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Able Bodied Soldier
What would you do if you were given a second chance?
Titus Briggs is an Earth Defense soldier, a grunt, a decorated war hero—it's all he's ever known. So when a career-ending injury leaves him lying in a hospital bed, missing both legs, he struggles to accept his new reality. He can no longer walk, which means he can no longer fight.
That is, until a mysterious colonel arrives and offers Titus the opportunity to step into a new kind of war, a new kind of fight.
To become a new kind of soldier.
Mobile Combat Suits—MOCOMS—represent the next stage in human warfare. They enable soldiers to fight like never before. Stronger. Faster. Bristling with weaponry. Far more lethal.
And even a broken veteran like Titus can operate one… if he can find the heart, grit, and determination needed to pass selection.
Now, with the end of humanity upon him, Titus must become the Able-Bodied Soldier.
Titus Briggs is an Earth Defense soldier, a grunt, a decorated war hero—it's all he's ever known. So when a career-ending injury leaves him lying in a hospital bed, missing both legs, he struggles to accept his new reality. He can no longer walk, which means he can no longer fight.
That is, until a mysterious colonel arrives and offers Titus the opportunity to step into a new kind of war, a new kind of fight.
To become a new kind of soldier.
Mobile Combat Suits—MOCOMS—represent the next stage in human warfare. They enable soldiers to fight like never before. Stronger. Faster. Bristling with weaponry. Far more lethal.
And even a broken veteran like Titus can operate one… if he can find the heart, grit, and determination needed to pass selection.
Now, with the end of humanity upon him, Titus must become the Able-Bodied Soldier.
592 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 10, 2024
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January 5, 2025
Nothing new
A tried and tested formula, or at least a combination of formulas you will have read on many other books, but it works well enough
It's interesting that the story starts post alien invasion of earth, rather than leading up to it or during it, but that's slightly covered by the short story at the end
It takes 50% of the book to get from intros, to end of training
The main character is well rounded and the team are a bunch of high fliers that struggle to incorporate him into their team. No real surprises after that, as they have to gel, or they won't win
A tried and tested formula, or at least a combination of formulas you will have read on many other books, but it works well enough
It's interesting that the story starts post alien invasion of earth, rather than leading up to it or during it, but that's slightly covered by the short story at the end
It takes 50% of the book to get from intros, to end of training
The main character is well rounded and the team are a bunch of high fliers that struggle to incorporate him into their team. No real surprises after that, as they have to gel, or they won't win
February 28, 2025
A story of self redemption
We meet Titus Briggs more than once. We begin with the action he’s taking part in as a Sergeant in a unified military that represents people from any of the scattered communities where pockets of humans survived & began to fight back against the aliens who invaded the planet.
During interludes in the story along with the prequel novella Liberation Day we learn the backstory for Titus as well as some other characters who have chosen to fight until the last enemy alien is driven off planet or killed outright.
After Titus is severely injured in action against the disgusting fifth column of moronic humans who are choosing to support the enemies of humanity he is introduced to a powered mechanized mobile armor that is like a prototype forerunner to the heavy weapon armor in the Drop Trooper mold. The rest of this book focuses on a reasonably detailed account of the teething pains such a group of soldiers would experience in working out bugs and then developing their weapons and training manuals, tactics etc for the suits. This was a little bit dry to begin but needed to teach the troops & the reader. I’m hoping that the next book is more action oriented.
We meet Titus Briggs more than once. We begin with the action he’s taking part in as a Sergeant in a unified military that represents people from any of the scattered communities where pockets of humans survived & began to fight back against the aliens who invaded the planet.
During interludes in the story along with the prequel novella Liberation Day we learn the backstory for Titus as well as some other characters who have chosen to fight until the last enemy alien is driven off planet or killed outright.
