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Legacy War #7
Anomaly
One final Orb remains at large in the wild and the Gnosis is dispatched to get it. Lost somewhere in a space station on the edge of civilized space, early intelligence reports suggested it would be a milk run…until a team of Pahxin technicians went missing there. Altering their mission parameters to include rescue, they load up an extra team of marines and head off on the mission.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, AIA operative Christina Dawson closes in on the traitor selling out humanity to the Tol’An. Her people have located an old military base currently occupied by the mercenary group responsible for attacking Gamma Alpha. She gathers a former marine and newly appointed AIA agent to investigate in person.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, AIA operative Christina Dawson closes in on the traitor selling out humanity to the Tol’An. Her people have located an old military base currently occupied by the mercenary group responsible for attacking Gamma Alpha. She gathers a former marine and newly appointed AIA agent to investigate in person.
- GenresScience FictionAliens
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 26, 2018
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November 25, 2018
One thing I have said before about the book in this Legacy War series, is that they are mission focused. When the Gnosis is assigned a mission, that’s what it does and nothing else. The Gnosis’ mission is pretty simple, go get the third Orb from a desolate and abandon space stations in an isolated sector of space. This space station was built by a civilization that has now gone extinct. The Pahxin have sent a small contingent of scientist to try and restart the power core of the space station and to see if the Orb is still there. While that mission was going on, the Tol’an also found out about this space station and they sent an armed ship to capture the space station and the Orb it contained.
For some unknown reason, their scientific team has gone silent. There have been no communications with the team since shortly after they arrived. This causes the Gnosis’ mission to be started. Usually, the Pahxin send an escort with the Gnosis, but not this time. Meanwhile, the Tol’an warship has also gone silent and not reporting back to Tol’an headquarters. The Tol’an don’t have any better idea as to why their entire ship and crew have gone silent so they decided to send another ship with a smaller flotilla as backup. Something is going seriously wrong aboard the derelict space station.
The Gnosis arrives without any trouble. They find the space around the space station strangely devoid of anything. There is no space debris usually floating around such a large space object. They plan to send in two shuttles of Marines, entering from two different docking ports. They have already identified the Pahxin scientific team’s ship docked at one port as well as the Tol’an ship docked at another. The Marines have no idea what they’ll find and there seems to be some heavy interference blocking all and any signals coming from the space station. Once the Marines shuttles dock with the station, they also loose communications with the Gnosis.
So, what could be happening on the space station. Sensors do no that the space station has power and it is coming from the central hub. The don’t know if the science team was able to fully power up the station or if there is some other source of power. The Captain of the Gnosis is also very concerned about the loss of communications with the both Marine combat teams. Still, he’s not willing to commit more troops until he finds something out.
What happens on the space station is the stuff of nightmares. Twenty Marines went into the space station, but far fewer make it out. They also were supposed to capture and retrieve the Orb. They are in no way going to let this Orb fall into the hands of the Tol’an. With the capture of this final Orb, they should be able to finish the war rather quickly. Except the conditions on the space station are not making things easy and then the Tol’an reinforcements start to arrive.
The Gnosis has to defeat the lead scout ship which they do because they have found a way to fight through the interference around the station only to realize that the missing space debris is actually still there and it is massive. They were lucky not to have collided with any of the larger pieces, some of which were larger than the Gnosis. Then the rest of the Tol’an flotilla shows up and immediately demands the Gnosis’ surrender. The Genosis hasn’t yet retrived their Marines nor have they recovered the Orb. Things are getting a little tight.
I don’t know if this is the end of this series. The author doesn’t mention a follow-on book, but with the recovery of the final known Orb. I’m not sure what he would write about, except there could be a final battle between the Tol’an, Pahxin and Humans. That would be a good read.
For some unknown reason, their scientific team has gone silent. There have been no communications with the team since shortly after they arrived. This causes the Gnosis’ mission to be started. Usually, the Pahxin send an escort with the Gnosis, but not this time. Meanwhile, the Tol’an warship has also gone silent and not reporting back to Tol’an headquarters. The Tol’an don’t have any better idea as to why their entire ship and crew have gone silent so they decided to send another ship with a smaller flotilla as backup. Something is going seriously wrong aboard the derelict space station.
