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Wholesale Slaughter #3
Revelation Run
Mission accomplished… until the enemy finds out. Logan Conner thinks his days pretending to be mercenary captain Jonathan Slaughter are behind him now that the ancient Imperial outpost of Terminus Cut has been uncovered. He’s returned to his duties while his brother, Terrin, leads a team of scientists studying the lost technology of the fallen empire. But the Starkad Supremacy knows their secrets, and they aren’t going to allow their rivals the military advantage of the Imperial technology. They’re coming for it and for Terrin. His only option is to run for his life through outlaw space stations to a backwoods colony world called Revelation. Will Logan be able to find Terrin and the invaluable information he took with him from Terminus, or will his brother find death at the end of his Revelation Run? The tale of Wholesale Slaughter continues, and you won’t expect what happens next. Also Available on Audible, narrated by the award-winning Marc Vietor.
- GenresScience Fiction
233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 9, 2019
315 people are currently reading
90 people want to read
About the author
Rick Partlow
210 books373 followersRick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer.
His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds.
He has written over 70 books in over a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in many different anthologies.
He currently lives in norther Wyoming with his wife and their dog. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.
His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds.
He has written over 70 books in over a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in many different anthologies.
He currently lives in norther Wyoming with his wife and their dog. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.
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June 10, 2021
The book starts with Captain Ruth Laurent explaining how she escaped Terminus Cut. How she did this, without being noticed was really unbelievable. Then the book moves to Terminus Cut months after the previous battle, where Terrin is only now downloading the ancient computers, just as the Starkads arrive! I actually groaned out loud, talk about a contrived plot!
July 9, 2019
Revelation Run: (Wholesale Slaughter Book 3) - a review by Rosemary Kenny
They say blood is thicker than water and that's certainly true when the Conner brothers - Logan, a futuristic military leader who's been working undercover as the eponymous mercenary, Captain Jonathan 'Wholesale' Slaughter and his head archeological scientist sibling, Terrin - have to literally run to the survivalist colony of Revelation. Terrin has to reach sanctuary, (or face certain death, if the forces of the Starkad Supremacy catch up with him first) and Logan must save his brother and secure Terrin's hard-won information, (on technology discovered during the excavation of an ancient Imperial outpost at Terminus Cut) that the Supremacy is determined shall be theirs - and no-one else's.
Who will win in the deadly race to death - or glory and salvation at Revelation?
Can Logan secure the blueprints that will save everyone at Revelation and beyond?
Buy and read this fantastic third novel in the Wholesale Slaughter series, Revelation Run, by the outstanding author Rick Partlow, to find out how the saga ends!
They say blood is thicker than water and that's certainly true when the Conner brothers - Logan, a futuristic military leader who's been working undercover as the eponymous mercenary, Captain Jonathan 'Wholesale' Slaughter and his head archeological scientist sibling, Terrin - have to literally run to the survivalist colony of Revelation. Terrin has to reach sanctuary, (or face certain death, if the forces of the Starkad Supremacy catch up with him first) and Logan must save his brother and secure Terrin's hard-won information, (on technology discovered during the excavation of an ancient Imperial outpost at Terminus Cut) that the Supremacy is determined shall be theirs - and no-one else's.
Who will win in the deadly race to death - or glory and salvation at Revelation?
Can Logan secure the blueprints that will save everyone at Revelation and beyond?
Buy and read this fantastic third novel in the Wholesale Slaughter series, Revelation Run, by the outstanding author Rick Partlow, to find out how the saga ends!
December 13, 2019
This series just gets better with each book.
August 12, 2020
Sometime after destroying the Starkad Supremacy heavy cruiser over Terminus Cut, Logan Conner, alias Jonathan Slaughter, and his Slaughter Company, left Terminus heading back to Sparta. This was expected in that the mission wasn’t complete until he reported back to his father, Lord Guardian. In the meantime, and for some inexplicable reason, they left a small detachment of technicians and scientist at Terminus Cut. They were to continue studying the vast warehouses of equipment and going through the considerable amount of computer data available. One of those staying behind was Terrin Brannigan, Logan’s younger brother, and second son of Lord Guardian. I guess they thought that it would be safe to leave the place since everyone of the Starkad Supremacy soldiers had been killed either on the ground on in the starship.
Now, of course, you know that didn’t happen. There was a young Starkad Captain by the name of Ruth Laurent who had managed to escape stowed away on the very advanced starship Logan’s people had found inside a huge cavern in Terminus Cut. This ship was huge and had a lot of storage spaces that someone could easily have stay hidden until the ship eventually docked some place for whatever reason. And that’s what Captain Laurent did until she was able to book passage on another ship taking her back to Starkad space and Lord Aaron Starkad, Overseer of the Supremacy. She had been terribly hurt in an explosion outside the cave where all the advanced tech had been found, but she managed to crawl her way into a drop shuttle and then onto the starship which just means that the Supremacy now knows the location of Terminus Cut.
