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Tales of the Terran Republic #4
Caine's Mutiny
A new entry in the critically acclaimed Caine Riordan science fiction series by three-time Nebula nominee Charles E. Gannon! Science fiction on a grand scale. Prequels Raising Caine , Trial by Fire , and Fire with Fire were all Nebula Award finalists. Charles E. Gannon is also the winner of the Compton Crook Award. Caine Riordan, fresh from serving as envoy to the aliens known as the Slaasriithi, has been given yet another daunting apprehend raiders that are terrorizing a distant planet. As difficulties mount, Caine becomes aware that the mission his superiors sent him to perform may not be the one they actually hope he will achieve. Which means Caine may be forced to choose between honoring a promise to friends and following orders - a choice that could ultimately put him in front of a board of inquiry. Or a firing squad.
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Charles E. Gannon
78 books207 followersDr. Charles E. Gannon is a Distinguished Professor of English (St. Bonaventure U.) & Fulbright Senior Specialist (American Lit & Culture). He has had novellas in Analog and the War World series. His nonfiction book "Rumors of War and Infernal Machines" won the 2006 ALA Outstanding Text Award. He also worked as author and editor for GDW, and was a routine contributor to both the scientific/technical content and story-line in the award-winning games "Traveller," and "2300 AD." He has been awarded Fulbrights to England, Scotland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, and worked 8 years as scriptwriter/producer in NYC.
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April 8, 2020
Whenever I read a Gannon book, I'm always struck by his command of what he intends to do in a story. It may not always be to my taste and sometimes he seems to write himself in corners that then take a lot of effort -- and talking -- to extricate himself, but in the end, I'm almost always impressed that he pulls off what he does.
It's Space-Opera. But this one is old-school Mil-SF.
Indeed, this is so old-school Mil-SF we've even got WWII and Vietnam non-coms who have been decanted 200 years after they were spirited away, finding themselves fighting a desperate battle of survival on a planet already inhabited by a proudly-idiotic alien species that always tends to find a way into fights under any excuse.
Caine, our supremely capable Commander, gets embroiled in strange alien politics, elaborate subterfuges, space battles fought for unclear purposes, and eventually, he's asked to pick up these out-of-time refugees (who have been fighting for their survival) to return them to Earth Space.
Of course, many things go wrong, but here's the main strength of this book: the military action reads like real military action, all including antique equipment and weapons terminology mixed freely with high-tech warfare and terminology. It's a real mess. And we get to spend a lot of time in the heads of several alien species with all their psychological differences, their war practices, and enough tactics and strategies to awe any fan of this particular genre.
Me? I... kinda like Mil-SF. In small doses. Some are pretty awesome. Some are a lot more realistic than others. This one is one of the realistic ones. It also fills most of the pages.
My complaint? I think it's fine if you want a novel that is filled MOSTLY with characters talking in lieu of action. We get a clear picture, regardless, but it sometimes got on my nerves.
That being said, the BIGGER scope of this novel takes us across many systems, in and out of political negotiations with aliens, be it cease-fires or species wrangling or leverage against our own government. All of this was pretty awesome, in my opinion.
I'm sure others will get more mileage out of this than I did, but by no means was it a bad book. In some ways, it's superior to most. It just didn't appeal to me in a huge way.
It's Space-Opera. But this one is old-school Mil-SF.
Indeed, this is so old-school Mil-SF we've even got WWII and Vietnam non-coms who have been decanted 200 years after they were spirited away, finding themselves fighting a desperate battle of survival on a planet already inhabited by a proudly-idiotic alien species that always tends to find a way into fights under any excuse.
Caine, our supremely capable Commander, gets embroiled in strange alien politics, elaborate subterfuges, space battles fought for unclear purposes, and eventually, he's asked to pick up these out-of-time refugees (who have been fighting for their survival) to return them to Earth Space.
Of course, many things go wrong, but here's the main strength of this book: the military action reads like real military action, all including antique equipment and weapons terminology mixed freely with high-tech warfare and terminology. It's a real mess. And we get to spend a lot of time in the heads of several alien species with all their psychological differences, their war practices, and enough tactics and strategies to awe any fan of this particular genre.
Me? I... kinda like Mil-SF. In small doses. Some are pretty awesome. Some are a lot more realistic than others. This one is one of the realistic ones. It also fills most of the pages.
My complaint? I think it's fine if you want a novel that is filled MOSTLY with characters talking in lieu of action. We get a clear picture, regardless, but it sometimes got on my nerves.
