. They had very little training but Sgt. Alejo didn’t have the time to get them up to speed. Right now this small unit was about to get overrun so he told them to start hightailing it to the rear.
Sgt. Alejo had a strong sense of duty. He knew these militiamen weren’t well trained but his duty was to fight the Tucs and help this planet stave off this Tucanan Horde. He also thought there was a point when you fled the field of battle so you could fight another day. But, he was going to make sure his troops were recovered at the RP one way or another. Sgt. Alejo hadn’t counted on a large than expected attack by more Tucs just when his troops and he were about to be picked up. Someone had to stay and cover to the last man. That someone turned out to be Sgt. Patton Alejo. He was killed in action (KIA) saving the lives of several Boracay militiamen.
Now here’s where the story begins. Sgt. Alejo awakes in a military hospital but not the kind he was familiar with. There was something different going on and he wasn’t sure what. He was on a hospital bed and wired up to some machines, but he could see clearly and his head was a little fuzzy. His eyesight finally cleared so he could look around. He spotted a certificate standing on his nightstand. As he read it, he found that he had been awarded the Cross of Honor which was one of the highest honors awarded to League of Humanity military. Then he read in fine print the words, “awarded posthumously”! How could this be? He was alive, wasn’t he?
Shortly, a woman in a dark suit along with a doctor arrived. The doctor began checking some of the readings on a monitor attached to Pax’s bed. He was mumbling to himself and eventually said everything was looking good. Then the woman in the black suit identified herself as a lawyer and went on to state that Sergeant Paxton Alejo, LoH Marine was dead and buried in Cape Town Cemetery of Heroes. He didn’t believe any of what she was saying because he was definitely alive and he knew quite clearly who he was and that was not dead! Then she asked if he had heard of Necromancy. He said he had but that was a long time ago and nothing came of it since it costs way too much to reanimate anything from dead. Well, according to this lawyer, that program or one similar was not operating and Paxton was a part of it. He had been resurrected because of his extensive military skills and there were a lot of other Marines mostly that had gone through the same process. But now they were legally know by a designator. Pax was now AS04999! The lawyer explained that since he was dead, he had no legal rights and was not considered a person any longer.
So now you’ll find out that Sergeant Paxton Alejo is still going to be an LoH Marine and he was going to be in a unit comprised of other LoH Marines but his unit members were from every military known to man. The one common thing among them was that they were all highly skilled special operators and that they had all been killed in action and now brought back to life. They weren’t prisoners, but due to the secrecy required about the program, they were not going to be allowed to mix with the general population. They couldn’t even contact any family members they might have left behind. They were now considered military weapons or tools to be used in humanities fight against the Tucanan. That’s all they were going to do until they died again. And then the process might or might not start all over again.
As you can imagine, this is a strange concept. How or why would a military member that had been killed in action, want to return to that same deadly situation after getting a new lease on life? Well, these military people were hight dedicated to their service and duty. Most, like Paxton, had sworn an oath to defend humanity and he considered that oath still binding. Yet, to be considered as a non-living person with no rights wasn’t something that would go over very well with him or his fellow Marines. In this book, you’ll be reading about Sergeant Alejo as he meets up with those like him who become known as the Undead Marines. They don’t know who controls their lives because so far only enlisted Marines are being resurrected, no officers. Yet, their leadership is going to be young Lieutenants and Captains which they call “Freshies”. Even the 31st Maintenance Group , which was his new unit, was commanded by a full Colonel, while a Marine, was also a Freshie.
There are more battles to come, but how does one go through battle knowing that you might or might not die. It wasn’t up to them if they were resurrected, but some unknown person and maybe not even a doctor. Additionally, was their condition of being resurrected changing anything about them. How many times could they go through this process and at what costs? A lot of questions that don’t get answered in this book. I don’t know how this is all going to turn out, but I’ll be reading, book 2, “Proof of Concept” coming available on 28 July 2024.
