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Mech #2
Mech 2
Rade and his team have been sent deep behind enemy lines. Their capture a high-ranking Sino Korean official and escape to the extract zone before all hell breaks loose.
They almost make it. But then aliens decide to show up.
Now Rade and his team are fighting not just for their lives, but for the lives of every man, woman and child on Earth.
Not that Rade he lives for this.
Featuring the new Jupiter class of mechs--fearsome war machines equipped with experimental plasma cannons known as stingrays, capable of delivering thrice the stopping power of a typical heavy laser. Enemies of humanity, you have been warned.
They almost make it. But then aliens decide to show up.
Now Rade and his team are fighting not just for their lives, but for the lives of every man, woman and child on Earth.
Not that Rade he lives for this.
Featuring the new Jupiter class of mechs--fearsome war machines equipped with experimental plasma cannons known as stingrays, capable of delivering thrice the stopping power of a typical heavy laser. Enemies of humanity, you have been warned.
- GenresScience Fiction
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2019
About the author
Isaac Hooke
102 books510 followersIsaac Hooke is the best-selling author of the Ethan Galaal series of thriller novels, as well as the SF-themed ATLAS trilogy. When Isaac isn't writing, publishing, and blogging, he's busy cycling and taking pictures in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has a degree in Engineering Physics.
You can follow Isaac on Twitter @IsaacHooke and his website http://IsaacHooke.com.
You can follow Isaac on Twitter @IsaacHooke and his website http://IsaacHooke.com.
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June 21, 2019
Another one of those Rade Galaal books that has come out of know where. We’re long past Chief Galaal’s escapades as a MOTH, but for some reason the author decided to take us back to his better times when he had an enemy to focus on. The only thing bad about this book is that he teams up with Shaw Chopra again! If there’s one thing that’s bad for Rade, it’s Shaw!
So the Chief and his team are finishing up a mission where they have to get a Sino-Korean scientist out of Sino-Korea. In ordered to do so, they have to leave their Jupiter mechs behind. Now that’s usually not a problem except Rade has fallen in love with his Mech. Of all the stupid and illegal things for him to do. Most military mechs do not come with human emotions in their programming. It’s just turned off and not allowed to interfere with their function, except for this one tiny defect in Taya, Rade’s Jupiter mech. So she falls in love with Rade and he does the same with them meeting up in a virtual reality setting and almost getting it on. Rade stops just in time, but the damage is done and he’s eventually reported. In the meantime, his mech is left behind in Sino-Korea and torn apart by the Sino-Korean mechs that attached the former MOTH mechs while they were acting as decoys.
Rade vowed never to leave another mech behind. He began considering them just as vital and important as any of his MOTH team members. Now that right there is a little strange. I think Rade Galaal has been working with mechs for far too long. Anyway, another mission into Sino-Korea to destroy an old enemy called the Anarchist, puts him and his Alpha Team right back to almost where they were. They accomplish the first part of the mission just fine, but fighting their way back to the extraction point proves difficult. A huge rocket attack sends the Team flying in different directions with Rade, in particular, going the exact opposite of the extraction point. By the time he recovers, he finds that he’s way to far away for the extraction team to pick him up and his only means of communicating with them has been broken in the blast.
So now he’s some three hundred miles inside enemy territory with a giant Jupiter mech crashing through a dense jungle. He’s leaving a trail a Boy Scout could follow and he feels it’s just a matter of time before the Sino-Koreans catch up with him.
High above him, he sees and heres a thunderous explosion with pieces of what can only be a starship crashing down to Earth. It appears that the war in space is becoming deadly and the multiple escape pods he sees coming down proves it. One crashes nearby only to find the occupant dead from exposure. It was damaged right after launch so the occupant died in space. He then hears another pod requesting assistance and recognizes the voice as that of Shaw. He extracts her from her pod and now both are stranded behind enemy lines. The addition of Shaw makes this story really stupid. Rade can’t keep his mind off her and he’s bound and determined to keep her safe. At least that’s his plan until his Mech decides it would be better if he led the Sino-Koreans away from Rade and Shaw thereby sacrificing himself for them. Rade won’t have none of that so the rest of the book is about him and Shaw attempting to rescue his mech. Interesting, but kind of a dumb thing to do.
About two-thirds of the way in this book, it turns into a messy love story. Shaw has committed to marry another guy and Rade is so heart broken! What a crock. If he’d take advantage of his natural appeal with other women, he’d soon forget Shaw, but he doesn’t. Rade and Shaw do stay together all through his MOTH career and then she practically ruins his entire life by not being a capable warrior no matter what everyone says. You’ve probably read the countless times that Shaw loses control of their ship in future stories. I personally wish Shaw had never been introduced to the story.
Ok, so the book was interesting and was a usual good MOTH story. Nothing spectacular about this book and I’m still surprised it and the first one in this series was written. Seems like the author stopped writing about Rade’s MOTH team exploits a little too early.
So the Chief and his team are finishing up a mission where they have to get a Sino-Korean scientist out of Sino-Korea. In ordered to do so, they have to leave their Jupiter mechs behind. Now that’s usually not a problem except Rade has fallen in love with his Mech. Of all the stupid and illegal things for him to do. Most military mechs do not come with human emotions in their programming. It’s just turned off and not allowed to interfere with their function, except for this one tiny defect in Taya, Rade’s Jupiter mech. So she falls in love with Rade and he does the same with them meeting up in a virtual reality setting and almost getting it on. Rade stops just in time, but the damage is done and he’s eventually reported. In the meantime, his mech is left behind in Sino-Korea and torn apart by the Sino-Korean mechs that attached the former MOTH mechs while they were acting as decoys.
