A Desert Called Peace: A War on Terror Novel That Doesn’t Read the Same Anymore
Rereading Tom Kratman’s A Desert Called Peace in 2026, when the world doesn’t feel nearly as black and white as it did back in 2014.
Rereading Tom Kratman’s A Desert Called Peace in 2026, when the world doesn’t feel nearly as black and white as it did back in 2014.
By Schism Rent Asunder trades naval battles for politics and theology. Still good, still growing its cast, but this is where the brakes go on.
By Heresies Distressed is where Charis starts hanging churchmen and the naval war turns into a ground war. The momentum is well and truly back.
Off Armageddon Reef opens with humanity losing an extermination war, then hides the survivors in a fake Dark Age. A book I’ve reread several times.
The Hot Gate (Troy Rising Book 3) by John Ringo delivers the best space battle of the trilogy and the one argument I no longer buy. Full review.
Citadel (Troy Rising Book 2) by John Ringo replays Book 1 from a new POV and buries its best material under paperwork. Worth it for the last third.
Live Free or Die (Troy Rising Book 1) by John Ringo, on a reread: maple syrup economics, the SAPL, and inflating an asteroid into a fortress.
Lost Destiny is the best of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy. Tukayyid earns its reputation, and the Clans lose to their own certainty as much as to ComStar.
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.
While this series of books is numbered differently based on where you look, I think if you were to read it in the correct sequence you should follow the path…
I’ve been reading Mr. Larson for a while now & the one thing I have to state is that I’m really glad I haven’t given up on him. Some of…