The Tucanans are the aliens taking over human planets at an alarming rate. Sometimes they land enforce and completely overwhelm any local military forces. The “Tucs” know how to fight and fight well. They look like giant Earth centipedes. They were armored and very hard to kill. Right now, Sergeant Alejo was with a small contingent of Boracay militiamen who were actually just young guys who were rounded up and given a weapon to fight the Tucs. They had very little training but Sgt. Alejo didn’t have the time to get them up to speed. Right now this small unit was about to get overrun so he told them to start hightailing it to the rear.
Sgt. Alejo had a strong sense of duty. He knew these militiamen weren’t well trained but his duty was to fight the Tucs and help this planet stave off this Tucanan Horde. He also thought there was a point when you fled the field of battle so you could fight another day. But, he was going to make sure his troops were recovered at the RP one way or another. Sgt. Alejo hadn’t counted on a large than expected attack by more Tucs just when his troops and he were about to be picked up. Someone had to stay and cover to the last man. That someone turned out to be Sgt. Patton Alejo. He was killed in action (KIA) saving the lives of several Boracay militiamen.
Now here’s where the story begins. Sgt. Alejo awakes in a military hospital but not the kind he was familiar with. There was something different going on and he wasn’t sure what. He was on a hospital bed and wired up to some machines, but he could see clearly and his head was a little fuzzy. His eyesight finally cleared so he could look around. He spotted a certificate standing on his nightstand. As he read it, he found that he had been awarded the Cross of Honor which was one of the highest honors awarded to League of Humanity military. Then he read in fine print the words, “awarded posthumously”! How could this be? He was alive, wasn’t he?
Shortly, a woman in a dark suit along with a doctor arrived. The doctor began checking some of the readings on a monitor attached to Pax’s bed. He was mumbling to himself and eventually said everything was looking good. Then the woman in the black suit identified herself as a lawyer and went on to state that Sergeant Paxton Alejo, LoH Marine was dead and buried in Cape Town Cemetery of Heroes. He didn’t believe any of what she was saying because he was definitely alive and he knew quite clearly who he was and that was not dead! Then she asked if he had heard of Necromancy. He said he had but that was a long time ago and nothing came of it since it costs way too much to reanimate anything from dead. Well, according to this lawyer, that program or one similar was not operating and Paxton was a part of it. He had been resurrected because of his extensive military skills and there were a lot of other Marines mostly that had gone through the same process. But now they were legally know by a designator. Pax was now AS04999! The lawyer explained that since he was dead, he had no legal rights and was not considered a person any longer.
So now you’ll find out that Sergeant Paxton Alejo is still going to be an LoH Marine and he was going to be in a unit comprised of other LoH Marines but his unit members were from every military known to man. The one common thing among them was that they were all highly skilled special operators and that they had all been killed in action and now brought back to life. They weren’t prisoners, but due to the secrecy required about the program, they were not going to be allowed to mix with the general population. They couldn’t even contact any family members they might have left behind. They were now considered military weapons or tools to be used in humanities fight against the Tucanan. That’s all they were going to do until they died again. And then the process might or might not start all over again.
As you can imagine, this is a strange concept. How or why would a military member that had been killed in action, want to return to that same deadly situation after getting a new lease on life? Well, these military people were hight dedicated to their service and duty. Most, like Paxton, had sworn an oath to defend humanity and he considered that oath still binding. Yet, to be considered as a non-living person with no rights wasn’t something that would go over very well with him or his fellow Marines. In this book, you’ll be reading about Sergeant Alejo as he meets up with those like him who become known as the Undead Marines. They don’t know who controls their lives because so far only enlisted Marines are being resurrected, no officers. Yet, their leadership is going to be young Lieutenants and Captains which they call “Freshies”. Even the 31st Maintenance Group , which was his new unit, was commanded by a full Colonel, while a Marine, was also a Freshie.
There are more battles to come, but how does one go through battle knowing that you might or might not die. It wasn’t up to them if they were resurrected, but some unknown person and maybe not even a doctor. Additionally, was their condition of being resurrected changing anything about them. How many times could they go through this process and at what costs? A lot of questions that don’t get answered in this book. I don’t know how this is all going to turn out, but I’ll be reading, book 2, “Proof of Concept” coming available on 28 July 2024.
February 18, 2025
There's nothing special about these special operators outside of the fact that they can be reanimated. BOOORING
January 22, 2025
“Any action is better than no action. Don’t be frozen for fear of making the wrong decision.”