After Titus is severely injured in action against the disgusting fifth column of moronic humans who are choosing to support the enemies of humanity he is introduced to a powered mechanized mobile armor that is like a prototype forerunner to the heavy weapon armor in the Drop Trooper mold. The rest of this book focuses on a reasonably detailed account of the teething pains such a group of soldiers would experience in working out bugs and then developing their weapons and training manuals, tactics etc for the suits. This was a little bit dry to begin but needed to teach the troops & the reader. I’m hoping that the next book is more action oriented.
December 27, 2024
I really enjoyed the beginning of this series. It follows the normal format of a Cheney book, with a diverse cast of characters, a strong but broken MC and a great premise.
To be honest, there are times when it feels like it’s a spinoff of something else, but I haven’t dug into it.
There are aliens, rebels and mechs.
To be honest, there are times when it feels like it’s a spinoff of something else, but I haven’t dug into it.
There are aliens, rebels and mechs.
February 21, 2025
I’ll start out by alerting some of my wounded warrior friends that the main character in this story suffers a very traumatic combat injury that leaves him with no legs! That should be said up-front so you know what you’re getting into by reading this story. I have idea what it’s like to live through something like that, thank goodness, but some of you unfortunately have. So be warned. Additionally, some you might not like reading about how this future he lives in can make him almost back into the soldier he was, almost, but not quite. Still it’s a good story.
Corporal Titus Briggs is a soldiers soldier. He’s Special Forces having been to three of the toughest schools/training programs the Solar Defense Force has available. He passed them all with flying colors and now is working his way towards staying alive on this current mission. They are right now fighting the “Moonies” or Gray Moon Rebels who are humans but have sided against their own kind with the alien invaders known as the Thephari. Somehow this rag-tag of militia fighters have gotten organized and are putting up one heck of a fight somewhere in Eastern Asia. Word is they are getting supplies and equipment through the Thephari who have been eradicated on Earth but are still wanting the planet.
I wondered why Corporal Briggs is still a Corporal with all his training and such and he’s also got some history behind him. He was in Vancouver, BC when the Thephari first invaded. The landed and killed everything. It seems they wanted to planet and had prepped it by releasing a virus a few months before. That virus was lethal but it hadn’t spread as far as the thought. So when they came to capture Earth, they found they had a fight on their hands.
Briggs was 17 when they started tearing up his world. He was at school as was his sister. He got himself and his sister home through all the mess to find his father and mother there waiting on them. The family was supposed to stay indoors. Robotic law enforcement drones were out and about in the neighborhood telling people to shelter inside, but Briggs’ father wasn’t one to always follow orders. He knew they had to get away from the city and into the forest. But, that didn’t happen and Briggs will have to tell you what did happen!
So, Titus Briggs has been fighting the Thephari and now the Moonies since he was 17. He’s now mid-twenties and has been part of the SDF for sometime. He likes what he’s doing and hopes to continue doing it until every one of these Moonies and especially the Thephari are dead. But, as it usually does, luck does go with him on this mission. He and the squad he got attached to during this particular fight found themselves in an ambush. The young and inexperienced LT didn’t have his guys immediately fight through it so now they were in a fix. The Moonies had the pinned with machine guns and now were lobbing mortars.
They got the machine gun shut down easily enough, but the mortars were still giving them fits. So Corporal Briggs takes it upon himself to get rid of that particular nuance. He lobs some grenades their way and it seems to do the trick, but the next thing he knows is that something has just blow-up right next to him! He’s out of the fight for sure.
Briggs wakes up in the hospital back at base. Now he’s going to have to face the rest of his life with somethings less than he had. He’s not a quitter so he believes he can get himself back into fighting shape even though the Doctor tells him that he’s going to be discharged from the SDF. But that ain’t the end of the story. A Colonel Douglas Reid pays him a visit one day. He gives Briggs a card with a phone number on it, nothing else. He tells Briggs that once he’s back to fighting shape and the doctor says she’s done as much as she can, he’s to call, if he wants to. That’s all he says and then he leaves.
