Blood Legacy, Luthien, and a Middle Book That Actually Does Something
Blood Legacy is the middle of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy and it refuses to be a bridge. Luthien is one of the best battles Stackpole ever wrote.
Blood Legacy is the middle of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy and it refuses to be a bridge. Luthien is one of the best battles Stackpole ever wrote.
Lethal Heritage by Michael A. Stackpole drops the Clans on the Inner Sphere and rewrites BattleTech overnight. Great book, wrong place to start.
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1960. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic world, centuries after a nuclear…
My The Matrix Resurrections review: friends said it repeats the first film, and I liked that. Fewer effects, a rekindled love story. Better than 2 and 3. 3.5 to 4.
My Welcome to Raccoon City review: a reboot that squeezes two games into one night, with too much on screen and no Alice. 3.5 out of 5.
In the Terran Privateer, the Earth is on the brink of a technological renaissance with the discovery of inertialess hyperspeed drives, and compressed matter armor. However, this discovery puts them square in the crosshairs of the universe at large which they realize when an alien armada destroys the UESF (United Earth Space Force) and takes control of the Earth.
let’s talk about Life in the North. Written by Canadian author Tao Wong it is a quintessential LitRPG and definitely worth reading.
My The Rise of Skywalker review: the story didn’t make sense and it wasn’t a good way to end the saga. I’d have preferred almost anything else. 2 out of 5.
My military SciFi picks of 2019: a BattleTech year, from Decision at Thunder Rift and the Gray Death Legion to the Jade Falcons in Way of the Clans.
Continuing on directly from Decision at Thunder Rift, Mercenary’s Star sees the fledgling legion struggling to find a new client. With limited funds remaining Grayson Death Carlyle has limited options…
Taking place on the planet Ironhold, this series begins with fresh recruits to the Jade Falcon military clan. The youthful hopefuls were bred through scientific methods meant to make genetically…
My Solo review: a good movie and good to see Han’s intro, but I didn’t need everyone’s backstory. 3 out of 5.
Ready player one is the ultimate thriller to keep you glued to your seat for the entire show. The movie is based on a novel by Ernest Cline released in…
My military SciFi picks of 2017: the Warp Marines, Scalzi’s Collapsing Empire, a lucky-hero apocalypse and one series I’d skip.
Truth be told, I loved Old Man’s War … not necessarily the whole series mind you, but definitely Book 1. It’s long been a staple and one that I’ve…
No Price Too High widens the Warp Marines’ war to a whole planet with real ship combat. A worthy sequel that I gave 8.8 out of 10 and pretty much inhaled.
Decisively Engaged starts the Warp Marine Corps series with aliens, small unit combat and a Boxer Rebellion plot that bugged me. Highly recommended.
Terry has written a couple of books that I’m quite fond of (namely his Empire of Bones saga, reviewed here, and here) so I thought this one was…
Over the years I’ve read a couple of books and series that have started out well, but over the course of multiple books, gotten quite a bit “less good”…
My Resident Evil The Final Chapter review: the Red Queen and Alice finally get an explanation, but I wanted the battle for Washington. 3.5 out of 5.
My military SciFi picks of 2016, from Flagship and Steel World to the Slaver Wars, plus the older favorites I’d still hand to a friend.