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Unto the Breach (Paladin of Shadows Book 4) by [John Ringo]

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Michael Harmon has been there and done that. Rescued co-eds, killed major terrorists, stopped nuclear assaults. Now he'd just like to kick back and relax with his harem of lovelies. Unfortunately, the world keeps turning.

Mike and the Keldara are back tracking down terrorists, rogue Russian bio-scientists and the doomsday weapon to end all doomsday weapons. It's going to take some very tough, hard and nasty people to stop the end of the world. Fortunately, there's Mike Harmon.

The Hero of Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain, along with his company of elite mountain fighters, is sent on a mission to stop an advanced smallpox plague from being turned over to terrorists. But that will only be the beginning as the Kildar and his Keldara rush to stop a host of WMD attacks, coordinated to take out the very heartland of terrorism's enemies. It's a battle for culture, and this time the terrorists aren't aiming at just one building.

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Starred Review. Ringo (Choosers of the Slain) surpasses himself in his latest Kildar novel, an SF-tinged action yarn that will appeal to those interested in the psychology of leadership. Mike Harmon, the former SEAL operator who through the vicissitudes of fortune finds himself warlord to a Caucasus tribe, is pressured by those he trusts into mounting a rescue mission deep inside Chechen territory. Their target? A Russian scientist being forced to assist in the transfer of WMD by terrorists who hold his daughter captive. As it becomes apparent that Mike's supposed allies have withheld vital intelligence from him, his responsibilities become almost unbearable and force him into recognizing some unpalatable truths about himself. The Keldara, living fossils of a pagan warrior past, throw themselves into battle with a fervor that's truly religious. The final desperate fight could have been clichéd, but it attains a terrible beauty not unlike that of the Norse Eddas. (Dec.)
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About the Author

John Ringo is author of the New York Times best-selling Legacy of Aldenata (Posleen War) series, which so far includes A Hymn Before Battle and nine sequels, the technothriller series starting with Ghost, a dark fantasy titled Princess of Wands, and many other novels for Baen. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AP97T00
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen Books; 1st edition (December 1, 2006)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2006
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 770 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 668 pages
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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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Great characters, very exciting, realistic battle scenes. Recommended.

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2014

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This penultimate volume in the Paladin of Shadows series has Mike Harmon aka Ghost aka Mike Jenkins aka Kildar back in action with his retainers, the fierce mountain warriors, the Tigers of the Mountains, the Kildara. The Kildar, this is a title like Baron not a name, has embarked on several missions of great sensitivity and danger on behalf of the President of the USA. Each of them resulted in many dead bad guys and an increasingly fat bank account for the Kildar.
This episode involves a Russian bio-weapons lab where small pox has been improperly jiggled with to make it even more deadly. Jihadis have gotten their mitts on the deadly stuff and hidden it away in the mountains of the country of Georgia. Georgia happens to be the home of the Kildara.
Ringo has as his best suit the depth of character that he presents to his readers. And he has a lot of them. When we lose one of them we feel it. When one of his characters escape from some predicament, we feel it. But his calling card is military action. Of this he is the current master, as far as I am concerned. In this volume his concluding battle takes up about 100 pages of non-stop action. And his technical accuracy is unsurpassed.
We get our money's worth with Ringo too. “Into the Breach” is fully 568 pages long in the edition that I reviewed.
The prolific Ringo has more than two dozen books in print. I for one want him to write more, write faster, give us readers more enjoyment.

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Steve

Again, the "Ghost" series rocks!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2013

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How John Ringo keeps coming up with winners is amazing.
I think Book #4 following "Ghost" and his adventures is one of the best books in the series. Jammed packed with action and adventure and some very unexpected plot twists. use can see in your minds eye everything that is going on and emerce yourself into the story. This whole series is fun reading. The characters are not supermen, they are real characters that can be tender, can be brutal, can love and can be hurt. These are characters you can "See" while reading the book.

Highly recommended as the next chapter in the series!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2021

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This one has it. Characters you feel for, action sequences that buzz, and a plot that is just twisted enough. I didn't want it to end, I wanted to grab my axe and my M-4 and head to the Caucasus.

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Nick Howes

More Combat Action From the Ghost and his Private Army

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2013

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Ex-SEAL Michael (Ghost) Harmon, operating from his private fiefdom in Georgia, south of Russia, and with the allegiance of the native Keldara, undertakes a top priority mission...retrieve WMDs from the Arab-supported Chechnya secret army. Its very tense reading as Ghost leads his warriors through the mission. By then the fighting hasn't even begun because the Keldara have to get back across the Georgian border with hundreds of Chechnyan guerrillas chasing them.

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RTSELL

Action Packed Adventure

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2015

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I love everything John Ringo has written. He has created an amazing character in the "Kildar". I could hardly wait to get to the next book in the serious. The only negative I have is how long it took to develop the story line. the 1st 3 quarters of the book was kind of slow but the final quarter blew my socks off. I am a 20 year Army veteran and the attention to military detail is phenomenal.

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GlockMan

Another excellent one in the series.

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020

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Loved it stayed in line with the series. Wish more would be written as I have read all in this series.

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William Roberts

Great series

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2020

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John Ringo's style of writing is just what I am looking for. This series is really great. Give it a go. You will not be disappointed.