So, does Titus Briggs make the call. What’s in store for him if he does? Find out in this first book in what could be a very interesting new series. I’m looking forward to book 2, “Able Bodies Soldier 2” now available on Amazon.
Corporal Titus Briggs is a soldiers soldier. He’s Special Forces having been to three of the toughest schools/training programs the Solar Defense Force has available. He passed them all with flying colors and now is working his way towards staying alive on this current mission. They are right now fighting the “Moonies” or Gray Moon Rebels who are humans but have sided against their own kind with the alien invaders known as the Thephari. Somehow this rag-tag of militia fighters have gotten organized and are putting up one heck of a fight somewhere in Eastern Asia. Word is they are getting supplies and equipment through the Thephari who have been eradicated on Earth but are still wanting the planet.
I wondered why Corporal Briggs is still a Corporal with all his training and such and he’s also got some history behind him. He was in Vancouver, BC when the Thephari first invaded. The landed and killed everything. It seems they wanted to planet and had prepped it by releasing a virus a few months before. That virus was lethal but it hadn’t spread as far as the thought. So when they came to capture Earth, they found they had a fight on their hands.
Briggs was 17 when they started tearing up his world. He was at school as was his sister. He got himself and his sister home through all the mess to find his father and mother there waiting on them. The family was supposed to stay indoors. Robotic law enforcement drones were out and about in the neighborhood telling people to shelter inside, but Briggs’ father wasn’t one to always follow orders. He knew they had to get away from the city and into the forest. But, that didn’t happen and Briggs will have to tell you what did happen!
So, Titus Briggs has been fighting the Thephari and now the Moonies since he was 17. He’s now mid-twenties and has been part of the SDF for sometime. He likes what he’s doing and hopes to continue doing it until every one of these Moonies and especially the Thephari are dead. But, as it usually does, luck does go with him on this mission. He and the squad he got attached to during this particular fight found themselves in an ambush. The young and inexperienced LT didn’t have his guys immediately fight through it so now they were in a fix. The Moonies had the pinned with machine guns and now were lobbing mortars.
They got the machine gun shut down easily enough, but the mortars were still giving them fits. So Corporal Briggs takes it upon himself to get rid of that particular nuance. He lobs some grenades their way and it seems to do the trick, but the next thing he knows is that something has just blow-up right next to him! He’s out of the fight for sure.
Briggs wakes up in the hospital back at base. Now he’s going to have to face the rest of his life with somethings less than he had. He’s not a quitter so he believes he can get himself back into fighting shape even though the Doctor tells him that he’s going to be discharged from the SDF. But that ain’t the end of the story. A Colonel Douglas Reid pays him a visit one day. He gives Briggs a card with a phone number on it, nothing else. He tells Briggs that once he’s back to fighting shape and the doctor says she’s done as much as she can, he’s to call, if he wants to. That’s all he says and then he leaves.
So, does Titus Briggs make the call. What’s in store for him if he does? Find out in this first book in what could be a very interesting new series. I’m looking forward to book 2, “Able Bodies Soldier 2” now available on Amazon.
December 4, 2025
An Amazing Book - But...
I had previously read something by Chaney, something scifi, so I keep seeing his books in my recommendations.
What I had a problem with is that this book is a little scifi and a whole lot of war. Now, I am a senior citizen, so it takes something to make me squeamish. This book is violent, but not gory. But it is full of military jargon and abbreviations. But many were undefined. So many it knocked down from 5 ⭐'s to 3. Now I tried using the Internet to search for these definitions, but often the results were either non military or not found. Take AA for example. In a general context it is usually an abbreviation for Alcoholics Anonymous. In the context here, I figured it was something to do with aviation and/or armaments. 🤔 The point being a reader shouldn't have to stop reading to try to figure these things out!