The Gnosis arrives without any trouble. They find the space around the space station strangely devoid of anything. There is no space debris usually floating around such a large space object. They plan to send in two shuttles of Marines, entering from two different docking ports. They have already identified the Pahxin scientific team’s ship docked at one port as well as the Tol’an ship docked at another. The Marines have no idea what they’ll find and there seems to be some heavy interference blocking all and any signals coming from the space station. Once the Marines shuttles dock with the station, they also loose communications with the Gnosis.
So, what could be happening on the space station. Sensors do no that the space station has power and it is coming from the central hub. The don’t know if the science team was able to fully power up the station or if there is some other source of power. The Captain of the Gnosis is also very concerned about the loss of communications with the both Marine combat teams. Still, he’s not willing to commit more troops until he finds something out.
What happens on the space station is the stuff of nightmares. Twenty Marines went into the space station, but far fewer make it out. They also were supposed to capture and retrieve the Orb. They are in no way going to let this Orb fall into the hands of the Tol’an. With the capture of this final Orb, they should be able to finish the war rather quickly. Except the conditions on the space station are not making things easy and then the Tol’an reinforcements start to arrive.
The Gnosis has to defeat the lead scout ship which they do because they have found a way to fight through the interference around the station only to realize that the missing space debris is actually still there and it is massive. They were lucky not to have collided with any of the larger pieces, some of which were larger than the Gnosis. Then the rest of the Tol’an flotilla shows up and immediately demands the Gnosis’ surrender. The Genosis hasn’t yet retrived their Marines nor have they recovered the Orb. Things are getting a little tight.
I don’t know if this is the end of this series. The author doesn’t mention a follow-on book, but with the recovery of the final known Orb. I’m not sure what he would write about, except there could be a final battle between the Tol’an, Pahxin and Humans. That would be a good read.
June 23, 2020
I liked the book, but took one star off for the simple fact that it seems the more Walker writes, the more he is running out of things to say. He has the captain of the Star Ship constantly bringing up the idea of him smirking. He has the Marine captain smirking. As I was reading, I figured the next thing Walker would have the captain do was roll his eyes, but I was wrong. He actually had the Marine LT. do that instead like a 16 year old girl. Now I guess in the next two book, I have to hope for someone getting a "side eye". I will be taking bets on who will be scoffing. It wasn't like this is the first few books. It seems like Walker is writing just to write and is running out of ways for the characters to express themselves (besides smirking).
October 31, 2018
I have enjoyed reading all the books in this series, and recommended them to all readers. Book 7 once again places the crew of the Gnosis at the front, attempting to claim the last know Orb. But has normal thinks are not what they expected; there is lots of action and super technology to keep you interested. But we also see that the hunt for the traitor on earth is warming up, I have a feeling that we maybe in for a shock when book 8 comes out.
December 2, 2018
Hmm, day of the dove?
Well done book that reminds me of the classic st episode day of the dove. An alien parasite that excites anger, and acts as a siren to lure star ships crews to their doom. Nicely done, and without the godlike tech used in st.
Well done book that reminds me of the classic st episode day of the dove. An alien parasite that excites anger, and acts as a siren to lure star ships crews to their doom. Nicely done, and without the godlike tech used in st.
January 9, 2019
Yet another adventure of the crew of the star ship Gnosis
Good read spoilt by the grammatical mistakes yet again, respectfully suggest the author gets another proof reader, one that works.
Good read spoilt by the grammatical mistakes yet again, respectfully suggest the author gets another proof reader, one that works.
November 27, 2019
John Walker, why I like following him.
Since I started reading Mr. Walkers works I have been thoroughly entertained to the point of wanting a continued stream. I am always ready for his next one. But I do read others when nothing new is available.
Since I started reading Mr. Walkers works I have been thoroughly entertained to the point of wanting a continued stream. I am always ready for his next one. But I do read others when nothing new is available.
November 5, 2018
Loving it
This series is just getting better and better. The intrigue and excitement our building which way will everything go I just can’t wait for the next one to come out
This series is just getting better and better. The intrigue and excitement our building which way will everything go I just can’t wait for the next one to come out
February 16, 2019
Exciting suspense filled
Book is full of action. I don't like having a look at the last 1/4 of the story in the prefix. Other than that the book was amazing.
Book is full of action. I don't like having a look at the last 1/4 of the story in the prefix. Other than that the book was amazing.
October 26, 2020
Have enjoyed the story.
October 27, 2021
Seems like this last book was an afterthought just tacked onto the end of the series, yet still was very repetitive without much substance.
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