Let It Rain!

Fierce Girls at War #20

by Mike Adams

Let It Rain! Book 20 of Fierce Girls at War

"One of the Aussie Rangers we saved from the cookpot called two of the girls in my squad 'kids'. I wasn't going to talk him about it, I just gave him a knee and put him on the ground. He won't be saying that again around us!"
- Luka Teranova, leader of squad Seven, age 17, Ukraine

In the East, after three months crossing over 700 miles of alien controlled countryside Jacks Company is closing in on their destination, Winter Cove. The problem is the aliens are looking for then after they wiped out their garrison at the ferry across the Clearwater River and bad weather is coming.

Jacks Company has rescued over 100 Rangers and civilians from becoming part of an alien feast and they're nearly at Winter Cove but the last few miles will be their toughest yet. They'd hoped to spend the coming winter there unnoticed but the aliens are there and now they'll have to take it from them.

In the West the Rangers and colonists prepare for the coming assault while in the meantime their secret bastions are being readied to host the 20,000 colonists who live in New Hope Town, the aliens' main target. A huge alien starship has arrived and thousands of their troops are being brought down from orbit as they prepare for an all-assault the remaining settlements. To counter it and try to delay the attack until more of their own reinforcements arrive on the starship Vitus Bering, the Rangers plan some operations to at least do enough damage to delay the inevitable.

291 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 30, 2019

About the author

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, NY. Mike has a BS in Business Admin from Wagner College and an MBA from SDSU. A retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander, Supply Corps (Logistics), a former small business owner, and part-time substitute teacher. he's visited 6 continents and 36 countries, speak Spanish, some German, a little Italian and a little less French. He currently lives in Chula Vista, CA with his wife Chris.

Reviews

[Gilbert Stack · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s been more than three months since I read the last book in this series (Sudden Silence) and sitting down with this volume was like visiting an old friend. That’s one of the strengths of a well-written series—the characters and the settings are quite familiar and it’s easy to pick up the plot threads left dangling from the previous book. That’s an especially impressive accomplishment for the Fierce Girls at War series because the cast is huge and the war against the alien invaders has left people we are following scattered all across the continent.

Adams didn’t ease us into the action this time around. Instead he almost immediately introduces a new plan to strike back against the aliens and stall the next phase of their invasion of New Hope Colony. I don’t want to give the plot away, but this new idea brought me to the edge of my seat and had me impatiently reading waiting to see how well the idea would work. If you will recall from my earlier reviews, the colonists were not ready for war. They don’t have advanced armaments like bombs, missiles, tanks or even artillery. Their weapons are fairly low powered rifles and their ammunition supply is always critically low. So watching them find creative ways to hurt the invaders has long been one of the many high points in this series, and I loved their latest innovation in this novel.

If you like strong characters, great action, and W.E.B. Griffon level planning of operations, you’ll really enjoy this series. But start with book 1 (Fierce Girls), you’ll want to follow these heroes through every step of their journey.

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