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The Morcai Battalion #4
The Rescue
New York Times
bestselling author Diana Palmer returns with the next edge-of-your-seat installment of The Morcai Battalion series.
Rhemun, commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, has worked tirelessly to get where he is--and he's not going to let any human drag him back down. Especially not Lt. Commander Edris Mallory, whose very presence aboard the Morcai serves as a too-painful reminder of a past tragedy he can neither forgive nor forget.
But Mallory has secrets of her own--ones she can't afford to see come to light. Frantic to protect herself, she flees, abandoning her position. When Rhemun learns of her devastating situation, he realizes the all-consuming feelings he's harbored for her may not be hatred. But in a vast universe rife with peril, is it already too late?
Rhemun, commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, has worked tirelessly to get where he is--and he's not going to let any human drag him back down. Especially not Lt. Commander Edris Mallory, whose very presence aboard the Morcai serves as a too-painful reminder of a past tragedy he can neither forgive nor forget.
But Mallory has secrets of her own--ones she can't afford to see come to light. Frantic to protect herself, she flees, abandoning her position. When Rhemun learns of her devastating situation, he realizes the all-consuming feelings he's harbored for her may not be hatred. But in a vast universe rife with peril, is it already too late?
282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 28, 2017
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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March 13, 2017
Long, Tall Texans meet Star Trek and we have a typical story of the author. Hero in a bad mood and acting like an ogre and heroin shy and in love with the hero. All elements already known to readers who follow the work of the author are present in history.
I liked the development of history and the author proves to be a true fan of science fiction.
Recommend to fans of the author.
I liked the development of history and the author proves to be a true fan of science fiction.
Recommend to fans of the author.
November 18, 2017
2 Stars
I skimmed. I skimmed, I skimmed, I skimmed. This is the only reason I finished the book, and it was only due to some serious guilt on my part for not starting at book one.
It was a flop.
Rhemun was both dueschy and a moron, in my opinion, based on his words and actions. Edris read as weak and a bit of a rube.
I’m pretty sure, after reading some other reviews, I would have felt about the same about this book if I had read The Morcai Battalion first, and don’t see this series resurrecting after being dormant for so long.
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I skimmed. I skimmed, I skimmed, I skimmed. This is the only reason I finished the book, and it was only due to some serious guilt on my part for not starting at book one.
It was a flop.
Rhemun was both dueschy and a moron, in my opinion, based on his words and actions. Edris read as weak and a bit of a rube.
I’m pretty sure, after reading some other reviews, I would have felt about the same about this book if I had read The Morcai Battalion first, and don’t see this series resurrecting after being dormant for so long.
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March 29, 2017
I didn't think this book added to this series at all. It may be set in the same 'world' but it didn't focus on the Morcai or it's crew. Rhemun spent most of the book hating Edris and making her life miserable. Edris spends way too much time internally making excuses for Rhemun's bad behavior. This book was too much like the old school HQs. Jerk of an H and a doormat h.
March 31, 2017
Originally published at Reading Reality
I read the first book in this series, The Morcai Battalion, back in 2007 when the expanded edition was republished by Harlequin Luna. At that time, there wasn’t a lot of outright science fiction romance being published, and The Morcai Battalion filled a need I don’t even think I knew I had.
(Luna was a terrific imprint. I discovered several marvelous authors through their line of SFR and fantasy romance, not just this series but also Michelle Sagara’s Elantra series and Gail Dayton’s Compass Rose, among others, and I wish they were still around.)
Back to The Morcai Battalion. I loved the setting, and the characters, in the original book. Not just the space opera aspects of the intergalactic war, but the relationships between the characters, the culture clash of melding two species into a single crew, and the heart stopping action of the prison planet and eventual breakout. It was a winner and I kept looking for more.
There were a couple of sequels over the years, The Recruit and Invictus. And then nothing from 2010 until now, with The Rescue.
The first three books in the series followed the human doctor, Madeline Ruszel and the alien Cehn-Tahr Dtimun, who begins as her commander and eventually becomes her husband, in spite of all the taboos and restrictions that surround the Cehn-Tahr and any possible relationship between Cehn-Tahr and humans. But the story built their relationship up over time, and it worked. It worked so well that they finally won their HEA at the end of Invictus.
