The Disinherited

The Disinherited #1

by Steve White

When the U.S. Space Force abandons the colonists in space and heads back to Earth, pacifist aliens--handsome as gods--arrive and are followed by warlike, ugly creatures with military conquest in mind. Original.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Ebooks, Space Opera

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1993

About the author

Born in 1948.
Steve White is an American science fiction author best known as the co-author of the Starfire-series alongside David Weber.

He is married with 3 daughters and currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He also works for a legal publishing company. He previously served as a United States Navy officer and served during the Vietnam War and in the Mediterranean region.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wh...

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like Space Opera or Military Science Fiction you will love this book. A planet with peaceful humans hundreds of light years from Earth are attacked by a merciless group of aliens. Unable to defend themselves they make contact with Earth and with the aid of their advanced technology they equip Earth to help fight off these aliens. This is a Grand Space Adventure and I highly recommend it.

[Papal Bull · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novel was okay. Interesting story but the military sci fi aspect seemed well below standards. I loved the Starfire series but this novel seemed bland to me.

[Aaron Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was reasonable for a first effort from an author. Not amazing but not bad.

[Scott Holstad · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Disinherited in really pretty good military sci fi. Aliens, the Korvaaash, are invading humanity’s worlds and the US Space Force is tasked with fighting them. Unfortunately – and this is a common theme in many military sci fi books, so knock one star off for lack of originality – there haven’t been any wars within humanity for centuries, so the military has been downgraded and downsized. Now, with a powerful new alien adversary, it has to be seriously regrown, retrained, improved, and taught to fight and fight well. Humanity is fighting for its life. The book drags at times, but has some decent action in it. It’s a good early effort by Steve White. I’d give it 3.5 stars, but I’m just going to round up to four stars and say it’s recommended.

[Anthony Chitwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book, but obviously an early effort. His later seem to cover more ground more thoroughly and don't leave you wondering what happened in places.

Overall a very entertaining book that left me wanting more. Gladly I am off to read the sequel.

[Brett]

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