Quirky, humorous, well detailed action, and a fun cast of characters.
Weird ending, I think, and the characters could have been more fleshed out.
I do feel like there was something ‘missing’ in this read, but it was great overall.
6.5/10
Quirky, humorous, well detailed action, and a fun cast of characters.
Weird ending, I think, and the characters could have been more fleshed out.
I do feel like there was something ‘missing’ in this read, but it was great overall.
6.5/10
August 9, 2024
KIA is not the end in Undead Marine
This time the LoH are fighting a centipede-like life form who exist in slightly different variations depending on their job. Pax is sent to a planet being overrun to try and help other humans to escape by fending off the attackers as the inhabitants are transported off planet. Ensuring that a great many escape, he unfortunately gets himself killed.
However, this is not the end. Due to a new and extremely expensive procedure, 'they' manage to reanimate him and he is almost the person he was before - except he no longer has any rights and is a secret.
They have a few nicknames but the most apt may be the xeroxers.
'Life' goes on for Pax as he is sent on missions to defeat the enemy who may have surprises in store...
There is a good mix of every day military life along with the detailed descriptions of the missions giving us a good picture of what befalls Pax and some of his and the other 'Immortals' concerns as they continue to 'live'.
Similar in tone to the Sentenced to War series. An entertaining read with descriptive battles and every day occurrences.
This time the LoH are fighting a centipede-like life form who exist in slightly different variations depending on their job. Pax is sent to a planet being overrun to try and help other humans to escape by fending off the attackers as the inhabitants are transported off planet. Ensuring that a great many escape, he unfortunately gets himself killed.
However, this is not the end. Due to a new and extremely expensive procedure, 'they' manage to reanimate him and he is almost the person he was before - except he no longer has any rights and is a secret.
They have a few nicknames but the most apt may be the xeroxers.
'Life' goes on for Pax as he is sent on missions to defeat the enemy who may have surprises in store...
There is a good mix of every day military life along with the detailed descriptions of the missions giving us a good picture of what befalls Pax and some of his and the other 'Immortals' concerns as they continue to 'live'.
Similar in tone to the Sentenced to War series. An entertaining read with descriptive battles and every day occurrences.
July 19, 2024
Well written by some one who "Gets Marines"
Undead Marine, the title in and of itself sort of throws you off and you are expecting this cheesy sci fi zombie undead rah rah Marine story. Boy does this book set you up for anything but.
Well written, characters are very fleshed out and enjoyable in learning about them. The Science isn't over the top difficult to understand but just sciency enough to maybe make sense?
Cliff notes for those not indoctrinated in the military slang/lingo world.
I really really enjoyed this book and learning about the characters lives and situations they were put in. It wasn't rinse and repeat and over the top with the military aspects but has plenty of action for those looking to enjoy a milsci/fi series. Can't wait for the next one to come out.
Undead Marine, the title in and of itself sort of throws you off and you are expecting this cheesy sci fi zombie undead rah rah Marine story. Boy does this book set you up for anything but.
Well written, characters are very fleshed out and enjoyable in learning about them. The Science isn't over the top difficult to understand but just sciency enough to maybe make sense?
Cliff notes for those not indoctrinated in the military slang/lingo world.
I really really enjoyed this book and learning about the characters lives and situations they were put in. It wasn't rinse and repeat and over the top with the military aspects but has plenty of action for those looking to enjoy a milsci/fi series. Can't wait for the next one to come out.
July 19, 2024
Set in a space opera future where aliens are invading human worlds and winning. Props for having the aliens actually be aliens. For reasons human light infantry troops are selected as the best way to defend, and for additional reasons the human government choses to raise their dead special forces level soldiers via mushroom tech, but due to a legal oddity the resulting super troops are legally, and de facto, slaves.
Anyway, our viewpoint character is so massively awesome that he graduated from four different special forces pipelines in four different predecessor militaries. Even so, he keeps making questionable or even dumb choices. Then the last chapter we learn he is also an unreliable narrator.
Just as bad, the authors give us the technobabble explanation of the tech at least 8 different times in the book.