That being said, the BIGGER scope of this novel takes us across many systems, in and out of political negotiations with aliens, be it cease-fires or species wrangling or leverage against our own government. All of this was pretty awesome, in my opinion.
I'm sure others will get more mileage out of this than I did, but by no means was it a bad book. In some ways, it's superior to most. It just didn't appeal to me in a huge way.
November 24, 2021
The fourth installment of the Caine Riordan saga, like the last volume, provides a detailed focus on another alien species, this time the Hkh'Rkh, e.g., the 'sloths', the last alien group to receive attention. As usual, expect monstrous info dumps masquerading as dialogue, and a very complex plot.
We left the last volume with Caine and company returning to the homeworld of the 'roaches', where the terms of their surrender to humanity are still on-going. Shortly after Caine's arrival, another emergency pops up (of course!), and Caine is tasked with another mission. It appears that on the solar system next to the Hkh'Rkh homeworld-- their only colony to date-- some strange group of humans are marauding about the place, causing havoc. Who are these people, and why are they doing what they are doing. Things get even stranger when it soon becomes apparent that the humans are relics of the 20th century armed forces! Mild spoiler-- the evil Ktor stashed the humans there when they were serving as custodians for Earth. Yes, the same group that launched the 'doomsday' asteroid at Earth in the last 21st century. Caine and crew are once again stuck in a political potboiler as the ramifications of what they find presents difficulties for the emerging alliances among the aliens and humanity...
Gannon does give us some good military porn here, and the inclusion of solders from WWII (including Nazis!), Vietnam and Afghanistan (Soviet occupation) is a treat. There are no real epic battles here (like for Earth), but Gannon takes the reader on detailed battles (on land and space) in extraordinary detail. You will either love this or run away screaming. I liked it, and Gannon kept me enthralled (to a degree) over the course of this 1000+ brick. The 'sloth's' political system is fascinating; a kinda feudal system that is so plagued by war that they have bombed themselves back to the stone age three times!
The political intrigue is fun, and the Ktol are really a nasty piece of work. Who (e.g., which aliens) first abducted them from Earth 20,000 years ago is still a missing piece of the puzzle. It seems the Ktol battled the other alien species we have encounters almost to extinction 10,000 years ago, before the Accord. I hope the last volume will fill in the missing pieces.
We left the last volume with Caine and company returning to the homeworld of the 'roaches', where the terms of their surrender to humanity are still on-going. Shortly after Caine's arrival, another emergency pops up (of course!), and Caine is tasked with another mission. It appears that on the solar system next to the Hkh'Rkh homeworld-- their only colony to date-- some strange group of humans are marauding about the place, causing havoc. Who are these people, and why are they doing what they are doing. Things get even stranger when it soon becomes apparent that the humans are relics of the 20th century armed forces! Mild spoiler-- the evil Ktor stashed the humans there when they were serving as custodians for Earth. Yes, the same group that launched the 'doomsday' asteroid at Earth in the last 21st century. Caine and crew are once again stuck in a political potboiler as the ramifications of what they find presents difficulties for the emerging alliances among the aliens and humanity...
Gannon does give us some good military porn here, and the inclusion of solders from WWII (including Nazis!), Vietnam and Afghanistan (Soviet occupation) is a treat. There are no real epic battles here (like for Earth), but Gannon takes the reader on detailed battles (on land and space) in extraordinary detail. You will either love this or run away screaming. I liked it, and Gannon kept me enthralled (to a degree) over the course of this 1000+ brick. The 'sloth's' political system is fascinating; a kinda feudal system that is so plagued by war that they have bombed themselves back to the stone age three times!
The political intrigue is fun, and the Ktol are really a nasty piece of work. Who (e.g., which aliens) first abducted them from Earth 20,000 years ago is still a missing piece of the puzzle. It seems the Ktol battled the other alien species we have encounters almost to extinction 10,000 years ago, before the Accord. I hope the last volume will fill in the missing pieces.
November 18, 2017
3.5 stars
Caine’s Mutiny, the fourth book in Gannon’s Caine Riordan series, shares a lot of the strengths and flaws of the previous novels. In this entry, Caine and his team travel incognito to a Hkh’Rkh colony planet to investigate reports of renegade Terrans engaging in deadly raids on the population. The truth about the raiding parties unmasks a centuries old conspiracy that threatens the future of the Convocation. Gannon’s compulsive need to explain every possible detail and nuance of every thought, action and decision is a both blessing and a curse: sometimes insightful and revealing, but often just tedious and murky, like he’s talking himself in circles. His affection for the particulars of military strategy, for example, drag out the second half of this very long book almost interminably. Still, even if Gannon’s eccentricities frustrate as often as they charm, the series’ interstellar political machinations pack the usual punch, and its galaxy-trekking tableau is good for some old school thrills.
