Forward Recon

Fierce Girls at War #23

by Mike Adams

he aliens dropped half a hill on my head. I get a concussion, a broken arm and shoulder, busted ribs and more bruises than an old banana and what does my sister do? She takes ‘family photos’ of me zonked out in my hospital bed and sends them to everybody! I’ll get her back, I swear! If the aliens don’t kill her first, that is.”-Lieutenant Nicole ‘Nikki’ O’Brien, Blade Company, Colonial Rangers, Tau Ceti 4, USIn the West, the Battle of the Bayfront is over and casualties are being treated, but the Rangers won’t get much of a break. Before the day is out, all of the Ranger battalions in New Hope Town will be sent north and east to prepare to meet the oncoming alien ground assault that must be held off long enough to complete the evacuation of the colonial capital.In the East, Commander Cassidy and Gunnery Sergeant Pickford take Jacks Company and the more than 500 Rangers and civilians they have saved from the alien cookpots to New St Louis, 700 miles south of Winter Cove. They hope to find safety there, even if that means taking it from the aliens by force. They can’t stay in Winter Cove any longer; the aliens know they are there now and will be coming back in force soon.

326 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 20, 2020

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]

Time has run out for the colonists as the aliens finally start the Battle for New Hope. The much needed reinforcements with modern military weaponry are just a few days from orbit, but New Hope cannot hold out that long. Indeed, the defenders might not even be able to hold out long enough to evacuate the rest of the colonists to the emergency shelters they’ve been hiding away in remote areas on two continents.

While the life and death of New Hope is being determined, the Jacks—fifty-high-school-students-turned-rangers and the several hundred adult-rangers they’ve rescued—are finally in a position to start turning the war around. They’ve penetrated the settlements the aliens conquered early in the war and are starting to take them back, stealing the invaders victories away from them and creating a new zone in which the reinforcements can land to throw their presumably decisive strength into the war.

This book has all the things that have made this series so much fun to read. The humans—nearly out of military ordinance—must use their ingenuity to continue throwing the aliens back on their heels. The question remains, will it be enough to keep the majority of the colonists alive until the cavalry arrives.

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