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Peter Baston

John Ringo at his best

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2013

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JR ( this one ) combines science fiction and erotica like no writer you have ever seen. Action blood sex and heroes all rolled up in a character we all wish we had more of in the US . I bought one in the series and went straight on line to get the missing ones . ( this review is repeated for the two novels below get them all or your be clawing the wall with frustration )

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Marshall Lord

Mike Harmon's war on terror, book number four.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2008

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This is the fourth book in the series which began with "Ghost" and continued with "Kildar." I have seen the series described by the names of both those books and also "Paladin of SHadows."

Can I begin this review with an apology to Amazon customers for the convoluted title above, which results from an attempt on my part to correct how the book was originally wrongly described.

When "Unto the Breach" was first listed on Amazon, the words "Legacy of Aldenata" were wrongly given after the title. John Ringo's "Legacy of Aldenata" series are military SF set in a universe where Earth was invaded in 2005 by ravenous aliens called the Posleen: that series starts with "A Hymn before battle" and includes titles like "When the devil dances", "Cally's War" and "Hero.")

This book is nothing to do with the Posleen universe, so I fired off to Amazon a suggested correction, which has been accepted and implemented. Overestimating the sophistication of the systems involved, I included an explanation for the correction, which appears above as if it were part of the suggested description of this book. DOH !

"Unto the breach", like the second and third books in the series, is less outrageous, and a bit better written, than "Ghost" but still pushes the envelope hard in several places. As a rough litmus test, if you were strongly against the Iraq war, are very pro-feminist, or even slightly prudish, do your blood pressure a favour and refrain from touching this entire series with a ten foot barge-pole.

Former SEAL Mike Harmon, codename Ghost, after fighting and defeating a number of terrorist plots, has settled down in a remote valley in the country of Georgia where he bought the local castle. It turns out that the castle and associated farmland came with some feudal retainers, the Keldara, who accept him as their liege lord or "Kildar" - and if that sounds wierd and anachronistic at the start of the 21st century you ain't read nothing yet.

Since Chechen terrorists are a major nuisance in the area on both sides of the Georgian/Russian frontier, Mike Harmon has trained some of his Keldara as an anti-terrorist militia with the knowledge and support of the Georgian, Russian, and US governments. He has also smashed a criminal conspiracy in which senior figures in the governments of most of the world's most powerful governments were implicated. The guilty individuals concerned have been quietly removed from power, but now Mike Harmon has both friends and enemies in all those governments.

"Unto the breach" begins when unknown assailants raid a secret Russian weapons reseach establishment. It soon becomes apparent that a "doomsday weapon" has fallen into the hands of some of the worst possible people. Mike Harmon and the Keldara are asked to help deal with it - this may be the most important, and difficult, mission he has taken in his life.

The full "Paladin of Shadows" series currently consists of

Ghost
Kildar
Choosers of the Slain
Into the Breach
A Deeper Blue

John Ringo normally writes military SF and most of his offerings in that genre are extremely good. This series is about a freelance war on terror. In places, and especially in the first book, Ringo seems to be in grave danger of crossing the line between challenging the reader and going out of your way to see how many people you can offend. That goes even for his existing fans among military SF readers, who are probably neither the most prudish or left/liberal of audiences.

In fact the funniest part of "Unto the Breach" and all the other books in the series from "Kildar" onwards is not part of the main text - it is the disclaimer at the start of the books which at least demonstrates that Ringo understands and has a sense of humour about the controversy "Ghost" stirred up. That disclaimer is worth quoting in full, it reads as follows:

"This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. This book and series has no connection to reality. Any attempt by the reader to replicate any scene in this series is to be taken at the reader's own risk. For that matter, most of the actions of the main character are illegal under US and international law as well as most of the stricter religions in the world.

"There is no Valley of the Keldara. Heck, there is no Kildar. And the idea of some Scots and Vikings getting together to raid the Byzantine Empire is beyond ludicrous.

"The islands described in a previous book do not exist. Entire regions described in these books do not exist. Any attempt to learn anything from these books is disrecommended by the author, the publisher and the author's mother who wishes to state that he was a very nice boy and she doesn't know what went wrong."

Incidentally, that line about "any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental" is a classic example of a blatantly false statement which escapes being a lie only because both author and reader know that it's a legal fiction which he has to write and makes no attempt to fool anyone. Osama Bin Laden and Vladimir Putin appear in these books under their real names, certain other characters will instantly be recognised by any politically aware reader as corresponding to real world US politicians.

All five books in the series contain a great deal of violence, strongly expressed and very right-wing political views, and a lot of references to sex, always utterly politically incorrect and sometimes fairly explicit. My copies of these books are stored where my children can't get at them and will be until they are adults.

Provided you are not offended by the sex, violence and non-PC attitudes, these books can be quite exciting and entertaining in places. But I would advise feminists, left-wingers, and anyone even slightly prudish to save your money for something else.

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Another great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2018

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Another great read in their series. More action, sneaking about, battles and comedy. If you have read the others in the series this is a must. Still waiting on the story of class 201 though. Hope that is in the next book.

David Moreland

Great addition to the Series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2021

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Another great addition to the series and a great read superb action scenes

Dan Bushell

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Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2013

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Big fan of John Ringo and I love his Kildar series. Great reads for all of the books he has written in the series. Would highly recommend for people who like either military sci fi or just straight military books.

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