Caine’s Mutiny, the fourth book in Gannon’s Caine Riordan series, shares a lot of the strengths and flaws of the previous novels. In this entry, Caine and his team travel incognito to a Hkh’Rkh colony planet to investigate reports of renegade Terrans engaging in deadly raids on the population. The truth about the raiding parties unmasks a centuries old conspiracy that threatens the future of the Convocation. Gannon’s compulsive need to explain every possible detail and nuance of every thought, action and decision is a both blessing and a curse: sometimes insightful and revealing, but often just tedious and murky, like he’s talking himself in circles. His affection for the particulars of military strategy, for example, drag out the second half of this very long book almost interminably. Still, even if Gannon’s eccentricities frustrate as often as they charm, the series’ interstellar political machinations pack the usual punch, and its galaxy-trekking tableau is good for some old school thrills.
March 25, 2024
This book was really long, and I don't feel the payoff was worth it. I think I'm done with this series.
February 26, 2017
Enjoyable, really long, almost like two novels in one.
May 24, 2017
This is the worst one in the series so far. It's definitely filler and could have easily been included in the next book in the series with 2/3 of the content removed. The ground battle was really drawn out and there were a lot of convenient plot devices dropped in out of nowhere. Caine felt out of character when he went full military commander, very formal and rigid. The river ... apparently technically advanced aliens forgot how to build bridges across their most feared enemy, water. 3 stars may have been generous. But I do have high expectations from Gannon because I have LOVED his work until this one. Hopefully the next one focuses back on Caine and isn't an attempt at grand military scifi.
June 3, 2017
The Caine Riordan novels are "hard" science fiction at its very best. Action, intrigue, suspense are all here, but what I like best about Gannon's fiction is the way the characters interact, especially when humans interact with exosapient or alien characters. There are a couple of moments in the novel that are truly touching. Caine's Mutiny is more in the military SF genre than the previous novels in the series, and Gannon shows himself to be a masterful writer of conflict both on and off the battlefields. Looking forward to the next Caine Riordan novel!
August 14, 2017
Very heavy on the military strategy - the characters go on lengthy conversations about each battle. Not as cool as the previous books in this series which focused more on political strategy. But if you love military strat/tactics, you'll love this book. Still enjoyed it a lot.
June 12, 2022
Delar av denna var utmärkt, delar var det tydligt inte. Författaren är mycket bättre på att förklara politik och heist, än belägring (eller också är belägring/fältslag svårare att skriva). Slutet, med exemplet på politisk klåfingrighet, var så övertydligt man kunde önska. Rekommenderar.
May 21, 2017
I'm going to 'borrow' much of an earlier reviewer's comment. 'If you like complex plots with politics, war, science, alien races, and intelligent conversation, then Gannon's Terran Republic series is for you.'
March 10, 2020
I didn't love the first books in this series, but they were okay. I'm never going to love military SF that's deeply focused on how imaginary weapons work, how imaginary weapons are wielded, and how you fix and break imaginary weapons. But I'm a sucker for a widescreen galactic setting with aliens and intrigue and Gannon did a good job with that stuff.
This book, though... it's a mess. Were the descriptions of guns always this long? Did he always have characters explain their plans in detail via dialogue and then spend chapters laboriously detailing all of those plans in action? Were the Ktor always broad, mustache-twirling villains?
Meanwhile, the interesting stuff--like the human toll of TWO batches of soldiers who have been held out of time and have to adapt to a very different world--gets short shrift. Which says it all, I'm afraid. This is a book far more interested in weaponry and battle tactics than its characters. Except for Caine Riordan, who is the best, most honorable and competent reluctant warrior ever.
Anyway, if you want to read a book that spends most of its time detailing a skirmish between aliens and humans on opposite sides of a river canyon, this one's for you.
This book, though... it's a mess. Were the descriptions of guns always this long? Did he always have characters explain their plans in detail via dialogue and then spend chapters laboriously detailing all of those plans in action? Were the Ktor always broad, mustache-twirling villains?
Meanwhile, the interesting stuff--like the human toll of TWO batches of soldiers who have been held out of time and have to adapt to a very different world--gets short shrift. Which says it all, I'm afraid. This is a book far more interested in weaponry and battle tactics than its characters. Except for Caine Riordan, who is the best, most honorable and competent reluctant warrior ever.
