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The Hot Gate: Troy Rising III Hardcover – May 3, 2011

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The Big Showdown with an Alien Empire, to Keep the Earth Free—and Maybe Free the Galaxy as Well.

The fight to free the Earth from alien domination began in Live Free or Die, and continued in Citadel. Now Tyler Vernon, and his troops aboard the gigantic battle station Troy, face a desperate battle with the forces of galactic tyranny. And the very survival of the Earth and its people is not all that is at stake. The galaxy itself must choose to live free or die—and if the tyrants win this battle, darkness will fall across the galaxy for millennia to come.

“[Ringo’s SF is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.” —Library Journal

“. . . explosive. . . . Fans of strong military SF will appreciate Ringo’s lively narrative and flavorful characters.” —Publishers Weekly

“The interstellar skullduggery is thick, and the final action sequence . . . is practically impossible not to read in one sitting . . . exceedingly impressive . . . executed with skill, verve, and wit.” —Booklist

“Ringo provides a textbook example of how a novel in the military SF subgenre should be written. . . . Crackerjack storytelling.” —Starlog

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John Ringo began writing for Baen in 2000 with his first release A Hymn Before Battle—the first novel in his Posleen Wars—which has become a New York Times best-selling series with over one million copies in print. The series continued with Gust Front, When the Devil Dances, Hell’s Faire and Eye of the Storm. In addition, Ringo has penned the Council War series: There Will be Dragons, Emerald Sea, Against the Tide, and East of the Sun, West of the Moon. Adding another dimension to his skills, Ringo created nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon (Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain, Unto the Breach, and A Deeper Blue). His latest techno-thriller, The Last Centurion,was also a national best seller. A more playful twist on the future is found in novels of the Looking-Glass series: Into the Looking Glass, Vorpal Blade, Manxome Foe and Claws That Catch, the last three in collaboration with Travis S. Taylor. His audience was further enhanced with four collaborations with fellow New York Times best-selling author David Weber: March Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars and We Few. There are an additional five collaborative spinoffs from the Posleen series: The Hero, written with Michael Z. Williamson, Watch on the Rhine, Yellow Eyes and The Tuloriad, all written with Tom Kratman, and the New York Times best seller Cally’s War and its sequels Sister Time and Honor of the Clan, both with Julie Cochrane. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, he brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen; 1st edition (May 3, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1439134324
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1439134320
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 1.4 x 9.25 inches

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I'm a professional author of... Well, I used to say "science fiction." Then came There Will Be Dragons, which is sf with a distinct fantasy twist. Then came Ghost which is techno-thriller crossed with porn. Then came Princess of Wands, a Christian soccer mom battling demons through the power of God. Who knows what's next? Children's books? (I've actually got that one mapped out. You see, there's this girl who is raised by dolphins... You think I'm joking, don't you?)

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J Euraud

Unfinished series.

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2020

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I've read this book and this series multiple times, and would rate it as a 5 star except for one thing. Ringo did not finish the series. This is not unusual for him, and is his right, it's just frustrating as a reader.

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Lpmagic

I loved it, loved it

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016

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I loved it, loved it, the loss of a star is from the simple fact that, it is likely the last book in the series, as John is so busy it'll probably never happen, and it left so many open story threads just hanging open. The ending seemed hurried and incomplete (even as an arc format) which left a tiny bit of a sour taste in my reader head. The characters are brilliant, fully formed, and extremely consistent, I am very fond of the ability that Mr. Ringo has for fostering new story lines within the deep veins of other already rich ones, and this is apparent here. great action, memorable protagonists and antagonists. I feel it has a quality not unlike "The Mote in God's Eye" with regards to alien interaction. That's enough right there, no spoilers from me. A great read, just left me a little down in the dumps when I found out it was published about three years ago, and, there does not appear to be any upcoming plans for the continuation of this universe.

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Gripping all the way to end

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022

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I have been a fan of John Ringo for a long time and he knows how to blend action, comedy, and drawing on his own military service, the need to train, train, and train again to become even minimally proficient. He knows how to make even the training scenes interesting. Most of the tension between Dana Parker and the 143rd Squadron comes from a culture clash. This plot takes up over half of the book and it is resolved by Tyler Vernon in a very satisfying way.