Rade vowed never to leave another mech behind. He began considering them just as vital and important as any of his MOTH team members. Now that right there is a little strange. I think Rade Galaal has been working with mechs for far too long. Anyway, another mission into Sino-Korea to destroy an old enemy called the Anarchist, puts him and his Alpha Team right back to almost where they were. They accomplish the first part of the mission just fine, but fighting their way back to the extraction point proves difficult. A huge rocket attack sends the Team flying in different directions with Rade, in particular, going the exact opposite of the extraction point. By the time he recovers, he finds that he’s way to far away for the extraction team to pick him up and his only means of communicating with them has been broken in the blast.
So now he’s some three hundred miles inside enemy territory with a giant Jupiter mech crashing through a dense jungle. He’s leaving a trail a Boy Scout could follow and he feels it’s just a matter of time before the Sino-Koreans catch up with him.
High above him, he sees and heres a thunderous explosion with pieces of what can only be a starship crashing down to Earth. It appears that the war in space is becoming deadly and the multiple escape pods he sees coming down proves it. One crashes nearby only to find the occupant dead from exposure. It was damaged right after launch so the occupant died in space. He then hears another pod requesting assistance and recognizes the voice as that of Shaw. He extracts her from her pod and now both are stranded behind enemy lines. The addition of Shaw makes this story really stupid. Rade can’t keep his mind off her and he’s bound and determined to keep her safe. At least that’s his plan until his Mech decides it would be better if he led the Sino-Koreans away from Rade and Shaw thereby sacrificing himself for them. Rade won’t have none of that so the rest of the book is about him and Shaw attempting to rescue his mech. Interesting, but kind of a dumb thing to do.
About two-thirds of the way in this book, it turns into a messy love story. Shaw has committed to marry another guy and Rade is so heart broken! What a crock. If he’d take advantage of his natural appeal with other women, he’d soon forget Shaw, but he doesn’t. Rade and Shaw do stay together all through his MOTH career and then she practically ruins his entire life by not being a capable warrior no matter what everyone says. You’ve probably read the countless times that Shaw loses control of their ship in future stories. I personally wish Shaw had never been introduced to the story.
Ok, so the book was interesting and was a usual good MOTH story. Nothing spectacular about this book and I’m still surprised it and the first one in this series was written. Seems like the author stopped writing about Rade’s MOTH team exploits a little too early.
June 4, 2019
Hooke , hooks you then drags you along
As we have come to expect from this author there is no disappointment . He knocks it out of the ballpark. In this follow up to Mech 1 , he gives us a more personal view of Rade and gives us a very satisfying read at the same time. I simply cannot wait for Mech3. The story needs to continue ..
As we have come to expect from this author there is no disappointment . He knocks it out of the ballpark. In this follow up to Mech 1 , he gives us a more personal view of Rade and gives us a very satisfying read at the same time. I simply cannot wait for Mech3. The story needs to continue ..
July 6, 2019
I like the Mech books but I was disappointed the AI relationships didn’t develop as I hoped it would it just seemed to sit there. I thought it had a lot of promise but seemingly impossible solutions seemed to get solved really quickly and easily with collateral damage - I would say it’s good for an easy read
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May 24, 2019
Have mech will travel.
A great military sci-fi action novel. Full to the brim with action and adventure. Characters that you can care about whether they are human or not.
I look forward to more from this author.😀
A great military sci-fi action novel. Full to the brim with action and adventure. Characters that you can care about whether they are human or not.
I look forward to more from this author.😀
May 27, 2019
Rade is sent into Sino-Korean lines to eliminate a possible threat to earth due to intelligence received that the alliance has made a deal with aliens. The mission is not simple and teh question is whether or not Rade and his team can survive. Plenty of action and a good erad.
April 6, 2021
This is going to hurt…
Following along with this platoon of professional Mech warriors. They will give new meaning to no man left behind. Powerful, hard-hitting, and most satisfying.
Following along with this platoon of professional Mech warriors. They will give new meaning to no man left behind. Powerful, hard-hitting, and most satisfying.
May 23, 2019
Great action
Love the series. And seeing our team in action cant get enough. Story moves quickly and when you think its dying down boom something happens
Love the series. And seeing our team in action cant get enough. Story moves quickly and when you think its dying down boom something happens
July 18, 2019
Another Hit
Another enjoyable experience with strong characters and a very well written story line. Thanks for another welcome reading experience with I hope more to come.
Another enjoyable experience with strong characters and a very well written story line. Thanks for another welcome reading experience with I hope more to come.
March 17, 2021
Fast forward
I think I found the perfect solution to my choices of what to read next. I enjoyed reading this episode in the life of Rade and his band of brothers in arms.
I think I found the perfect solution to my choices of what to read next. I enjoyed reading this episode in the life of Rade and his band of brothers in arms.
July 6, 2022
This was also in the say spirit as Mech 1. He has good characters, good action and good twists.
October 29, 2022
Good read
January 31, 2026
I'm really enjoying the series.
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