Anyway, if you want to read a book that spends most of its time detailing a skirmish between aliens and humans on opposite sides of a river canyon, this one's for you.
February 10, 2017
This is an awesome series.
If you like complex plots with politics, war, science, history, alien races, and intelligent conversation, then this is the series for you.
My only complaint is that Dr. Gannon needs to write faster.
If you like complex plots with politics, war, science, history, alien races, and intelligent conversation, then this is the series for you.
My only complaint is that Dr. Gannon needs to write faster.
August 31, 2017
In this, the fourth book, it dives right into the military side of story. While I like military sci-fi too, I had enjoyed the political sparing that Caine did with the various alien races. That is what made the previous three books so good.
Here, the center is a big battle between an alien colony and humans of various types. It is really drawn out, a lot of explaining between characters during action sequences. This book spans more than 700 pages and it got tiring having to hear about Nazi's over and over again (really, Nazi's come up). It would also helped if there wasn't an assumption by the author for the reader to have perfect recollection of every little bit of the previous books. The author drops things in assuming you know - such as Caine mentioning Connor his son. But it took a page for me to remember that fact.
The last 50-75 pages are the best and show that the author can plot and write. Caine sparing with the Ktor is just sublime, which has been the center pieces of the last books. Here, with Caine written as a tactical genius, it doesn't work so well. The ending was abrupt and signals there is a 5th book on the way. The book could have been half the length and still have touched on the topics at hand.
I like the characters and the author's style. Please return to the richer story as shown in the first three. That will make the fifth much more enjoyable.
Here, the center is a big battle between an alien colony and humans of various types. It is really drawn out, a lot of explaining between characters during action sequences. This book spans more than 700 pages and it got tiring having to hear about Nazi's over and over again (really, Nazi's come up). It would also helped if there wasn't an assumption by the author for the reader to have perfect recollection of every little bit of the previous books. The author drops things in assuming you know - such as Caine mentioning Connor his son. But it took a page for me to remember that fact.
The last 50-75 pages are the best and show that the author can plot and write. Caine sparing with the Ktor is just sublime, which has been the center pieces of the last books. Here, with Caine written as a tactical genius, it doesn't work so well. The ending was abrupt and signals there is a 5th book on the way. The book could have been half the length and still have touched on the topics at hand.
I like the characters and the author's style. Please return to the richer story as shown in the first three. That will make the fifth much more enjoyable.
May 19, 2017
This first-contact space opera saga gets better with every book! You don't have to just believe me, either. "Prequels Raising Caine, Trial by Fire and Fire with Fire were all Nebula Award finalists. Charles E. Gannon is also the winner of the Compton Crook Award." (Goodreads). [Note that the Nebula Award is nominated & voted by fellow science fiction/fantasy authors, not just the fans (who vote for the Hugo Award).]
Caine's Mutiny is book four in the Tales of the Terran Republic series. Book five Marque of Caine is still forthcoming.
I enjoy reading military fiction. I particularly enjoy reading the Caine Riordan books. Caine Riordan thinks well on his feet. In fact, he is extremely good at thinking "outside of the box". And he is interested in communicating with others, particularly other species/"exosapients". He'll fight if he has to but he'd rather talk and see if a mutually beneficial agreement could be worked out, if allies can be made instead of "it's not us so better shoot first! and ask questions later!".
This is a richly developed world. All of the various exosapient species have their own backstories, their own strengths and weaknesses. Yes, of course, there is politics in space!
As this is a series, I strongly recommend that you start with book one Fire with Fire.
Caine's Mutiny is book four in the Tales of the Terran Republic series. Book five Marque of Caine is still forthcoming.
I enjoy reading military fiction. I particularly enjoy reading the Caine Riordan books. Caine Riordan thinks well on his feet. In fact, he is extremely good at thinking "outside of the box". And he is interested in communicating with others, particularly other species/"exosapients". He'll fight if he has to but he'd rather talk and see if a mutually beneficial agreement could be worked out, if allies can be made instead of "it's not us so better shoot first! and ask questions later!".
This is a richly developed world. All of the various exosapient species have their own backstories, their own strengths and weaknesses. Yes, of course, there is politics in space!
As this is a series, I strongly recommend that you start with book one Fire with Fire.
March 14, 2023
If you are a fan of tactical combat.. this is the book for you. You probably don't even have to read the first three books.. the bad guys do enough monologuing to fill you in.
