Insurgency: Spartika

The Sleeping Legion #4

by J.R. Handley

Your worst nightmare has been awaiting her chance.

The Sleeping Legion has won victories against the Hardits, but the war to liberate Tranquility is far from over. In the action-packed climax to the Sleeping Legion series, revelations, sacrifices, and mysteries await Lance Scipio and the Legion forces as they face a lethal insurgency led by the most cunning foe they have yet faced: Spartika!

Genres: Science Fiction

474 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 12, 2017

About the author

J. R. Handley is a pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team. He is a veteran infantry sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division and the 28th Infantry Division. She is the kind of crazy that interprets his insanity into cogent English. He writes the sci-fi while she proofreads it. The sergeant is a two-time combat veteran of the late unpleasantness in Mesopotamia where he was wounded. He started writing military science fiction as part of a therapy program suggested by his doctor to help with his brain injury. He found out he was actually pretty good at telling stories and hopes to entertain you as he attempts to excise his demons through these creative endeavors. In addition to being just another dysfunctional veteran, he is a stay at home husband, avid reader and all around nerd. Luckily for him, his Queen joins him in his fandom nerdalitry.
His website/blog is at www.jrhandley.com.

Reviews

[Preston Dannelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Survival of the fittest...

JR has done it again and better as usual. Sad that it had to be Marines against Marines, but some survived the poison and came out better than they went in. This was a great series and I look forward to reading more of his stories in the future.

[Horace Lovett · Rating 5 out of 5]

On to Freedom Legion!

It can't be over yet? We need more Lance and more of the legion! This has been an excellent addition to the main Human Legion storyline.

[Joey Calvey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story!

A good ending to the arc seeing the end of traitorous Spartika. I highly recommend this series to military Sci fi fans. I read this on Kindle Unlimited.

[Craig Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the end, the whole series drowns under the weight of its ensemble. With too wide a lens, there is a loss of focus and it becomes difficult to connect to the characters or the plot.

The battle vignettes are extremely well written, but the novels end up feeling more like an anthology of short stories than a cohesive whole.

There’s much to applaud here, but, ultimately more glue is needed to engage the reader.

[Ray Ritchey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Action Filled

Lots of battles and ied (improvised explosive device) than you can shake a stick at. Good story with lots of action.