I also have a general pet peeve regarding the books I read - or two. First, is typos. Because any published book should have a professional editor to find these errors (and we all make them). Second is grammar. Actually, this is my biggest pet peeve. I grew up reading books. Not just any books, but the classics. Several by Charles Dickens, others like Black Beauty, and so many more; too many to mention. Reading taught me more about grammar than I ever was taught in school. Correct grammar just "sounds" right to me because I was exposed to it in a fundamental way. It wasn't so much about learning rules, as learning it intuitively through reading. So when I read "I and my friends," for example, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I can occasionally overlook it if it's appropriate for the speaker, but it's still grating. I will say, that there are fewer grammatical errors with Chaney than some others I have read.
In conclusion to my review and rant, if an author is writing about a specialized topic, it is absolutely necessary to define and explain to the reader who is not an expert in that arena. But this really is a good book, and I plan to read the sequel.
I had previously read something by Chaney, something scifi, so I keep seeing his books in my recommendations.
What I had a problem with is that this book is a little scifi and a whole lot of war. Now, I am a senior citizen, so it takes something to make me squeamish. This book is violent, but not gory. But it is full of military jargon and abbreviations. But many were undefined. So many it knocked down from 5 ⭐'s to 3. Now I tried using the Internet to search for these definitions, but often the results were either non military or not found. Take AA for example. In a general context it is usually an abbreviation for Alcoholics Anonymous. In the context here, I figured it was something to do with aviation and/or armaments. 🤔 The point being a reader shouldn't have to stop reading to try to figure these things out!
I also have a general pet peeve regarding the books I read - or two. First, is typos. Because any published book should have a professional editor to find these errors (and we all make them). Second is grammar. Actually, this is my biggest pet peeve. I grew up reading books. Not just any books, but the classics. Several by Charles Dickens, others like Black Beauty, and so many more; too many to mention. Reading taught me more about grammar than I ever was taught in school. Correct grammar just "sounds" right to me because I was exposed to it in a fundamental way. It wasn't so much about learning rules, as learning it intuitively through reading. So when I read "I and my friends," for example, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I can occasionally overlook it if it's appropriate for the speaker, but it's still grating. I will say, that there are fewer grammatical errors with Chaney than some others I have read.
In conclusion to my review and rant, if an author is writing about a specialized topic, it is absolutely necessary to define and explain to the reader who is not an expert in that arena. But this really is a good book, and I plan to read the sequel.
January 16, 2025
The book starts in the middle of a confused firefight with no explanation of who or what is going on. This might make a good start to a Hollywood blockbuster, but I’m not sure it works for a novel.
I quite enjoyed parts of the book, but quite early on it was clear the author was taking some liberties to keep the story going in the way he wanted.
The deployment of Briggs and his group starts in the second half of the book, although it takes nearly a hundred pages to get going, the author tends to over explain nearly everything.
Once the combat starts it gets even worse for me, the decision about why they should or shouldn’t do something, what are going to do or not do, who should do it, what weapon to use, followed by a full technical description of each weapon etc. There is more discussion than with a committee of politicians.
Towards the end, the author goes into full over-the-top Hollywood blockbuster mode when nothing matters except packing in as much action as possible.
I quite enjoyed parts of the book, but quite early on it was clear the author was taking some liberties to keep the story going in the way he wanted.
The deployment of Briggs and his group starts in the second half of the book, although it takes nearly a hundred pages to get going, the author tends to over explain nearly everything.
Once the combat starts it gets even worse for me, the decision about why they should or shouldn’t do something, what are going to do or not do, who should do it, what weapon to use, followed by a full technical description of each weapon etc. There is more discussion than with a committee of politicians.
Towards the end, the author goes into full over-the-top Hollywood blockbuster mode when nothing matters except packing in as much action as possible.
February 26, 2025
Able Bodied Soldier - a fight for the planet
I have found that any book with writers Chaney and Anspach is one to read. 'Able Bodied Soldier' is one of those. War, no matter where it's fought, leaves a permanent emotional and, in many cases, permanent physical scars.