About, of 600 of the 1000+ pages are describing the main fight in very specific detail. I've love to play it in a RTS game of some sort. Reading it was a bit repetitive, with the constant reminds of what each bit of future tech was and did, and the 1/2 page exchanges of orders when a sentence would do.
I know some people love that sort of thing though, so if you do, this book is for you. What Gannon does NOT do very well is space battles.. those go pretty quickly and get glossed over.
Plotwise, this book follows immediately after the last one, and the sequence of events is pretty much as you would expect them to be. Its good the the author didn't try to put in a surprising twist that breaks logic as some do, but it also was a bit..pat. It probably doesn't help the the title of the book is a spoiler for the ending (though it's no secret what's coming a couple hundred pages in to anyone that's read any sort of military fiction before, sci fi or otherwise).
At this point, I'm really more interested in the plot the even the main character, so hopefully that will continue to be interesting in the next book (which I think is the last).
About, of 600 of the 1000+ pages are describing the main fight in very specific detail. I've love to play it in a RTS game of some sort. Reading it was a bit repetitive, with the constant reminds of what each bit of future tech was and did, and the 1/2 page exchanges of orders when a sentence would do.
I know some people love that sort of thing though, so if you do, this book is for you. What Gannon does NOT do very well is space battles.. those go pretty quickly and get glossed over.
Plotwise, this book follows immediately after the last one, and the sequence of events is pretty much as you would expect them to be. Its good the the author didn't try to put in a surprising twist that breaks logic as some do, but it also was a bit..pat. It probably doesn't help the the title of the book is a spoiler for the ending (though it's no secret what's coming a couple hundred pages in to anyone that's read any sort of military fiction before, sci fi or otherwise).
At this point, I'm really more interested in the plot the even the main character, so hopefully that will continue to be interesting in the next book (which I think is the last).
July 30, 2020
With a pretty ugly cover (a trademark of Baen publishing) and much too long (at 1050 pages) Caine's Mutiny is the fourth instalment in the Caine Riordan series, which keeps on grabbing my interest in spite of its many flaws and long sections which I have little interest in.
What Gannon does pretty well here is give me enough stuff for me to get into the book at the beginning, then stick some 500 pages of tactical military stuff that I don't care about and finally end the book in a way that makes me curious about what comes next. It's a dirty trick, but I'm a sucker.
The best thing in the series remains the complex chess game between alien species and humans at a political and diplomatic level. The long skirmishes and battles are really something I could do without, but are the price of admittance here. In this case there's the interesting concept of displaced humans from the 20th century, from WWII, Vietnam and so on, stranded on a hostile planet as an experiment by the Ktor, which are quickly becoming the Space Nazis you love to hate. Speaking of Nazis, there are no Nazis on that planet because all the other nationalities got together (including the US and USSR) and killed them for being assholes, good to see.
What Gannon does pretty well here is give me enough stuff for me to get into the book at the beginning, then stick some 500 pages of tactical military stuff that I don't care about and finally end the book in a way that makes me curious about what comes next. It's a dirty trick, but I'm a sucker.
The best thing in the series remains the complex chess game between alien species and humans at a political and diplomatic level. The long skirmishes and battles are really something I could do without, but are the price of admittance here. In this case there's the interesting concept of displaced humans from the 20th century, from WWII, Vietnam and so on, stranded on a hostile planet as an experiment by the Ktor, which are quickly becoming the Space Nazis you love to hate. Speaking of Nazis, there are no Nazis on that planet because all the other nationalities got together (including the US and USSR) and killed them for being assholes, good to see.
October 13, 2020
Gannon, Charles E. Caine’s Mutiny. Tales of the Terran Republic No. 4. Baen, 2017.
Charles Gannon’s Terran Republic series establishes him as the clear heir to David Weber, should Weber ever decide he needs an heir to his claim to grandmaster of military science fiction. Gannon describes military operations to a fare-thee-well, is equally at home with the points of view of officers and grunts, and has traditional and future military hardware and tactics down pat. The series also gives him plenty of opportunity to create alien species and cultures and describe their diplomatic skullduggery in enough detail to make George R. R. Martin cry, hold, enough! In this episode, Caine and his team are sent to a planet to remove some unauthorized Terran colonists, but they find the colonists are soldiers from several nations and wars ranging from World War II to Vietnam who were put in hibernation and shipped to the planet by unknown aliens. So, how can you use Vietnam-era helicopters in a war in which the other side is using future alien tech? Gannon and Caine will find a way.
