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Summary: Avoid like the plague
Review: Rambling incoherant plotlines, cardboard cutout characters, and highly tedious prose made this the second worst book I ever attempted to read.
Rating:
Summary: just awful
Review: Richard Fawkes' writing is stilted, his phrases repetitive, and he doesn't convince me at all that he knows anything about the military. Don't waste your time or money.
Rating:
Summary: just awful
Review: The first 150 pages of this novel are overly complex, but don't let that deter you from reading on. The storylines finally do intersect and begin to weave together with varying rates of success. The socio-anthopological complexity that is inherent in both the human and alien cultures is strange and sometimes hard to understand, but the overall concept is fascinating, if disgusting at how mankind can be so "in-human."
There are a number of mysteries generated that are not resolved until the last few pages, and there are several storylines that go unresolved making you wonder if a sequel is pending. The writing is solid, the characters well defined (if somewhat unlikable), and the pace/action moves along briskly. Recommended for those who enjoy reading a bit of military sci-fi mixed with a bit of hardcore and sociological sci-fi.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book was interesting but there wasnt enough action in it keep me from putting it down. It ends leaving the reader no closer to the answer of the question it posed at the begining of the book (Who is the Remor and why are they bent on distroying humans?). This means that you have to read the next book in the series. I rather have the writer come up with more interesting plots than a series of books still trying to answer one question.
Rating: 
Summary: well written
Review: This is a well written book, complex and well thought out. The
background is deep enough to support a variety of follow-on
stories. It is military SF for the thinking person. The book
is sequel ready but story tidies up nicely at the end. If you are looking for something stilted and mechanical read
David Drake's latest book the Far Side of the Stars.
Rating:
Summary: well written
Review: This is a well written book, complex and well thought out. The
background is deep enough to support a variety of follow-on
stories. It is military SF for the thinking person. The book
is sequel ready but story tidies up nicely at the end. If you are looking for something stilted and mechanical read
David Drake's latest book the Far Side of the Stars.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent book, especially for a new author. Fawkes tells a great military science fiction story with lots of intrigue, a very interesting and well-realized setting, and a strong sense of mystery and dread as the characters probe into the mysterious aline menace, the Remor. The characters are very good,and Fawkes does a good job of keeping you interested in them even though some of them are extremely unpleasant people. Highly reccomended.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent book, especially for a new author. Fawkes tells a great military science fiction story with lots of intrigue, a very interesting and well-realized setting, and a strong sense of mystery and dread as the characters probe into the mysterious aline menace, the Remor. The characters are very good,and Fawkes does a good job of keeping you interested in them even though some of them are extremely unpleasant people. Highly reccomended.
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