Which leaves either a hole or an opportunity for the series. After reading The Rescue, I’m not quite sure which we got.
The relationship in The Rescue is between Dtimun’s successor as head of the unit, and Madeline’s successor as alien-species medic. But Rhemun is not Dtimun and Edris Mallory is not Madeline. While some of those changes make for good dramatic tension, some of them just fall a bit short.
Because Rhemun hates humans, and Edris frequently acts like a scared rabbit, or perhaps a better description would be a scared schoolgirl with a crush on a strict teacher. And it doesn’t quite work.
Dtimun, Madeline and their crew went through a bonding experience on that prison planet that transcended species or pretty much anything else. They became family in the process of saving each other, and it erased any interspecies prejudices they might have started with.
Rhemun, on the other hand, feels like all of the losses that he has experienced in his life are some human’s fault, and he has an unreasoning prejudice against the entire species. His strict disciplinary style alienates the human members of his crew, which is his intention. He also cuts Edris down at every turn, because she looks just like the woman who accidentally killed his son.
And unfortunately for Edris, his species has a highly enhanced sense of smell, so she is unable to hide her really, really unfortunate attraction for him. And he resents her for that, too.
The situation is a mess, and just gets messier, until Rhemun finally drives Edris off the ship, and very nearly drives every other human out the airlock along with her. It’s when the message finally gets through his very thick skull that he has put her in deadly danger because he can’t help but be attracted to her that their relationship moves from hate to love.
And then he drives her away again.
Escape Rating C+: I enjoyed the first part of the book. While Edris is on the ship, we see her working, we see her continuously fighting with Rhemun, we see her doing her duty as best she can under circumstances that become increasingly more unbearable by the minute. But the action clips along, and we get to see how the ship and crew both work together and don’t. It’s sad but interesting to watch Rhemun tear down a stellar unit that Dtimun spent years building up, and even sadder just how much easier it is to break than it was to build.
But through it all, Edris stands up for herself at every turn, and does her best to do her job, keep her career, and try to keep her life her own and on track. When she flees, while her reasons make sense, the story goes off the rails.
She’s in terrible danger, and it is very real. In the end, Rhemun and the crew have to rescue her to save her life from multiple dangers. And there’s a big portion of the book where she completely loses her agency, going from independent woman to beating victim to worshipful wife in a few too many steps.
And then lets herself be driven away again. Just when she finally has her new life on track, Rhemun swoops back in and tears it all apart again, even if unintentionally. The second half of the book doesn’t quite hang together. As far as the romance is concerned, his side of their relationship isn’t fully fleshed out. It’s easy to see that he wants her and wants to possess her, but we don’t see the build up of his emotions. It feels like that piece is missing.
There’s also a running theme that he omits much of the truth that Edris really needs to know. Lies of omission are still lies, and Rhemun keeps much too much from Edris that ends up biting them both in the ass – but always hers much more than his. And she’s so worshipful that she never calls him to account for any of it. She’s also much too gullible.
So I enjoyed the first half of this book, but found the second half disappointing, and sincerely hope that if the series continues, we get more heroines like Madeline Ruszel who are always part of the action and don’t let anyone steamroller them.
If you like SFR the first three books of this series are a good read, but this one feels skippable. Dammit. And they need to go back to the original cover designs, which at least hinted that this was SFR and not contemporary romance. The new covers make the series look way more like a motorcycle club romance than SFR, which is bound to disappoint people on all sides of the equation. Color me disappointed, too.
I read the first book in this series, The Morcai Battalion, back in 2007 when the expanded edition was republished by Harlequin Luna. At that time, there wasn’t a lot of outright science fiction romance being published, and The Morcai Battalion filled a need I don’t even think I knew I had.
(Luna was a terrific imprint. I discovered several marvelous authors through their line of SFR and fantasy romance, not just this series but also Michelle Sagara’s Elantra series and Gail Dayton’s Compass Rose, among others, and I wish they were still around.)
Back to The Morcai Battalion. I loved the setting, and the characters, in the original book. Not just the space opera aspects of the intergalactic war, but the relationships between the characters, the culture clash of melding two species into a single crew, and the heart stopping action of the prison planet and eventual breakout. It was a winner and I kept looking for more.