Charles Gannon’s Terran Republic series establishes him as the clear heir to David Weber, should Weber ever decide he needs an heir to his claim to grandmaster of military science fiction. Gannon describes military operations to a fare-thee-well, is equally at home with the points of view of officers and grunts, and has traditional and future military hardware and tactics down pat. The series also gives him plenty of opportunity to create alien species and cultures and describe their diplomatic skullduggery in enough detail to make George R. R. Martin cry, hold, enough! In this episode, Caine and his team are sent to a planet to remove some unauthorized Terran colonists, but they find the colonists are soldiers from several nations and wars ranging from World War II to Vietnam who were put in hibernation and shipped to the planet by unknown aliens. So, how can you use Vietnam-era helicopters in a war in which the other side is using future alien tech? Gannon and Caine will find a way.
January 18, 2021
I did not completely hate this book. It was a comfortable read at the end of a long day, just engaging enough to keep me awake but not enough to make me lose sleep. A comfortable read for a long, long time. There's enough plot here for a short novel or novella, but it is doled out over 800 pages. Gak. Very long and detailed battle scenes with lots of acronyms, which should be good for military SF buffs and seems to work for some, but way too much of it to make the action interesting. The plot is convoluted, which would be OK except I lost track of things because they occurred so many pages back. With a heavy editorial hand it might have been nominated for Gannon's fourth.
September 29, 2019
Book 1 was a good 4 star novel.
Books 2 and 3 were good 3 star novels.
This book? Definitely weakest of the season. Slow and meandering through the battles and fights. Each book a new species to explore, and they touch, but do not delve, and plot is serviceable but not interesting.
The ending was more or less expected. We are going to do exactly what the antagonists want anyways. How pedestrian.
Books 2 and 3 were good 3 star novels.
This book? Definitely weakest of the season. Slow and meandering through the battles and fights. Each book a new species to explore, and they touch, but do not delve, and plot is serviceable but not interesting.
The ending was more or less expected. We are going to do exactly what the antagonists want anyways. How pedestrian.
November 24, 2017
Caine Riordan continues to be near omniscient and kind of lucky. Much of the book is focused on a single battle, from a couple of perspectives. I found it an appealing read.
The book semi-resolves the issues around the battle, but ends by leaving us hanging slightly into = the next episode of the series.
The book semi-resolves the issues around the battle, but ends by leaving us hanging slightly into = the next episode of the series.
October 27, 2020
Even at over 1,000 pages, it was more like reading two books, the story kept moving at a good pace and never dragged. In my opinion this is the best military sci fi series going at the moment ! I know there are at least three more books in the series planned and I can't wait to read the next book in Caine Riordan's adventure !
March 18, 2023
I liked the first couple of books in the series but this one got bogged down. There was so much minutia that I started aggressively skimming. I’m not sure I care enough about the series to spend only more money on it. Being cynical I can’t help but wonder if the author was paid by the word. It’s to bad because the plot lines are interesting
July 19, 2020
It's a book.
It was a good continuation of the series. The battle scene read like a Tom Clancy novel. The ending got a little convoluted but I'm still reading the next book soooooo....
It was a good continuation of the series. The battle scene read like a Tom Clancy novel. The ending got a little convoluted but I'm still reading the next book soooooo....
October 17, 2020
More dramatic space opera, featuring long-standing plots by the Ktor/human cousins to manipulate the Terran humans and the rest of the Accord species. False flag operations, factional disputes, and all sorts of fighting keep the action moving.
February 2, 2021
The best in the series, so far. Hard Sci-Fi that also smacks of Homer. This novel can read like the Iliad, as a good chunk of it is extended battle scenes. At the same time, there's little doubt that Caine Riordan is an Odyssean trickster.
May 28, 2017
Excellent mix of military & political action across known space & races. Caine Riordan saves a few worlds, artifacts and technologies on his latest trip across the skies.
August 16, 2017
4.5 Stars
August 22, 2017
Impatient for the next one
Very exciting military science fiction. It goes in some unexpected directions and keeps you guessing. Fun mix of past present and future
Very exciting military science fiction. It goes in some unexpected directions and keeps you guessing. Fun mix of past present and future
August 24, 2017
A good story, military-style science fiction, 4th in the series. A little overlong and wordy. I was glad to finish it.
February 1, 2018
Found it hard to get into and overly long at times. But enjoyed it like the other 3. Hoping a fifth will be published as author ended with a cliffhanger.
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