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Summary: Disappointing Conclusion
Review: I loved the concept and initial books of this series. It was great story telling. Couldn't wait for the next one. However, as time went on and the series was nearing the end, the character development got weaker, the story telling became abbreviated.I feel 'ripped off' with Men of War. I just had a sense that the author just wanted to finish the series quickly. Hawthorne gets religion and you really don't know why. Keane gets banished and you don't read another word about him until the end when he comes back. Not a single new interesting character. So on, so on, so on. This doesn't hold a candle to Rally Cry or Fateful Lightening. Slam, bang and give me my check! I gave it 3 stars only because of the earlier work, some words about characters that I liked and the concept has been interesting. Very Disappointing.
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Summary: A great series!!
Review: I must Say I agree with the popular opinion about this series. That it was one of the best ideas put down on paper. I don't think that this is the end of the series at all. Down to the sea left of at a point that was screaming of a follow up book. As for me I am eagerly awaiting another installment into this wonderfull series. The idea itself is unique I think when it was first concieved. I remember reading about it in his first book at that time there was nothing else like it out there. I am seeing a lot more books that are starting to branch out into the same field. "1632" mainly that is looking to be another really great series that I think readers that liked this series would like that one.
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Summary: A fitting end to a fantastic series
Review: I stopped everything to read this book the second I got it, and it was worth it. The strategy was understandable and realistic, the plot was fast-paced, and the battle scenes were gripping. Forstchen made a good choice when he decided not to make Colonel Keane the main character this time around. While I'm sad the series ended, the ultimate resolution is satisfying and was a strong finish to some of the best science or military fiction I've ever read.
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Summary: Solid ending to a fabulous series.
Review: It's not often that I find a book that keeps me up at night until I'm just too tired to understand what I'm reading anymore. I've never found an eight book series that kept me that engrosed throughout the entire series, until now that is! William R. Forstchen's "Lost Regiment" series ends as powerfully as it began. Forstchen continues to blend solid interesting characters together with military tactics, strategy and LOGISTICS in a fashion that captivates the imagination and engages the spirit.
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Summary: Solid ending to a fabulous series.
Review: It's not often that I find a book that keeps me up at night until I'm just too tired to understand what I'm reading anymore. I've never found an eight book series that kept me that engrosed throughout the entire series, until now that is! William R. Forstchen's "Lost Regiment" series ends as powerfully as it began. Forstchen continues to blend solid interesting characters together with military tactics, strategy and LOGISTICS in a fashion that captivates the imagination and engages the spirit.
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Summary: MEN OF WAR/ THE ENTIRE SERIES.
Review: Let me tell you this is one of the, if not the best series, I've ever read. It's fast paced, hard hitting, accurate account of a take no prisoners, no holds bared, battle for survial just blew me away. The advances through the stages of both technilogical and tatical warfare of 75 or more year squeezed into less than 15 years is consice and beleivable. I'm somewhat of a war buff and this series is like a dream come true. On top of that he left the door wide open to continue the series without missing a beat. The Uplift Wars, The Foundation series, or even the Armour series lacks its simplisity and strength. I may not have the greatest grammer in the world, but I know what I like and this series I loved.
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Summary: MEN OF WAR/ THE ENTIRE SERIES.
Review: Let me tell you this is one of the, if not the best series, I've ever read. It's fast paced, hard hitting, accurate account of a take no prisoners, no holds bared, battle for survial just blew me away. The advances through the stages of both technilogical and tatical warfare of 75 or more year squeezed into less than 15 years is consice and beleivable. I'm somewhat of a war buff and this series is like a dream come true. On top of that he left the door wide open to continue the series without missing a beat. The Uplift Wars, The Foundation series, or even the Armour series lacks its simplisity and strength. I may not have the greatest grammer in the world, but I know what I like and this series I loved.