There were a couple of sequels over the years, The Recruit and Invictus. And then nothing from 2010 until now, with The Rescue.
The first three books in the series followed the human doctor, Madeline Ruszel and the alien Cehn-Tahr Dtimun, who begins as her commander and eventually becomes her husband, in spite of all the taboos and restrictions that surround the Cehn-Tahr and any possible relationship between Cehn-Tahr and humans. But the story built their relationship up over time, and it worked. It worked so well that they finally won their HEA at the end of Invictus.
Which leaves either a hole or an opportunity for the series. After reading The Rescue, I’m not quite sure which we got.
The relationship in The Rescue is between Dtimun’s successor as head of the unit, and Madeline’s successor as alien-species medic. But Rhemun is not Dtimun and Edris Mallory is not Madeline. While some of those changes make for good dramatic tension, some of them just fall a bit short.
Because Rhemun hates humans, and Edris frequently acts like a scared rabbit, or perhaps a better description would be a scared schoolgirl with a crush on a strict teacher. And it doesn’t quite work.
Dtimun, Madeline and their crew went through a bonding experience on that prison planet that transcended species or pretty much anything else. They became family in the process of saving each other, and it erased any interspecies prejudices they might have started with.
Rhemun, on the other hand, feels like all of the losses that he has experienced in his life are some human’s fault, and he has an unreasoning prejudice against the entire species. His strict disciplinary style alienates the human members of his crew, which is his intention. He also cuts Edris down at every turn, because she looks just like the woman who accidentally killed his son.
And unfortunately for Edris, his species has a highly enhanced sense of smell, so she is unable to hide her really, really unfortunate attraction for him. And he resents her for that, too.
The situation is a mess, and just gets messier, until Rhemun finally drives Edris off the ship, and very nearly drives every other human out the airlock along with her. It’s when the message finally gets through his very thick skull that he has put her in deadly danger because he can’t help but be attracted to her that their relationship moves from hate to love.
And then he drives her away again.
Escape Rating C+: I enjoyed the first part of the book. While Edris is on the ship, we see her working, we see her continuously fighting with Rhemun, we see her doing her duty as best she can under circumstances that become increasingly more unbearable by the minute. But the action clips along, and we get to see how the ship and crew both work together and don’t. It’s sad but interesting to watch Rhemun tear down a stellar unit that Dtimun spent years building up, and even sadder just how much easier it is to break than it was to build.
But through it all, Edris stands up for herself at every turn, and does her best to do her job, keep her career, and try to keep her life her own and on track. When she flees, while her reasons make sense, the story goes off the rails.
She’s in terrible danger, and it is very real. In the end, Rhemun and the crew have to rescue her to save her life from multiple dangers. And there’s a big portion of the book where she completely loses her agency, going from independent woman to beating victim to worshipful wife in a few too many steps.
And then lets herself be driven away again. Just when she finally has her new life on track, Rhemun swoops back in and tears it all apart again, even if unintentionally. The second half of the book doesn’t quite hang together. As far as the romance is concerned, his side of their relationship isn’t fully fleshed out. It’s easy to see that he wants her and wants to possess her, but we don’t see the build up of his emotions. It feels like that piece is missing.
There’s also a running theme that he omits much of the truth that Edris really needs to know. Lies of omission are still lies, and Rhemun keeps much too much from Edris that ends up biting them both in the ass – but always hers much more than his. And she’s so worshipful that she never calls him to account for any of it. She’s also much too gullible.
So I enjoyed the first half of this book, but found the second half disappointing, and sincerely hope that if the series continues, we get more heroines like Madeline Ruszel who are always part of the action and don’t let anyone steamroller them.
If you like SFR the first three books of this series are a good read, but this one feels skippable. Dammit. And they need to go back to the original cover designs, which at least hinted that this was SFR and not contemporary romance. The new covers make the series look way more like a motorcycle club romance than SFR, which is bound to disappoint people on all sides of the equation. Color me disappointed, too.
May 27, 2018
3 stars.
The book title is a bit misleading. There were a couple of "rescues" but they were pretty tamed so I'm not sure if they are the ones that inspired the title.