Unfortunately, the ending felt rushed. The humans beat the Rangora again and this one was much closer. However, the war is not over and John Ringo must have left that open. Tyler and Dana are alive and well, as is Dana's boyfriend. What Earth's next move is unknown. Will John write another trilogy? It's been over 10 years as I write this review.

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Robert Worley

Awesome series but unfinished

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2022

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This is the second time I have read the Troy Rising series - first bought it as paperback and now digital. Love it and it was just as good as the first time. Liked that it is based in realistic physics for the most part. Great character development. Good political interface and fantastic action. BUT it again left me with the "It's not finished" feeling of disappointment. Just like the We Few series. Come on - you owe your faithful fans better. I highly recommend this series. I'll read it again in a few years but would appreciate one more novel to wrap it all up.

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2020

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Well, finally managed to finish this trilogy. Do you like space battles ? This one has plenty. Quite a bit of world building with the previous two novels. This one adds more. I got an audible download with this novel, and it really helped with some of the alien names. I'd recommend it, if you can afford it. I enjoyed this trilogy, but I feel like there could have been more novels to flesh it out more. Unfortunately, as popular as his Black Tide Rising series is... It's unlikely this one will be revisited any time soon, if ever. Definitely worth checking out and getting.

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Could have used a badass, imho

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2012

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Overall, this one is a very good read, but not among Ringo's Top 5. Or perhaps Top 10. The Hot Gate is misnamed, the gate doesn't get 'hot' until the final 20% of the book; everything before that is politics, race relations, and about forty new character introductions. I'd guess that the ten or twelve surviving new characters will Be Somebody in the next books.

Other reviewers have pointed out how the combat isn't combat-y enough for Ringo, so I won't bore you with a repeat of that very true observation. But I will mention that the lead character is an engineer specializing in shuttle maintenance. I'm very thankful for Bob, the guy that keeps the A/C, doors, lights, and plumbing working in my office building, but I don't think I'd ever pay to read a book about Bob's adventures trying to fit in with maintenance engineers of a different gender and ethnic heritage.

Comet Parker is no Cally O'Neal, but my need for more Cally doesn't mean that this is a bad book. It's not; it's actually better than just about anything else on the Sci-Fi new release shelf. The race relations stuff made me uncomfortable, but the overall story is fine, interesting even, and it moves the story forward to what better be an action packed conflict in book 4.

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Alexandra L.

Another fascinating dive into John Ringo’s crazily complex alien universes

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2018

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I keep getting sucked in to these often violent military sci fiction worlds of John Ringo because they are so damn odd but somehow not that far removed from the world I live in now. He weaves solid knowledge of military life into flights of sci fi imaginings- giant asteroids turned into human operated death stars with malls inside. Diverse military companies with their own cultures almost more alien to one another than the actual aliens. I’m always sad when I come to the end of one of his series., as I am now.

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Bug Finder

More then Space Opera

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2012

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John Ringo is much more then just a writter of space opera, or as it is currently titled, military SF. This book shows that versitility! It is more then just action, it shows the life that goes on between the action.

I found it extremely entertaining. It has a major focus on character interactions and cultural interactions. The dialogue does move well and I have lost sleep reading it. It also keeps you guessing as to what is going to come next.

The book is consistent with the previous books in that it does spend development time dealing with the characters and their interactions with each other and with the AIs.

This is a strong entry in the series and the series is as strong as his other series.

Definitely worth the time to read, even if all you want is the action.

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Marshall Lord

Third in the excellent "Troy Rising" Space Opera series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2013

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This is the third volume in a series which blends elements of First Contact, Space Opera, and military SF.

Originally described as one book in three parts, the three volumes of the "Troy Rising" series published to date are

1) " Live Free Or Die (Troy Rising) "

2) " Citadel (Troy Rising) ," and

3) This book, "The Hot Gate."

The books are best read in that order. At the end of the third instalment there are lots of possibilities for further books in the series and I hope Ringo will pursue them.

Mankind's first contact with aliens was friendly and almost an anticlimax. A race of traders, the Glatun, arrive in our solar system and set up a "gate" which can be used by themselves, mankind, or any other star travelling race to travel between this system and other star systems.

Unfortunately, having provided our system with a gate on the off chance that we would have something worthwhile to trade, the Glatun did not at first find that we had anything enormously valuable. So at first there was no enormous benefit to our contact with extraterrestials.

