Tactics! Or the complete lack of them is what more than anything else drove me nuts about this book. This is supposed to be be a grand space opera type of story. It focuses on military and space battles. I have never been part of the military but the idea that you have only three ships and preemp...
The Knight was teaming with soldiers. Nerve gas canisters were deployed in critical junctions along the ship, and the Humans involved were inoculated—a painful injection which Liao resented but was grateful for. It disguised the itching on her arm. The construct spun a plasma-pistol add-on for he...
Alexis found Lucien to be a good traveling companion for the most part, alert to danger, a quick and effective hunter, respectful and quiet. It was in this last respect, normally something she considered a positive, that she found herself missing the rest of the former party, Corson in particular...
***** Operations TFR Beijing Belthas system The Beijing appeared in open space at the Belthas IV L1 Lagrange point surrounded by the dust of the Toralii Alliance fleet, the ghosts of so many ships ground up and distributed in an ever-expanding sphere. The dust had mostly dissipated from the jum...
While they were still a mess to behold, they had escaped the swamp, and had been able to catch some small game and find a few streams that provided drinkable water. “It is time,” Tala said, responding to the unasked question on each of their minds. Without another word she walked apart from the o...