I have seen how technological advances have given a few the ability to return to a somewhat normal life. A wonderful organization called the 'Wounded Warrior Project'* is a non-profit tax deductible group that is instrumental in helping those men and women who gave all they could in the real world.
In this book, 'Able Bodied Soldier', the reader can feel some of the emotional pain when the main character, Titus Briggs, experiences what he fears will be the end of his life as a soldier. Since he was pulled from high school, Briggs has been in the forefront fighting the invading aliens. He is now a military leader in the thick of battling hostiles for the security of the planet. Former Beatle John Lennon wrote in one of his famous songs, 'Beautiful Boy', - "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans...". Today, for Titus Briggs, life happens.
This is a great military style story that brings all of the tension you'd expect. Couple the excellent writing with the narration by one of the very best in the business, R.C. Bray, and for me, the perfect book. - Mr.Bill
*woundedwarriorproject.org
I have found that any book with writers Chaney and Anspach is one to read. 'Able Bodied Soldier' is one of those. War, no matter where it's fought, leaves a permanent emotional and, in many cases, permanent physical scars.
I have seen how technological advances have given a few the ability to return to a somewhat normal life. A wonderful organization called the 'Wounded Warrior Project'* is a non-profit tax deductible group that is instrumental in helping those men and women who gave all they could in the real world.
In this book, 'Able Bodied Soldier', the reader can feel some of the emotional pain when the main character, Titus Briggs, experiences what he fears will be the end of his life as a soldier. Since he was pulled from high school, Briggs has been in the forefront fighting the invading aliens. He is now a military leader in the thick of battling hostiles for the security of the planet. Former Beatle John Lennon wrote in one of his famous songs, 'Beautiful Boy', - "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans...". Today, for Titus Briggs, life happens.
This is a great military style story that brings all of the tension you'd expect. Couple the excellent writing with the narration by one of the very best in the business, R.C. Bray, and for me, the perfect book. - Mr.Bill
*woundedwarriorproject.org
October 23, 2025
I had gotten the audiobook for this because it was on sale and I was already planning on reading it. I'm a big fan of Anspach, and I liked Chaney's Big Trouble in Little Earth well enough, and R.C. Bray is a killer narrator, but the audiobook just wasn't doing it for me so I got the KU edition to quickly flip to the end.
The lead comes across as very whiny, and not just in the usual military manner of "this sucks and I have to express it", but in a "my ideas and opinions are superior and I resent having orders that contradict them". It's exasperating. The pilots also come across as movie caricatures of pilots. They're all very unprofessional for allegedly experienced and blooded fighters. As hardass as the CO is supposed to be, there's an awful lot of crap that all the subordinate characters just get away with.
I worked with fighter jockeys way back in the day, and while they were a rowdy and rambunctious group with too much frat boy energy, it was all underscored by their professionalism and respect for rank. They knew where they stood on the totem pole and the blatant disrespect that the pilots (one in particular) in the book show would have never stood.
Anyway it's a miss for me, and I'm fine passing on the rest of the series.
The lead comes across as very whiny, and not just in the usual military manner of "this sucks and I have to express it", but in a "my ideas and opinions are superior and I resent having orders that contradict them". It's exasperating. The pilots also come across as movie caricatures of pilots. They're all very unprofessional for allegedly experienced and blooded fighters. As hardass as the CO is supposed to be, there's an awful lot of crap that all the subordinate characters just get away with.
I worked with fighter jockeys way back in the day, and while they were a rowdy and rambunctious group with too much frat boy energy, it was all underscored by their professionalism and respect for rank. They knew where they stood on the totem pole and the blatant disrespect that the pilots (one in particular) in the book show would have never stood.
Anyway it's a miss for me, and I'm fine passing on the rest of the series.
March 28, 2025
I have been waiting to read this for a while, so it has sat on my TBR. It was well worth the wait.