Anyway, our viewpoint character is so massively awesome that he graduated from four different special forces pipelines in four different predecessor militaries. Even so, he keeps making questionable or even dumb choices. Then the last chapter we learn he is also an unreliable narrator.
Just as bad, the authors give us the technobabble explanation of the tech at least 8 different times in the book.
February 6, 2025
If you enjoy books about the protagonist overcoming and pushing themselves past their limit, then you will probably enjoy this book. I do not regret buying this book however its meandering story line that contained little driving content left me wondering if the authors had a kernel of an idea and was hoping to find some legs for the story but never got there. Several characters were introduce (Rut, Bozo, Tally or Talla, do not recall the name) , sometimes looking like some interesting conflict would become apparent but then they would be left behind, never to be discussed again.
This is not a bad book. If you are on the fence, buying it will not leave you regretting but you may wish the story had actually gone somewhere. It could be the following books pickup the pace and entertainment but I have no appetite after trudging through this much exposition.
This is not a bad book. If you are on the fence, buying it will not leave you regretting but you may wish the story had actually gone somewhere. It could be the following books pickup the pace and entertainment but I have no appetite after trudging through this much exposition.
September 2, 2024
A Good Start
The beginning of this story was not as engaging as I would have liked, but since I like both of these authors I continued. After the first third of the story, the book turned the corner and finished strong. Really looking forward to the next step in this saga. Truly enjoyed the read.
I have enjoyed the concept and really like the parameters set for the main backbone of this series. I would recommend this book to any one who enjoys mil sci.
The beginning of this story was not as engaging as I would have liked, but since I like both of these authors I continued. After the first third of the story, the book turned the corner and finished strong. Really looking forward to the next step in this saga. Truly enjoyed the read.
I have enjoyed the concept and really like the parameters set for the main backbone of this series. I would recommend this book to any one who enjoys mil sci.
January 17, 2025
I so hope people catch the humor peppered throughout the story. I’ve heard people ruin ‘an arm and a leg’ with ‘a nominal egg’ but never ‘a farm and an egg’ … I had a good laugh at that one.
There are some frustrations the characters go through and some places you’d dearly love to slap a few and want to ask why they weren’t listening the first time something was explained to them, but all in all it was a good time. Good choice of narrator, too.
There are some frustrations the characters go through and some places you’d dearly love to slap a few and want to ask why they weren’t listening the first time something was explained to them, but all in all it was a good time. Good choice of narrator, too.
July 15, 2024
Marines don't die
Moving into a new universe of Military SciFi. This was a very nice introduction to this new series of books and heroes to follow.
For 2 authors writing this book, the flow was nice. I didn't know where the story was taking me at times. I can't wait to read more of these stories.
Moving into a new universe of Military SciFi. This was a very nice introduction to this new series of books and heroes to follow.
For 2 authors writing this book, the flow was nice. I didn't know where the story was taking me at times. I can't wait to read more of these stories.
September 4, 2024
Undead Marine
I was not expecting much from this book. I was thinking gust another zombie story. Well I was completely wrong about it. It’s not a zombie story at all.
So I found Undead Marine an awesome read. Quite a fun read, I don’t mean funny fun. It was nice to read a story with things new to me.
Thank You to: J.N. Chaney and Jonathan P. Brazed
I was not expecting much from this book. I was thinking gust another zombie story. Well I was completely wrong about it. It’s not a zombie story at all.
So I found Undead Marine an awesome read. Quite a fun read, I don’t mean funny fun. It was nice to read a story with things new to me.
Thank You to: J.N. Chaney and Jonathan P. Brazed
January 16, 2025
Immortals
Long live the Immortals✅. Not sure i would want to do the process but as one radio host says all the time: “ Don’t be dead “.
So if we could reanimate and did not join the Marines, I could live forever?
I always tell my military friends that I’m a lover and that’s why I joined the AF😎. “Fly, Fight, Win”.
Long live the Immortals✅. Not sure i would want to do the process but as one radio host says all the time: “ Don’t be dead “.
So if we could reanimate and did not join the Marines, I could live forever?