Anyway, I was hoping for a more action-packed sci-fi book similar to the previous trilogy but this is just a romance set in the Morcai universe.
I couldn't understand the heroine's attraction to the hero who was verbally abusive and racially prejudiced against humans throughout most of the first half of the book. And her subsequent action in leaving him, not once but twice, makes her seem weak, even though she's quite strong when she's not with him. And all his secrets "because he can't talk about it", just makes it all such a lopsided pairing.
This is one for readers who enjoy an arrogant hero and a doormat of a heroine.
The book title is a bit misleading. There were a couple of "rescues" but they were pretty tamed so I'm not sure if they are the ones that inspired the title.
Anyway, I was hoping for a more action-packed sci-fi book similar to the previous trilogy but this is just a romance set in the Morcai universe.
I couldn't understand the heroine's attraction to the hero who was verbally abusive and racially prejudiced against humans throughout most of the first half of the book. And her subsequent action in leaving him, not once but twice, makes her seem weak, even though she's quite strong when she's not with him. And all his secrets "because he can't talk about it", just makes it all such a lopsided pairing.
This is one for readers who enjoy an arrogant hero and a doormat of a heroine.
November 11, 2017
This had many of the romance tropes that I really dislike. Rheum was a brutish lead, mistreating Edris and blaming her for being attracted to him. Once they finally do get together a complete lack of communication leads to years of pain and sorrow.
April 5, 2018
Love, love, love , this series! So much action and heart. I adore the different aliens and the descriptions are vivid and easy to connect with. Can't wait for the next book!
Ps: I can't stop going back and re-reading this whole series over and over!!! And the next book is almost out! Yay!!!!
Ps: I can't stop going back and re-reading this whole series over and over!!! And the next book is almost out! Yay!!!!
July 6, 2017
As a reader of the Morcai Battalion series, I was please to see a new set of primary characters in this fourth book, The Rescue. Idris Mallory and Rhemun are very different from their predecessors Madeline Ruszel and Dtimun.
Mallory is not nearly as outspoken, falls short on the toughness scale, but her bravery is front and center when it needs to be. Rhemun is a mumbly grumber – All. The. Time. Not at all likeable, nor does he seem to like anybody. How he became a hero in a romance is hard to say, especially since he intensely dislikes Mallory from the very beginning. But I like this character from the beginning because I knew he was heading for a fall. How that happens is what remains to be seen.
Like previous books in the series, The Rescue contains the spectre of fate and what the future may hold. That is to say, there are characters who are seers who have seen the future, but they can’t tell what they’ve seen. It wouldn’t be nearly as interesting if they did. But that doesn’t stop them from dropping hints and innuendos. It is possible that this particular device is meant to set you up for possible future books. It worked on me with the first few books!
I have listed to the entire series on audiobook. Able to handle female voices, Todd McLaren is one of the better male narrators I have heard.
The Rescue and The Morcai Battalion series proves that it is a great idea to step out of your box from time to time. Normally, Diana Palmer (aka Susan Kyle) writes contemporary western romance. To write a scifi series with such an epic scale takes some guts. But Ms. Palmer proves that she has the imagination, heart and talent to take on my favorite genre.
Originally posted at Whiskey With My Book.
Mallory is not nearly as outspoken, falls short on the toughness scale, but her bravery is front and center when it needs to be. Rhemun is a mumbly grumber – All. The. Time. Not at all likeable, nor does he seem to like anybody. How he became a hero in a romance is hard to say, especially since he intensely dislikes Mallory from the very beginning. But I like this character from the beginning because I knew he was heading for a fall. How that happens is what remains to be seen.
Like previous books in the series, The Rescue contains the spectre of fate and what the future may hold. That is to say, there are characters who are seers who have seen the future, but they can’t tell what they’ve seen. It wouldn’t be nearly as interesting if they did. But that doesn’t stop them from dropping hints and innuendos. It is possible that this particular device is meant to set you up for possible future books. It worked on me with the first few books!
I have listed to the entire series on audiobook. Able to handle female voices, Todd McLaren is one of the better male narrators I have heard.