Now instead of taking a single heavy cruiser, the Supremacy brings a whole bunch of military assets desiring to capture Terminus Cut for themselves. The few remaining Spartan people made a hasty evacuation knowing that they had rigged the whole place to explode wiping out everything. Only Terrin and two other people didn’t get the word to evacuate. Considering he’s the son of the Lord Guardian, I’m surprised they left him behind. I mean, who wants to tell the Lord Guardian of Sparta that you left his youngest son behind and saved yourself? Not a good career move, but it was done.
Still, Terry and a computer tech named Francesca Hayden, Franny for short, and Captain Cordova were busy uploading all the data available to data crystals when the evacuation order was given. They didn’t make it to the drop shuttles, but Terrin had discovered another small stardrive ship in a very small tube of the cavern. When the data crystals were full, he and his compatriots fled to that ship with the Supremacy soldiers right behind them. Unfortunately, this ship was very, very small and could accommodate only two people. Terrin and Franny left and the Captain became a prisoner of the Supremacy. When Terrin finally got to a space station called “Trinity” he was able to send a message back to Sparta headquarters to come pick him up.
This leads to the next mission for the Wholesale Slaughter company with Logan Conner, now Lt. Colonel Conner and former Major Lyta Randell, now Colonel Randell, leading the way. This is not going to just be another “milk run” to pick up his brother and come back. Terrin has the data crystals and with the destruction of Terminus Cut, they are very valuable to everyone including the Starkad Supremacy!
Another great read. It seems the story continues in “Maelstrom Strand”, book 4 of the Wholesale Slaughter series. I’m sure it’s going to be great too! Come to find out, there’s three more books including this one. Book 5, “Judas Kiss” and Book 6, “Redemption’s Shadow”. I’m going to get them all.
Now, of course, you know that didn’t happen. There was a young Starkad Captain by the name of Ruth Laurent who had managed to escape stowed away on the very advanced starship Logan’s people had found inside a huge cavern in Terminus Cut. This ship was huge and had a lot of storage spaces that someone could easily have stay hidden until the ship eventually docked some place for whatever reason. And that’s what Captain Laurent did until she was able to book passage on another ship taking her back to Starkad space and Lord Aaron Starkad, Overseer of the Supremacy. She had been terribly hurt in an explosion outside the cave where all the advanced tech had been found, but she managed to crawl her way into a drop shuttle and then onto the starship which just means that the Supremacy now knows the location of Terminus Cut.
Now instead of taking a single heavy cruiser, the Supremacy brings a whole bunch of military assets desiring to capture Terminus Cut for themselves. The few remaining Spartan people made a hasty evacuation knowing that they had rigged the whole place to explode wiping out everything. Only Terrin and two other people didn’t get the word to evacuate. Considering he’s the son of the Lord Guardian, I’m surprised they left him behind. I mean, who wants to tell the Lord Guardian of Sparta that you left his youngest son behind and saved yourself? Not a good career move, but it was done.
Still, Terry and a computer tech named Francesca Hayden, Franny for short, and Captain Cordova were busy uploading all the data available to data crystals when the evacuation order was given. They didn’t make it to the drop shuttles, but Terrin had discovered another small stardrive ship in a very small tube of the cavern. When the data crystals were full, he and his compatriots fled to that ship with the Supremacy soldiers right behind them. Unfortunately, this ship was very, very small and could accommodate only two people. Terrin and Franny left and the Captain became a prisoner of the Supremacy. When Terrin finally got to a space station called “Trinity” he was able to send a message back to Sparta headquarters to come pick him up.
This leads to the next mission for the Wholesale Slaughter company with Logan Conner, now Lt. Colonel Conner and former Major Lyta Randell, now Colonel Randell, leading the way. This is not going to just be another “milk run” to pick up his brother and come back. Terrin has the data crystals and with the destruction of Terminus Cut, they are very valuable to everyone including the Starkad Supremacy!
Another great read. It seems the story continues in “Maelstrom Strand”, book 4 of the Wholesale Slaughter series. I’m sure it’s going to be great too! Come to find out, there’s three more books including this one. Book 5, “Judas Kiss” and Book 6, “Redemption’s Shadow”. I’m going to get them all.
April 7, 2023
Lines are being drawn
While it’s pretty much a given standard for the reader to call the society of the protagonist the “good guys” but here it seems to be driven home on a regular basis as most of the Starkad characters are at best a thug. Starting with their dictator on down they are avaricious opportunists who are willing to lie, steal and kill as a general rule, with many being outright psychopaths who enjoy torture & causing injuries or death even when it contravenes their own better interests.