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Summary: Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Review: Okay, forget my lame review title. Anyway, after a rather disappointing Band of Brothers, I dove into Men of War hoping for far better. And that's just what I got. It's nice to see some more political tensions after Mikhail in book #2. There was some great action, some great quiet moments (especially most of the main characters posing for a Dageurrotype-- God, I hope I spelled that right!) and some good dialogue. The battles actually made sense in this book, unlike the muddled skirmishes in book #7. One of the highlights, I think, is Jurak's sudden change toward the end of the book; That makes ya feel nice. But... yes, there is a but... But there were a few things I didn't greatly care for in Men of War, but only a few! I didn't like the way Marcus ended up, the guy deserves more respect than a blurb in one paragraph. And where was Muzta? After what happened during the Battle of Hispania, you'd think he's come in to help the Republic against the Bantag and Merki. Speaking of Merki, I did like the return of that rat Tamuka. Andrew, unfortunately, was largely ignored here, most of the action centering around Hans. This makes me wonder just who the real main character of the series (or at least the last four books) really was. There were also a great many plot holes, but that didn't really matter. The book had a stunning ending, and it proved to be one of the best novels in the series. And now it's over... Well, it was fun while it lasted.
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Summary: MEN OF WAR -- the ultimate price of freedom
Review: Over ten years have passed since Andrew Keane's Union regiment was marooned on a world far from our Solar System by alien technology. During that time, again and again the Lost Regiment has had to engage in battle after bloody battle with the hordes to defend their freedom and that of the Republic which they helped bring into being on that world at unspeakable cost. Now everything they fought and died for may have been in vain. Humanity is weary beyond bearing from relentless warfare with the alien natives of this world, and the hordes have broken the Republic's will to fight. Andrew Keane has resigned his commission over declaration of a peace parley between the Republic and the hordes. He and his remaining veterans begin a clandestine campaign taking the Lost Regiment into the very heart of the Bantag realm to destroy the Bantag's ability to make war on humanity. But it is left to Sergeant Major Hans Schuder to strike freedom's final -- and mortal -- blow against the enemy, and bring both sides kneeling together in the dust of an alien world, confronting a tragedy that will ultimately end the war between them and bring peace with honor to them both. Once more William R. Forstchen brings to life one of the most beautifully realized alien worlds in science fiction. As always, his characters, as rich and complex as any of us in the real world, reveal unexpected abysses and soaring heights within the soul and spirit, both human and otherwise. Mirrors to each other, the aliens and the human beings in this magnificent series show us how low we can fall -- and how unexpectedly we can be redeemed. William Forstchen has the gift of enabling us to experience the universe through alien eyes so well that we are unexpectedly appalled to find what evils "we," his aliens, have perpetrated -- and humbled and exalted to discover what heights "we," both alien and human, can attain. Throughout this enthralling novel I found myself wishing that it and the series of which it is the triumphant capstone would never end. At its wonderfully satisfying close, I wonder now what this supremely gifted author will do next. It'll be more than worth the wait to find out.
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Summary: MEN OF WAR -- the ultimate price of freedom
Review: Over ten years have passed since Andrew Keane's Union regiment was marooned on a world far from our Solar System by alien technology. During that time, again and again the Lost Regiment has had to engage in battle after bloody battle with the hordes to defend their freedom and that of the Republic which they helped bring into being on that world at unspeakable cost. Now everything they fought and died for may have been in vain. Humanity is weary beyond bearing from relentless warfare with the alien natives of this world, and the hordes have broken the Republic's will to fight. Andrew Keane has resigned his commission over declaration of a peace parley between the Republic and the hordes. He and his remaining veterans begin a clandestine campaign taking the Lost Regiment into the very heart of the Bantag realm to destroy the Bantag's ability to make war on humanity. But it is left to Sergeant Major Hans Schuder to strike freedom's final -- and mortal -- blow against the enemy, and bring both sides kneeling together in the dust of an alien world, confronting a tragedy that will ultimately end the war between them and bring peace with honor to them both. Once more William R. Forstchen brings to life one of the most beautifully realized alien worlds in science fiction. As always, his characters, as rich and complex as any of us in the real world, reveal unexpected abysses and soaring heights within the soul and spirit, both human and otherwise. Mirrors to each other, the aliens and the human beings in this magnificent series show us how low we can fall -- and how unexpectedly we can be redeemed. William Forstchen has the gift of enabling us to experience the universe through alien eyes so well that we are unexpectedly appalled to find what evils "we," his aliens, have perpetrated -- and humbled and exalted to discover what heights "we," both alien and human, can attain. Throughout this enthralling novel I found myself wishing that it and the series of which it is the triumphant capstone would never end. At its wonderfully satisfying close, I wonder now what this supremely gifted author will do next. It'll be more than worth the wait to find out.
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