This is one of those stories where you root for the main character and want to see him kick major ass the whole time. Briggs is just the type of character you want to cheer for. He has been injured and worked his way to a very special project. He undergoes rigorous training after his accident and before this special project.
The special project is that he gets to pilot a mech, think Macross for reference to these mechs. Then the fun just takes off from there.
If you want an easy-paced book that goes by quickly, then this is the book for you.
This is one of those stories where you root for the main character and want to see him kick major ass the whole time. Briggs is just the type of character you want to cheer for. He has been injured and worked his way to a very special project. He undergoes rigorous training after his accident and before this special project.
The special project is that he gets to pilot a mech, think Macross for reference to these mechs. Then the fun just takes off from there.
If you want an easy-paced book that goes by quickly, then this is the book for you.
January 18, 2025
A good military sci fi read
I enjoy this genre, so it was an easy read. I get lost in the jargon since it’s been 30 years since I was active duty, but it was an enjoyable book if don’t get bogged down the acronyms. Not going to flesh out the plot, just saying that this is a plausible timeline if you look at how technology and medical science is advancing. That and a little imagination. It is science fiction after all.
I enjoy this genre, so it was an easy read. I get lost in the jargon since it’s been 30 years since I was active duty, but it was an enjoyable book if don’t get bogged down the acronyms. Not going to flesh out the plot, just saying that this is a plausible timeline if you look at how technology and medical science is advancing. That and a little imagination. It is science fiction after all.
April 11, 2025
Great Alien Invasion War Story
This book was just the third that fix of military fiction. Ever since reading books about alien invasion and movies like ”Independence Day” I’ve grown to love the idea of humanity coming together to fight and win against alien invasions. This book sets the right tempo. The MC and his team are the right mix of personalities. If you like books about humans fighting against all odds and winning. This book is for you.
This book was just the third that fix of military fiction. Ever since reading books about alien invasion and movies like ”Independence Day” I’ve grown to love the idea of humanity coming together to fight and win against alien invasions. This book sets the right tempo. The MC and his team are the right mix of personalities. If you like books about humans fighting against all odds and winning. This book is for you.
June 23, 2025
This was a pretty mediocre entry in the mechanized armor military science fiction genre.
Pros: Solid protagonist, solid story, detestable enemy, limited politics
Cons: limited explanation of technology, way too much slang/ pseudo-acronyms, lots of talking back and forth between pilots
I probably won't continue the series, because...meh.
Pros: Solid protagonist, solid story, detestable enemy, limited politics
Cons: limited explanation of technology, way too much slang/ pseudo-acronyms, lots of talking back and forth between pilots
I probably won't continue the series, because...meh.
December 14, 2024
Great beginning
This is going to be another spectacular collaboration between Chaney and Anspach. The story is nicely paced, with the combat scenes not too long or too short. I look forward to the next stories.
This is going to be another spectacular collaboration between Chaney and Anspach. The story is nicely paced, with the combat scenes not too long or too short. I look forward to the next stories.
December 18, 2024
Abled Bodied Soldier
In my last review I tore apart a first in a series “Messenger “. This is by far one of the best books I read in a while. And I am impatiently waiting for the next book. This is a fantastic story, very fast paced with great characters.
In my last review I tore apart a first in a series “Messenger “. This is by far one of the best books I read in a while. And I am impatiently waiting for the next book. This is a fantastic story, very fast paced with great characters.
January 5, 2025
A thrilling start to a new series.
Absolutely brilliant military sci-fi action.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
I look forward to the next one.
Also I may have to go back to the beginning.
Absolutely brilliant military sci-fi action.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
I look forward to the next one.
Also I may have to go back to the beginning.
January 10, 2025
If you like battle and battle scenes, this is your book. I zoned out through some of it. But I do love reading (hearing) it. I do not like war. But I like characters who can survive it.