The Rescue and The Morcai Battalion series proves that it is a great idea to step out of your box from time to time. Normally, Diana Palmer (aka Susan Kyle) writes contemporary western romance. To write a scifi series with such an epic scale takes some guts. But Ms. Palmer proves that she has the imagination, heart and talent to take on my favorite genre.
Originally posted at Whiskey With My Book.
June 16, 2017
Title: The Morcai Battalion - The Rescue
Author: Diana Palmer
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 5-28-2017
Pages: 352
Genre: Romance
Sub-Genre: Science Fiction; Contemporary; Suspense; Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9780373789917
ASIN: B01GZV05VQ
Reviewed For NetGalley and Harlequin
Reviewer: DelAnne
Rating: 4.25 Stars
The fourth and final book in the series. Catch up on characters from the previous books. This is trademark of Diana Palmer and her series. She always allows readers to find out how former central characters are doing and what they are up to.
Commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, Rhemun wants nothing to do with the woman who left him betrayed and unforgiving. When he finds out that Edris Mallory is on the run and in danger He finds himself rushing to her aid. Can they overcome their past to build themselves a future?
This is a series that captivates romance lovers with a touch of suspense and thrilling science fiction adventure. I found myself enjoying Diana Palmer's Battalion series a surprise and a delight to read. For a well-known contemporary romance writer Ms. Palmer shows her versatility and talent for weaving a story with strong characters and a fast moving story with a well developed plot. My rating of The Morcai Battalion - The Rescue is 4.25 out of 5 stars.
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Author: Diana Palmer
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 5-28-2017
Pages: 352
Genre: Romance
Sub-Genre: Science Fiction; Contemporary; Suspense; Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9780373789917
ASIN: B01GZV05VQ
Reviewed For NetGalley and Harlequin
Reviewer: DelAnne
Rating: 4.25 Stars
The fourth and final book in the series. Catch up on characters from the previous books. This is trademark of Diana Palmer and her series. She always allows readers to find out how former central characters are doing and what they are up to.
Commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, Rhemun wants nothing to do with the woman who left him betrayed and unforgiving. When he finds out that Edris Mallory is on the run and in danger He finds himself rushing to her aid. Can they overcome their past to build themselves a future?
This is a series that captivates romance lovers with a touch of suspense and thrilling science fiction adventure. I found myself enjoying Diana Palmer's Battalion series a surprise and a delight to read. For a well-known contemporary romance writer Ms. Palmer shows her versatility and talent for weaving a story with strong characters and a fast moving story with a well developed plot. My rating of The Morcai Battalion - The Rescue is 4.25 out of 5 stars.
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May 26, 2017
I have been an avid reader of Diana Palmer's books for decades now, but I've been disappointed with her writing for the past few years.
Last year, though, I bought "The Morcai Battalion," a book she wrote when she was a teenager that was impossible to find until it was reissued and expanded. I absolutely enjoyed it and was hoping "The Rescue" would be just as wonderful.
Sadly, it was another one of her 'let's see how many characters from past "Morcai Battalion" books we can jam into one while getting away from the storyline and putting HUGE gaps into the timeline in just a few sentences." It's a maddening habit of hers that I began to notice more prominently in recent years not only with her Long, Tall Texans series, but with her Wyoming Men, as well. Also, she couldn't have made the two protagonists -- Rhemun and Edris -- in "The Rescue" more dense, gullible or distrustful even after their bonding and supposed 'love' for one another. I find it extremely annoying and insulting to MY intelligence, especially since the book had such a promising beginning.
I have the second and third books in the series. I can only hope they're MUCH better than this one. I give it one star.
Last year, though, I bought "The Morcai Battalion," a book she wrote when she was a teenager that was impossible to find until it was reissued and expanded. I absolutely enjoyed it and was hoping "The Rescue" would be just as wonderful.
Sadly, it was another one of her 'let's see how many characters from past "Morcai Battalion" books we can jam into one while getting away from the storyline and putting HUGE gaps into the timeline in just a few sentences." It's a maddening habit of hers that I began to notice more prominently in recent years not only with her Long, Tall Texans series, but with her Wyoming Men, as well. Also, she couldn't have made the two protagonists -- Rhemun and Edris -- in "The Rescue" more dense, gullible or distrustful even after their bonding and supposed 'love' for one another. I find it extremely annoying and insulting to MY intelligence, especially since the book had such a promising beginning.