And then the gate in our system went from being of little benefit to an enormous disadvantage when a second alien race, the Horvath, sent a warship through it, dropped rocks from space which obliterated three human cities as an initial warning that we should do what we're told, and demanded all the heavy metals humans had available as a "contribution" for their "protection," or they would drop more.

Earth's governments had little choice but to agree, leaving the planet effectively at the mercy of the Horvath.

But in the first book a former Science Fiction publisher called Tyler Vernon had a few ideas on how to get the Horvath off Earth's back, and was willing to stand up to anyone, human or alien, to do it. And some of his ideas were very big ideas indeed ...

At the start of the second book Tyler Vernon, more in spite of earth's governments than because of them, had seen off the Horvath, though not before they had unleashed a whole raft of nasty things on humanity.

Among other things Tyler has turned an asteroid into a gigantic battlestation called the Troy. The main viewpoint characters in the second book were two new crew members assigned to the Troy, Dana "Comet" Parker as an engineer and shuttle pilot, James "Butch" Allen as a space welder. Their story, particularly Dana's, continues in this third volume.

In the second book, it proved that seeing off the Horvath had been nothing compared to the next challenge faced by humanity. A much more powerful race than the Horvath, called the Rangora, decided to conquer first the Glatun and then, almost as an afterthought, the supposedly primitive human race.

But the Rangora, for all the vast power of their military machine, had underestimated the peaceful Glatun and badly underestimated humans.

At the start of this third book, the Rangora have retired to lick their wounds while Tyler Vernon, aware that the respite may be temporary, decides to strengthen Troy further and provide other defences to make the solar system impregnable. And sure enough the Rangora are soon back - and after getting nowhere in conquering humans by brute force, this time they're prepared to try guile. And we'd better win, because they've decided humans are too dangerous to be turned into slaves. "Life Free or Die" is no longer a policy we have any choice about - those are the only options the Rangora will leave humanity ...

I didn't find this third book quite as brilliant as the first two in this series - in particular the presentation of almost all the latin american charcters as sexist, chauvinistic, snobbish bigots was a bit over-done. Nevertheless I did enjoy the book and there are more than enough ideas still bubbling out to keep the series going.

In my opinion the "Troy Rising" series is the best thing John Ringo has written, even ahead of his Council wars series which begins with "There will be dragons" or the first four books in his "Posleen" universe. Strongly recommended.

Jarryd

Great book with a terrible ending

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2020

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So the reason I have given this book a two star rating Is because of the ending. The book and series are amazing right up until the end where the author seems to have gotten bored with the series and massively rushed the end of the book and ended the series with way too many unanswered questions. By doing some light research on the author John Ringo, it seems he tends to do this often, with many people complaining how he finishes his different series. It's a shame because he is very talented and I would of definitely carried on reading his material if that wasnt the case. But there is no point getting invested in a series only to be dreadfully disappointed on how it ends.

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A great read and finale to this trio of Sci fi manna

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2019

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Mr Ringo has a fantastic story telling creativity that has seen me reading most of his back catalogue. This series and this book in particular grabs your curiosity and refuses to let go even after the epilogue. Sad to say goodbye to the future world Tyler Vernon has given us this series has been that good. Keep up the good word, John, with reads like this you will always be a premier league military Sci fi author. Will sure but the next in the series if it ever becomes a reality.

CYMRO

Brazil Nuts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2011

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Apart from some Afghan Space Marines, a token British Colonel, some Coptic Christian Riveters, ALL AMERICA rules apply. We are told that the "COALITION" Powers are paying VAST SUMS FROM THEIR BUDGETS to help defend themselves and the Earth. Now, it seems, for NO PARTICULARLY RATIONAL OR LOGICAL REASON, the South American countries whose contribution has been very limited, are queue jumped to have their own Battlestation. Typical Yanl behaviour. A disappointing trend in this series.

Pete H

Far too much American bias

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2013

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I struggled with this book - the story is fine, and is covered by other reviews - but I struggled with the constant 'America is great' aspects and the American culture in everything: Aliens that refer to 'God'; the fact that America is still the global 'hyperpower' on Earth despite it being in decline even now; American cultural values on things like abortion; American military processes being significantly better than other cultures. Etc etc.

It just got tiresome after 200 odd pages.

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