Of course if RC Bray is telling it, that makes it all the better.
Of course if RC Bray is telling it, that makes it all the better.
January 13, 2025
Great book, what tech is in this book is beyond me
This is an awesome book about teamwork being needed. Full come together who are from different backgrounds different abilities and definitely different attitudes. Building a team is always a challenge. But they're getting there.
This is an awesome book about teamwork being needed. Full come together who are from different backgrounds different abilities and definitely different attitudes. Building a team is always a challenge. But they're getting there.
February 6, 2025
Fine book. No new ground broken but an enjoyable telling of a protagonist being cut down to then be given an opportunity to be great again. Find character development, good central conflict, and the combat/action was very enjoyable.
March 17, 2025
I liked The storyline
I like the storyline, but I’m not from a military family I had trouble following the acronyms that the military uses so well
thanks for your imagination
Wendy
I like the storyline, but I’m not from a military family I had trouble following the acronyms that the military uses so well
thanks for your imagination
Wendy
May 10, 2025
Well written. Good character development.
I sadly won’t read any more of the series only because it’s not my type of Sci-Fi I thought it would be more space battles on distant planets it’s set on earth & a lot of machine battle talk it was a bit like a futuristic top gun meets Iron man.
I sadly won’t read any more of the series only because it’s not my type of Sci-Fi I thought it would be more space battles on distant planets it’s set on earth & a lot of machine battle talk it was a bit like a futuristic top gun meets Iron man.
May 20, 2025
I enjoyed the hell out of this book. Military science fiction with giant mech combat, what’s not to like? Characters are a little thin outside of our MC but they do get flushed out a bit more as the story goes on. I’m excited to read book 2 and see how the author expands the world building.
June 13, 2025
Great
Military science fiction is always my favorite. I suppose it started with Starship Troopers and The Forever War. I found the part where Titus is struggling with his disability harrowing and felt that the author might have some experience of that
Military science fiction is always my favorite. I suppose it started with Starship Troopers and The Forever War. I found the part where Titus is struggling with his disability harrowing and felt that the author might have some experience of that
June 17, 2025
Not as in love with this series.
Still good, but much more military somehow. Not a negative thing exactly. I didn't connect with the characters as quickly. A more somber serious story. Less of the funny quirky character interplay. I will revisit again though.
Still good, but much more military somehow. Not a negative thing exactly. I didn't connect with the characters as quickly. A more somber serious story. Less of the funny quirky character interplay. I will revisit again though.
August 6, 2025
Too much talk.....
Very basic military science fiction. The characters were not developed enough and the plot was too thin. The military battle strategy took up too much of the book and got to be very boring.
Very basic military science fiction. The characters were not developed enough and the plot was too thin. The military battle strategy took up too much of the book and got to be very boring.
August 17, 2025
Enjoyed this book until the end. A bit disappointed as it developed a few holes, but I usually don't mind them. The set up was fine, and the characters were with what I'd expect. It was a good read but don't know if I'll continue through them all
December 11, 2024
Fantastic!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
What an amazing book! I absolutely loved this book and such wonderful characters! I can not wait for the next book to come out!
December 12, 2024
Love the book it was great to see how the MC was brought into this i can't wait for the next book
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December 19, 2024Fantastic tension and action
This book has intense action, plenty of tension, and great characters - plus MECH! Loved every minute of it and looking for more!
This book has intense action, plenty of tension, and great characters - plus MECH! Loved every minute of it and looking for more!
December 20, 2024
Present tense
This is told in the present tense. Quit on first page. How two awards winning authors thought this was a good idea, I do not understand.
This is told in the present tense. Quit on first page. How two awards winning authors thought this was a good idea, I do not understand.
January 15, 2025
Unlimited Kindle book, read Kindle this book using the Alexa audio asset. Many battles described and criticisms of chain of command, battles do not make much sense ... DNF... Stopped at chapter 28.
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