Logan is pushed into the Colonel Slaughter role by the situation, and nothing we see makes it look like he’s going to be able to leave the role in the near term.
While it’s pretty much a given standard for the reader to call the society of the protagonist the “good guys” but here it seems to be driven home on a regular basis as most of the Starkad characters are at best a thug. Starting with their dictator on down they are avaricious opportunists who are willing to lie, steal and kill as a general rule, with many being outright psychopaths who enjoy torture & causing injuries or death even when it contravenes their own better interests.
Logan is pushed into the Colonel Slaughter role by the situation, and nothing we see makes it look like he’s going to be able to leave the role in the near term.
August 6, 2019
Excellent book, great storyline and character development.
I enjoyed everything in this Book. The character development is well done. The action sequences were good, could’ve been more. Also could use more sci-fi technology. Maybe this will happen with the unraveling of the data crystals. And oh my goodness Ruth what a great character. Hope she becomes A force for good eventually. I held off reading this book until the next one was available that’s how good the series is, I did not want to wait. You will enjoy it start from the beginning.
I enjoyed everything in this Book. The character development is well done. The action sequences were good, could’ve been more. Also could use more sci-fi technology. Maybe this will happen with the unraveling of the data crystals. And oh my goodness Ruth what a great character. Hope she becomes A force for good eventually. I held off reading this book until the next one was available that’s how good the series is, I did not want to wait. You will enjoy it start from the beginning.
August 30, 2020
Wholesale Slaughter 1thru 3 is a series you really need to read
Action, lots, battle sequences almost none stop, suspenseful always. A very young Logan becomes an excellent Captain of his experimental starship but is a respected leader of his crew. In a rescue attempt to save his missing brother and a young Ensign Captain Logan must navigates a minefield of gangsters, pirates, and the enemy's intelligence agency.
This is a great read by Rick Partlow 👍👍👍👍
Action, lots, battle sequences almost none stop, suspenseful always. A very young Logan becomes an excellent Captain of his experimental starship but is a respected leader of his crew. In a rescue attempt to save his missing brother and a young Ensign Captain Logan must navigates a minefield of gangsters, pirates, and the enemy's intelligence agency.
This is a great read by Rick Partlow 👍👍👍👍
December 31, 2021
Another good book with great characters. Logan Connor/Jonathan Slaughter is an awesome hero. And the bad guys are really bad! This one was about Terrin, Logan's brother, being captured, then escaping, then Logan going after Terrin and and having to kill most of the aliens that took him. This was a very exciting read.
No romance and the F-bomb was used 41 times.
As for the narration: Marc Vietor did an excellent job.
No romance and the F-bomb was used 41 times.
As for the narration: Marc Vietor did an excellent job.
July 18, 2019
Another solid book in this series and it moves things along in a logical fashion. Really, that's it; if you liked the previous books you'll like this one. If you like military sci-fi in general you should give this series a try if you haven't already.
January 11, 2021
Good read
Great action in this well thought out storyline! The author Rick draws you in with realistic military jargon, planning, execution and the proverbial “No prawns survives contact with the enemy “. Stakes in the future of the survival of the dominions building.
Great action in this well thought out storyline! The author Rick draws you in with realistic military jargon, planning, execution and the proverbial “No prawns survives contact with the enemy “. Stakes in the future of the survival of the dominions building.
July 15, 2019
Very Good
I really liked this book. Good, realistic characters & story line. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
I really liked this book. Good, realistic characters & story line. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
October 10, 2019
Done with the series.
October 22, 2019
Good read
Fast paced. The only issue I have is the characters are a bit one dimensional. There is story progression but not much in character development.
Fast paced. The only issue I have is the characters are a bit one dimensional. There is story progression but not much in character development.
May 16, 2020
Next chapter of a fun series
Another good story in this series. It could stand on its own, but would net better enjoyed in order. Lots of action.
Another good story in this series. It could stand on its own, but would net better enjoyed in order. Lots of action.
June 8, 2020
Another great read from Rick Partlow. If you like reading about Mechs, this is another one you will definitely enjoy.
January 3, 2021
An intriguing series
This series has interesting characters as well as an intriguing storyline.with lots of action and suspense it will keep you wanting more
This series has interesting characters as well as an intriguing storyline.with lots of action and suspense it will keep you wanting more
May 14, 2020
Nice story
These are relatively short stories but that just means less padding and more tight story line. Enjoyable and worthy military scifi.
These are relatively short stories but that just means less padding and more tight story line. Enjoyable and worthy military scifi.
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