I have the second and third books in the series. I can only hope they're MUCH better than this one. I give it one star.
September 27, 2024
2.5 ⭐️ (I usually round up on GR but I could not make myself give this 3 stars). Honestly am not even sure why I kept reading - maybe hoping it would get better because it definitely har the potential to (but didn’t). I struggled with the main characters with their hot & cold yet flat and juvenile-feeling personalities. I like to get to know my protagonists, here there wasn’t much to go on. Every time we started to get some depth, the story was already moving on, and never circled back. The FMC & MMC also don’t fall in love with each other so much as they suddenly, inexplicably like each other. And proceed to waffle between 😍 and eyes love each other for like, no apparent reason. For the most part, the overall plot was also not very interesting (from either a sci fi/adventure or a romance perspective). Actual adventures are mostly skipped over with time jumps and/or the next rando reason to keep FMC/MMC apart again. Just…unsatisfying all around I guess.
August 5, 2019
This is an enemies to lovers story. Cehn-Tahr Commander Rhemun has hated humans since one of them was responsible for the death of his son. Now that he is the Commander of the Morcai, he is forced to work with a combined human and Cehn-Tahr crew. He is especially cruel to Lt. Commander Edris Mallory who is the physician with the specialty for treating the non-human crew. She is impossibly attracted to him despite his obvious dislike of her. She takes a reckless step of resigning and escaping to a dangerous lawless planet. With the human crew members requesting transfers in unheard of numbers, Rhemun discovers the terrible price Edris will pay if she is found by the wrong people and he vows to rescue her.
June 22, 2017
This was like a mix between old-skool crazysauce romance and Spanish soap opera, spiced with TSTL sheep of a heroine and awful a-hole of a hero (with emotional maturity of a bulldozer). I should have DNF-ed but got morbidly fascinated as to how much worse it could get. Turns out there are no limits.
Sometimes I can cheerfully enjoy and be thoroughly amused by crazy plots or bad writing or terrible protagonists. In this case I was annoyed and cranky by the end of it.
Sometimes I can cheerfully enjoy and be thoroughly amused by crazy plots or bad writing or terrible protagonists. In this case I was annoyed and cranky by the end of it.
May 19, 2017
Read for free if possible
I did not feel the attraction between these two characters as in the other books. Also the four year separation was unwarranted. Malory was too much in doubt of the commanders love and then fell for a trick by a man who hated her. Felt like I wasted my money. The book just felt force to me it did not flow well.
I did not feel the attraction between these two characters as in the other books. Also the four year separation was unwarranted. Malory was too much in doubt of the commanders love and then fell for a trick by a man who hated her. Felt like I wasted my money. The book just felt force to me it did not flow well.
April 25, 2018
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I am not used to Diana Palmer writing SF/Fantasy novels. I found it to be very good. I was expecting a quick enjoyable read a la her regular romance novels. I have gotten a hold of two of the others and will be reading them soon.
July 3, 2019
I found my self kind of bored periodically. If the story matched the blurb more maybe it would have worked better for me.
okay for aayesha
okay for aayesha
November 17, 2019
Excellent
I love this series and all the characters. I hope there are more stories in the future. I never get tired of the Morcai series.
I love this series and all the characters. I hope there are more stories in the future. I never get tired of the Morcai series.
July 12, 2020
This book was OK. The subject matter was rather interesting but I found the writing style very bland.
I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
January 27, 2017
I have been waiting for so long for this book to come out and I was thrilled to get an eARC from Netgalley. This book is set after the marriage of Dtimun and Ruszel. Rhemun is now the commander of the Holconcom and he and medical officer Edris Mallory do not get along at all. Mallory still gets nervous about space flight and combat and Rhemun has past tragedies that poison his interactions for Mallory. When she flees after a mistake to avoid going back to TerraVega and being "rebooted", a particularly heinous method of punishment used when humans have had their three strikes in the military. When Rhemun finds her, they are able to realize their true feelings but as usual in their relationship, lack of communication causes problems and things go awry. Rhemun still has some secrets he hasn't disclosed which will throw Mallory for a loop even when they come back together.
