This is my first book by this author.
I was excited to read this for some interesting military sci-fi action, but the book doesn't head in that direction. I was also hoping for hard basic training, then SERE and all the rest.
None of that happens. Jacob is in naval training, and has been for five (!) years. What they're doing there, I have no idea because the books starts with Jacob getting the chance to join the space marines.
He takes it, but it's not what he wants. He specifically joins the scout force, which works in areas the navy doesn't go to pick up intel and see what the other spacefaring races are doing.
There is a subplot about Jacob's father from an earlier series, but I didn't read it.
The story really revolves around Jacob (now at a second LT) who is leading a small team to pick up an alien. Things go wrong, and because of reasons I won't go into the team doesn't trust very well. This is along the lines of small unit tactics more than big marine actions.
Still, I enjoyed it. The editing is only fair, and the story is rushed at time and not enough is explained at the beginning. Why is a new second LT leading a mission? There are answers, but none are very good IMO.
Still, a decent book. 4/5*
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First Class Military Sci Fi, and the start of a new series
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2019
I started reading “Marine,” by Joshua Dalzelle, last night after completing some required admin/maintenance duties. Maybe around 8:30, or so. , I finished it in the wee hours this morning. Could NOT put it down, and I TRIED, several times, so be warned. It could happen to YOU!I can't give you a precise timeline, but internal evidence points to a not-too-distant future. Earth has been attacked twice by aliens, and miraculously saved each time. Now Earth is a minor player in a dangerous universe, where almost every other civilization is more powerful. With some assistance from interstellar allies, the humans are trying to build a military and trade presence. The most powerful players set limits on what technology transfer is permitted.I'm not familiar with the other works of the author, but a SLIGHT use of my Google-fu reveals that (at least) one of his prior series, “Omega Force,” provides the background to “Marine.” However, I was struck by how well the author lays the necessary foundation without seeming to do so. The only section of the book devoted to backstory is found in the Prologue, and THAT is written in the Protagonist's voice, and it comes across as HIS backstory, not that of the series. There are a LOT of ways I've seen authors bring new readers into the middle of an existing story arc, but I've never seen one I can say is superior to this.The protagonist is a young man, going by the name of Jacob Brown. Except for the Prologue, when we meet him he is in his early 20's, enduring the rigors of the last months of humanity's premier (only) off-planet military academy. At the precise moment of introduction, he is crawling in the weeds on a recon mission; we later discover it's a field problem set for the assessment of the ability of cadets to lead small units. And it is the course of this exercise that we are SHOWN, and not told, a key bit of information about Jacob Brown:“Satisfied with his preparations, Jacob stepped off the edge of the outcropping and dropped thirty feet to a ledge below.” (Dalzelle, Joshua. Marine (Terran Scout Fleet Book 1) (p. 9). Kindle Edition. )It's so casually done, that I read right past it at first. Then the tickle in the back of the brain: “wait... 30 feet...that's the height of a three-story building... “And it is PRECISELY with that casual, throw-away reference, that the author lets us know that there is Something About Jacob.He also doesn't leave irritating character defects ignored, until you wind up hating the people you are not supposed to hate. I grimace while reading about a character who just can't get over...whatever. While I have never used the therapeutic technique of punching someone in the face as a means of helping them become more mature, I rejoice that the author both SEES that persistent whining is an issue, and that he USES the skill-sets appropriate for the setting. I speak theoretically, of course.There IS quite a bit of familiar territory covered here: young man making his own way, coerced to do something he doesn't want to do out of loyalty, must earn respect of comrades, overcome impossible odds, discover Injun Joe's buried treasure in a cave, slay the dragon, and close with persecutor rolling ball-bearings in hand while mumbling about strawberries. See? That's EASY! Anybody can do THAT, right?Wrong. Any cook (or anyone with a fork) will tell you that there is a huge difference between the recipe and the cake. Dalzelle has taken the basics, treated them with all the respect they deserved, and served up something that is a delight for anyone who loves military science fiction.
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