347 pages in 2014
Military Sci Fi
This is military fiction novel. Not space opera. Truth be told, it's not that well written, after all the writer is german BUT it's okayish. I didn't saw any grammatical errors but it's simple. It's action after action. Comparing to Jack Campbell would not be fair.
Jack Campbell series is space opera. It's slow space battles with a lot of political drama behind. Marko Kloos's on the other end it's a novel that focus on characters and there are very small hints of political drama behind.
So what this novel is about?
In this novel we follow Andrew has he tries to escape earth to a colony. The only way he can do it is true the army. After making their enlistment and trial they are assigned to the marines who will protect colonies, navy (space navy) or PA (basically marines that stay on earth to protect the armies interest).
So, basically the novel is divided in three sections. The first part we learn about Andrew life on earth and the initial training in the army. The second part regards on his take on the army and we learn a bit about the world (either the cold war or America (not just usa) and Sino-Russian alliance and also the internal struggles between people and the government. The last part deals with his take on the space battles and then a big last battle.
Well, this is a first person narrative so there's that. There are several other characters, mainly his girlfriend halley and probably the most interesting of them all Sargent Fallon.
If you are expecting a hard-sci-fi in the vein of Jack Campbell don't expect it here. If you want some light read between some more dense novels this will be perfect. Expect action scenes after action scenes. Some light romance. No bullshit.
I will be reading the next in the following months. I have no doubt.
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