I always tell my military friends that I’m a lover and that’s why I joined the AF😎. “Fly, Fight, Win”.
July 6, 2024
Interesting Reanimation Concept
The story is based on a interesting reanimation concept. However, it felt that description of it got repetative over the course of the book. I did enjoy the story and look forward to the next book in the series.
The story is based on a interesting reanimation concept. However, it felt that description of it got repetative over the course of the book. I did enjoy the story and look forward to the next book in the series.
July 8, 2024
Better than I give it credit for
The flashbacks this brought back were phenomenal. Covid did a number on my lungs and I've never really recovered. All the death and hospital time just messed with my mind.
Book by itself is a good read.
The flashbacks this brought back were phenomenal. Covid did a number on my lungs and I've never really recovered. All the death and hospital time just messed with my mind.
Book by itself is a good read.
July 20, 2024
I don't like the word "zombies"
I always stay away from anything with the word "zombie" in it.
It always feels like the dirtiest word ever.
Not even dirty, just wrong.
Wish they used something else.
I always stay away from anything with the word "zombie" in it.
It always feels like the dirtiest word ever.
Not even dirty, just wrong.
Wish they used something else.
August 1, 2024
Excellent Book. Opens the door to what if.
This brings into question what would happen if we could do this for real. Do we strip someone of their rights and basically enslave People to fight for civilization.
This brings into question what would happen if we could do this for real. Do we strip someone of their rights and basically enslave People to fight for civilization.
August 18, 2024
Very good book
I'm amazed that this author can write so many fantastic novels, I hope that he never stops writing. His books are some of the best Entertainment I have read and worth the time to read them. Thank you for a very fun entertaining read.
I'm amazed that this author can write so many fantastic novels, I hope that he never stops writing. His books are some of the best Entertainment I have read and worth the time to read them. Thank you for a very fun entertaining read.
September 26, 2024
Still Dead! A War Cry!
Intriguing story line populated with great character development... I'm hooked! There is a lot of conflict here: A very capable, very dangerous enemy and an even more troubling moral conflict. Great story telling indeed!
Intriguing story line populated with great character development... I'm hooked! There is a lot of conflict here: A very capable, very dangerous enemy and an even more troubling moral conflict. Great story telling indeed!
October 14, 2024
human story more than war story.
Kept me intrigued and I was waiting for a twist that didn’t come. More an Origin story. Would have got 4 but it just ends. I’ll have to read the next one for some closure.
Kept me intrigued and I was waiting for a twist that didn’t come. More an Origin story. Would have got 4 but it just ends. I’ll have to read the next one for some closure.
July 7, 2024
Great new series!
This is the beginning of a great new series. Solid plot line and great combat. Looking forward to seeing the undead Marines in the next installment. Recommended!
This is the beginning of a great new series. Solid plot line and great combat. Looking forward to seeing the undead Marines in the next installment. Recommended!
August 10, 2024
Solid storyline
I enjoyed the opening salvo of the story. Interesting take on the future and the length that mankind would be willing to go to inorder to survive! I recommend this story to you if you like military scifi.
I enjoyed the opening salvo of the story. Interesting take on the future and the length that mankind would be willing to go to inorder to survive! I recommend this story to you if you like military scifi.
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August 16, 2024Forget the artwork that doesn't apply. Artwork and Title imply supernatural. If that's what you're looking for, you won't find it. If you want Space Marines, check this out.
This universe has humans fighting against aliens who are winning, solar system by solar system. The protagonist is a top Marine who dies heroically then wakes up. There's a brand new, expensive technology which is used to reanimate valuable Marines (and other military).
The protagonist lives to fight another day. But not as a citizen with rights.
I'm reading the first sequel, which doesn't appear on GoodReads. The second sequel, which doesn't yet exist *is* on GoodReads.
This universe has humans fighting against aliens who are winning, solar system by solar system. The protagonist is a top Marine who dies heroically then wakes up. There's a brand new, expensive technology which is used to reanimate valuable Marines (and other military).
The protagonist lives to fight another day. But not as a citizen with rights.
I'm reading the first sequel, which doesn't appear on GoodReads. The second sequel, which doesn't yet exist *is* on GoodReads.
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