"The Hot Gate" is the third book of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo. It's not Shakespeare but it is a lot of fun. You should read the other books before you read this one or you'll lose a lot of the impact.The story: Earth continues it's rise in military space power. A second and third battl...
This is Book 4 in the series, and while the writing quality holds up, I found it on the whole less suspenseful. Too much time was spent on setup in the beginning, and the whole musical subplot, while useful to me personally in expanding my CD collection, seemed a little far-fetched, even for a sc...
I have never not finished a book. I sooooo wanted to give up on this one but suffered through hoping for some redeeming qualities at the end, but... No dice. Boring, flat, empty these are words to describe what I read. This was my first John Ringo book and I see that he has written tons of oth...
It's the zombie apocalypse (not really - it's a extremely effective terrorist NBC attack (the B part)). Ringo follows a family that has some advance warning through their efforts to survive - along with humanity as a whole (from the US perspective of course).Ringo is not a great writer as such. W...
If you read the first one and liked it, this one is as easily enjoyable. I find it odd, that many readers (reading a book about a Zombie Apocalypse!) felt the idea of a 13yr old girl being very good at killing zombies "unrealistic." Ha ha! -- but yeah.. if you struggled with the previous book be...
After five years, John Ringo finally comes out with the next installment of his Paladin of the Shadows series. Only this time, the setting is not in Europe and Ringo is not the only author. Not sure why there are multiple authors; perhaps because other writers liked it and want to collaborate. Pe...
Second in the series and just as much fun as the first. I know there are lots of readers who don't care for this series and I'm usually one that doesn't deal well with overt Christian religion as a significant part of the storyline but Ringo makes this work for me.Yuppie, strongly Christian, marr...
Sequel to Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach.Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his Keldara followers, and one in particular, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the US no longer matter ...
The second book in the Paladin of Shadows book was much better than the first. For one thing, the main character doesn't rape anyone. Admittedly, I could do without the having sex with the 16 and 17 year old girls; it didn't do anything for me, but presumably Ringo is trying to be a little real...
With Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the Galactic Federation offers help to the backward humans -- for a price. You can protect yourself from your enemies, but God save you from your allies!
Cally O'Neal is officially dead. In her over forty years of being an active secret agent she hasn't used her real name, much less spoken to her sister. So when Michelle interrupts an important mission, by seemingly appearing out of thin air, it's an unexpected reunion. This highly anticipated seq...
Crikey...talk about overcoming steep odds with gusto, verve and quality execution, Mr. Ringo somehow succeeded in making me “really like this” book despite its having some serious obstacles holding back its rating potential:First: Bean books, without doubt, have the dumbest, most "short bus" look...
tIf there's one moment that sums up the entirety of Ghost, it's when our 'hero' kills Osama Bin Laden and cuts off his head for proof. Rather than being the cathartic finale of the novel, this is instead almost an aside to the main plot, which is the rescue of an entire army of kidnapped college ...
After five years of battling invaders, human civilization prepares a strike to drive the aliens from the Earth. But the Clan-Lord of the Sten has learned from the defeats humans have dealt him, and has his own plan. When he squares off against Major O'Neal, the only winner will be Satan himself.
Sequel to Ghost and Kildar. Former SEAL Michael Harmon (Ghost, Kildar) has a pretty good life. He's settled down in the country of Georgia and built a solid commando-quality militia out of his local retainers. The Keldara have an ancient history of being first-class mountain warriors and all they...
In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship "Vorpal Blade" are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien ...
Admiral Horatio Nelson “Soph, got something funky,” Patrick said. “I suppose I should get some clothes on,” Sophia muttered. She was currently adding some reality to the boat’s name up on the flying bridge. “In a bit… ” She could tell “funky” was not an emergency by Patrick’s tone. Paula was “a g...
“The nice thing about a kimono is that, well, one size doesn’t fit all but it does fit most,” Anita said, holding the yellow silk robe up to Doris’s back. “This one is going to be tight, I’ll admit. But that’s all to the good. Tight will definitely be noticed.” They were in Bran’s room, but he’d ...
Once, their O'Neal-fair skin would have been cause for comment in the historically black community. Not now. Time and migrations to and from the Nat King Cole SubUrb, along with the shuffling effect of the semi-random sweeps for shippers—as the involuntary off-world colonists were called—had shuf...
"Oh, no. Fuck no. Father O'Reilly, with all due respect, sir—" "Hush, son. Just come in and sit down," the priest ordered him. As he walked in awkwardly, he looked curiously around the office while trying to get as solid a grip on his professional dignity as he could. At t...
Montana said. “You’ll find more colonels and sergeants major. So we’ve learned their putative ‘help’ is a myth. People who have long-term careers in training commands tend to be of limited utility in actual operations. There are options: Exile Downing somewhere like the Indian Ocean. Bust him to ...
(Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those . . . ) —The Lord's Prayer, High Posleen version Anno Domini 2022 USS Salem “I just can't stand it, Dan,” Sally said, again furiously pacing the confines of their quarters. “The reptilian bastard just sits in his quarters, building something and I ca...
We waited too long to leave. Now what do we do?” Andrea Kaminski ran fingers through her hair. At the age of sixty-eight, the hair was gray now and a lot shorter, but it was still as thick as it had been when she was a youngster. Nobody in the living room said anything. As was true of Andy hersel...
--Marine Corps Hymn "Marine Team, clear perimeter buildings and establish security perimeter at base of dock, over." "Roger, Ops," Faith said. "Staff Sergeant Barnard, you hear the order?" "Yes, ma'am," Barnard said. She was standing more or less at the same position as Faith a bit farther down t...
Sophia said, ducking into the saloon. “Harbor cops?” Steve said, setting his iPad down. He had to admit he was as bored as the girls just sitting in the harbor. But he also wasn’t leaving until Tom called it. “Small fast boat,” Sophia said. “Open. Center console fishing boat I think. I only see o...
Mike was clustered with Adams, Vanner, Greznya, Vil and Danes around the strange green box. “Anybody seen anything like it before?” “It’s a green rugged conditions shipping case,” Adams said. “Seen a million of them in my time.” “Well, duh,” Mike replied. “What I don’t get is why there’s no marki...