I have loved all of the books in this series and this one is a perfect fit. Rhemun and Mallory were always interesting characters in the previous books and it's great to see them featured in this one. I also enjoyed catching up with the other characters from the previous three books. It's a nice mix of paranormal, military and romance which kept me reading straight through to the end without stopping. I enjoy Ms. Palmer's alpha males who can be big boneheads and how they absolutely love the women who love them right back.
I have loved all of the books in this series and this one is a perfect fit. Rhemun and Mallory were always interesting characters in the previous books and it's great to see them featured in this one. I also enjoyed catching up with the other characters from the previous three books. It's a nice mix of paranormal, military and romance which kept me reading straight through to the end without stopping. I enjoy Ms. Palmer's alpha males who can be big boneheads and how they absolutely love the women who love them right back.
February 7, 2017
This is my first time ever reading this series. I usually don't like sci-fi style books. But this book just proved to me that Diana Palmer is amazing at all types of genre. The main characters are Rhemun an alien commander and Edris a human medical doctor. Get ready to get transported to another world as these two characters fight to be together.
January 14, 2017
via netgalley
I haven't read anything from this author in quite some time. she's still good. I liked the book.
I haven't read anything from this author in quite some time. she's still good. I liked the book.
June 1, 2023
Excellence
This series is highly recommended, a automatic buy a must read. I consumed it within 24 hours. I now await the next book.
This series is highly recommended, a automatic buy a must read. I consumed it within 24 hours. I now await the next book.
March 31, 2017
If you enjoy typical Diane Palmer stories then this one is for you. This is not a stand-alone story - it's the 4th in the series.
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April 19, 2017"Palmer weaves an otherworldly tale about two characters who can only agree to disagree on everything, but deep down there is an attraction that burns between them. It is forbidden between their two races, but still ignites whenever they are near. Rhemun feels disgusted and betrayed by himself for these feelings and acts horribly to Edris and every other human on board. The tension is so thick that readers will be waiting with bated breath until the moment they give in to their passion. A well-written story by the super-talented Palmer!" (4 stars @ RT Book Reviews).
Miniseries: The Morcai Battalion
Miniseries: The Morcai Battalion
April 5, 2017
I have been reading Diana Palmer for many years and didn't realize until several years ago that she had written a Scifi Romance. Once I found out about them I had to search them out. They were great reads which I really liked and I was hoping that there would be more in this world. When I found she had written another book I was stoked.
This book had action, adventure, romance, and adversity and was an interesting story. There were a few things that I'd have changed if I could. I had issues with the characters particular the heroine.. She is mated to this guy and has his baby and he comes in one day and basically tells her he doesn't want her or the baby and she just goes off and leaves. I'd have tried to remove his balls but that would have exposed the plot against her and her mates marriage. But be that as it may that could be my issue since I don't like weak females. And other than this issue she is a very strong intelligent lady throughout the book. It seemed very out of character for her. The hero was so so. He definitely had issues he needed to work on. He almost let his own prejudices screw up his entire life. I really didn't care for him at all. He was just so bleh. Story line was amazing but characters was not on par with the world building.
I was given this book via Netgalley in exchange for consideration of a review and I give it 3 stars
This book had action, adventure, romance, and adversity and was an interesting story. There were a few things that I'd have changed if I could. I had issues with the characters particular the heroine.. She is mated to this guy and has his baby and he comes in one day and basically tells her he doesn't want her or the baby and she just goes off and leaves. I'd have tried to remove his balls but that would have exposed the plot against her and her mates marriage. But be that as it may that could be my issue since I don't like weak females. And other than this issue she is a very strong intelligent lady throughout the book. It seemed very out of character for her. The hero was so so. He definitely had issues he needed to work on. He almost let his own prejudices screw up his entire life. I really didn't care for him at all. He was just so bleh. Story line was amazing but characters was not on par with the world building.
I was given this book via Netgalley in exchange for consideration of a review and I give it 3 stars
April 11, 2017
This was pretty decent. I liked Rhemun's backstory and, though I wish it had bee more developed, Edris' was good too. I wonder if the author will do more with the story. I do like the world she has created, so I hope so.
May 2, 2017
Different than the last 3 in the series. Good read but not as edgy.
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