Colossus

The Kurgan War #2

by Richard Turner

Newly promoted Captain Michael Sheridan finds himself leading a company of untried Marines against their enemy, the Kurgans, dug in on Illum Prime. Fighting for survival, Sheridan and his mentor, Master Sergeant Alan Cole, must do all they can to keep their people alive not only from the Kurgans but from traitors hidden in plain sight. From the deserts of Illum Prime, to the depths of space, the Kurgan War continues.

Genres: Science Fiction, Military Fiction

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2015

About the author

Richard Turner proudly served in the Armed Forces for more than thirty years. He considers himself fortunate to have had numerous overseas deployments that took him to many varied locations throughout the world, including: Germany, Cyprus, Croatia, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Egypt, Israel and finally two tours of Afghanistan. Wanting to try something new, he now spends his time writing.

Some of Richard's favourite authors include: James Rollins, Andy McDermmott and the many novels of Clive Cussler.


http://richardturnerauthor.blogspot.ca

Reviews

[Andrew Niemann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written book with great characters and a fast paced story. Looking forward to the next in the series.

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got the first book as a freebie/promotional Kindle book, and it was decent enough to continue on with the series. It's a fast and not especially "deep" read, but the combat scenes are well plotted and paced.

If I had but one complaint, it's that the military vernacular could be tightened up quite a bit. It should be concise and straight-forward. The conversational tone of the automated computer announcements, for example, is just wrong for military sci-fi.

[Marc Therrien · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read. For the first tome, I was a little tired reading it by the end, but not with this one. It hits the mark. And we want to read the next book to know what happened to one of the characters.

[Starr Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starr55

Another good book. I read the authors bio and I knew before that he had been over seas with how he wrote his battle scenes. You fell like you are actually there!

[Ian Whittle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

This is another great book in this very good series I am now going to download the next book straight away

[John Wegener · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reasonable story but the book needs proper editing. Quite a few basic errors the grammar.

[Wilson E. Stevens Sr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good series.

[Scott Shjefte · Rating 2 out of 5]

More fights, more battles, no interesting characters introduced existing characters pretty flat. Complications in statagies but no real solutions ... 2.5 stars.

[Gerard E. Trigo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Space Opera.

[Bill Brinkley · Rating 4 out of 5]

an interesting story with mini plot twists. I enjoy the characters. I recommend this book.

[Johnny Horizon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good military SF

[J. Rice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the majority of the story wrapped around war and combat situations, the story wasn't bad. I felt drawn in to Sheridon and Cole. The story had some intrigue, although I found it somewhat predictable, it was still good.

[Ralph Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite as good as the first book, but still a very enjoyable read. The main characters have developed nicely and have turned into indestructible Captain Scarlet types. Even though you know they are bullet-proof this doesn't detract too much and they do get the occasional good hiding. Could probably do with a further proof-read, but the errors don't spoil the read. Have just bought the third instalment.

[David Barnes · Rating 2 out of 5]

No tech, just a redo of marines versus Japanese

Both of these books are disappointing from Turner, who has shown more imagination in other settings.

Another is doubtless on the way.

[Danny L Walling · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

Why is the second book ALWAYS worst than the first book? True, the story was good and we had the same characters, but something was missing. One thing I didn't like was that Michael's love is probably dead. This didn't need to happen.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Space opera!

A fun read with lots of action. Book 2 in the series is more fleshed out than Book 1, and just as enjoyable to read. Recommended!

[Barry Edstene · Rating 5 out of 5]

The second book is as good as the first, the action is intense and the story keeps you wanting more. One great SciFi read.

[George Sterling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Colossus

Just finished reading book 2 and enjoyed it even more then the first one. The action was more intense and more realistic. Can't wait to read the next one.