Rating: 
Summary: Not spectacular, but not bad
Review: Make no mistake; this has been done before, albeit with different characters, technologies, and styles. And, yes, Mr. Ward does need to bone up on his military technology, especially during a time where the reader is likely to know that Sidewinders are air -to-air missiles just from watching the nightly news.That having been said, I, for one, am eagerly awaiting the next installment of this series for the sheer entertainment that this book provides. Grognards (you know who you are) will not like this book for its military inaccuracy, but this book was written for the general Sci-Fi public, and will keep them entertained quite well.
Rating: 
Summary: Wither the Ending?
Review: What is it with Science Fiction that refuses to have an ending? In this case we have an Alien Invasion story with a twist and a "believable" human reaction. There's the discovery, conflict and characters. What's there is good. But then it's cut. It stops. Did funding run out? Is this some bizarre attempt to be profound? I'm very afraid that this was some kind of attempt to start a series. "If this does well, we'll do a sequel!" Well bullocks to that. There are situations unresolved, questions not answered, possibilities unexplored and characters left hanging. In this case it seems that the author either got bored or chickened out. Whatever the reason, you'll be disappointed.
Rating:
Summary: Wither the Ending?
Review: What is it with Science Fiction that refuses to have an ending? In this case we have an Alien Invasion story with a twist and a "believable" human reaction. There's the discovery, conflict and characters. What's there is good. But then it's cut. It stops. Did funding run out? Is this some bizarre attempt to be profound? I'm very afraid that this was some kind of attempt to start a series. "If this does well, we'll do a sequel!" Well bullocks to that. There are situations unresolved, questions not answered, possibilities unexplored and characters left hanging. In this case it seems that the author either got bored or chickened out. Whatever the reason, you'll be disappointed.
Rating:
Summary: World War could be the beginning of a new series
Review: What the first few reviewers say is correct, but only to an extent. The auther has a great idea that hasn't been done before in this manner. Yes, there are minor glitches but none are fatal. There is the big governmental that tries to hide Alien contact but it is logical and never devolves into the X-files concept.
With this idea, I can forsee a whole series of books, not only in the war genre but but classical SF in that the gates are used for exploration and colonization.
All in all I found it a good read and look forward to the next book from ward. I would recomend it.
Rating:
Summary: World War could be the beginning of a new series
Review: What the first few reviewers say is correct, but only to an extent. The auther has a great idea that hasn't been done before in this manner. Yes, there are minor glitches but none are fatal. There is the big governmental that tries to hide Alien contact but it is logical and never devolves into the X-files concept.
With this idea, I can forsee a whole series of books, not only in the war genre but but classical SF in that the gates are used for exploration and colonization.
All in all I found it a good read and look forward to the next book from ward. I would recomend it.
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