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Beachhead: Book 3 of the Homefront Trilogy
Jantine is a Beta, a genetically-modified super-soldier designed to establish and defend a hidden colony on Earth. But the Alphas back home in the Outer Colonies never thought she'd arrive in the middle of a civil war, where her strongest ally is the most wanted woman in the Home System, hunted by a genocidal madman who also kidnapped the colonists under Jantine's protection.
Alone, outnumbered, and desperately short on supplies, Jantine and her ragtag group of mods arrive at the one place no-one expects them-the home of Dr. Mordecai Harrison, Earth's greatest statesman and the one person on the planet who's actually happy to see them.
With the help of his friends, she plans the most improbable rescue of break into the Fleet's highest security research facility, find her people, and take her revenge on the rogue officers who stole them.
As suicide missions go, this one could use a little more action.
Alone, outnumbered, and desperately short on supplies, Jantine and her ragtag group of mods arrive at the one place no-one expects them-the home of Dr. Mordecai Harrison, Earth's greatest statesman and the one person on the planet who's actually happy to see them.
With the help of his friends, she plans the most improbable rescue of break into the Fleet's highest security research facility, find her people, and take her revenge on the rogue officers who stole them.
As suicide missions go, this one could use a little more action.
298 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 2, 2019
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January 23, 2020
The conclusion of the Transgenic Wars trilogy is very satisfying.
Magner's writing flows easily, and the turbulence of the plot keeps the adventure lively right up to the end. As in earlier books, the large-scale outcome never really feels in question, but who is going to survive to see it, and what their genetic disposition will be, is anyone's guess.
Our not-so-merry band of super-mutants' quest for a safe haven concludes only for them to discover their greatest challenge is still ahead of them. The villain is in a race between ultimate power and total madness. The human heroes are out-gunned, out-numbered, and pitted against the military commanders they trained. It's an awful position to be in, and things look to get a lot worse before the get better.
Magner's story is compelling, enjoyable, and draws the reader along without every losing pace. If anything, it feels a little rushed, especially at the end, where a number of secondary threads receive only cursory emotional resolution.
But Magner also promises that this is not the end, so perhaps some of those threads left with some open questions will revive in future books.
Fortunately, the main threads and the main characters *do* get that emotionally satisfying conclusion, and this reader, at any rate, was left feeling that his commuting hours were well-distracted.
Magner's writing flows easily, and the turbulence of the plot keeps the adventure lively right up to the end. As in earlier books, the large-scale outcome never really feels in question, but who is going to survive to see it, and what their genetic disposition will be, is anyone's guess.
Our not-so-merry band of super-mutants' quest for a safe haven concludes only for them to discover their greatest challenge is still ahead of them. The villain is in a race between ultimate power and total madness. The human heroes are out-gunned, out-numbered, and pitted against the military commanders they trained. It's an awful position to be in, and things look to get a lot worse before the get better.
Magner's story is compelling, enjoyable, and draws the reader along without every losing pace. If anything, it feels a little rushed, especially at the end, where a number of secondary threads receive only cursory emotional resolution.
But Magner also promises that this is not the end, so perhaps some of those threads left with some open questions will revive in future books.
Fortunately, the main threads and the main characters *do* get that emotionally satisfying conclusion, and this reader, at any rate, was left feeling that his commuting hours were well-distracted.
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