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Regarding your reference to w.e.b. Griffin!

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2019

My first book from w.e.b. I've read, happened to be "the Corps 1" which introduced McCoy. As a consequence I've purchased all books by this author.
Always on lookout for authors whose works are appealing to me I'd ran across Omega Force and Joshua right off advanced to the top of my Sciefi writers list and this latest book definitely cements him there.
Joshua's reference to McCoy in w.e.b. Griffin's "Corps" sure helped my understanding of the parallel in writing style, and I'm looking forward to a continuation of both series by Joshua, which will no doubt get top rating by me for every individual book.
Sincerely, Joe

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Shane Pruyne

I'll dive into "Omega Force" before I tackle the next book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019

Three and a half stars. I need to qualify this, I came to Joshua Dalzelle through "The Black Fleet Trilogy" and not "Omega Force". When I saw a "new" trilogy I was ready to dive in. This is new but it takes place firmly in the "Omega Force" universe. Having not read this series I felt like I was missing half the story. There is background and history that are not divulged in this book and it left me scrambling.

I like the overall story and the primary characters are interesting. Dalzelle tells a good tale and keeps his characters largely realistic. This particular edition was rife with editing misses. Misused and double words abound. Good but not great. I think I'll finally dive into "Omega Force" before I tackle the next book. I will definitely be reading both.

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Shane Pruyne

I'll dive into "Omega Force" before I tackle the next book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019

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ilbob

good enough

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019

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I bought this book after reading the sample. It tells the story of a genetically enhanced human who becomes an intelligence operative for the Earth space navy.

The story could have been a lot more subtle, and it would probably have been better for more subtlety, but I am not sure the author is capable of doing so. I would have given it another star if it had a little more plausibility on the intelligence side of things. It read more like a seek and destroy mission than an intelligence operation at times.

Even so it was mostly a fun read, if not a real long one.

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Regarding your reference to w.e.b. Griffin!

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2019

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Jeffrey S. Meyer

Buckle up Buttercup this ride is going to be a wild one

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019

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Great new direction/perspective in the Omega Force space. It was a fun read as we follow Jacob through this adventure that gives numerous subtle nods to the Omega Force gang though never crossing paths but definitely making his own way. I was looking forward to his interaction with the Galvetic Legions that abruptly got cancelled. This is going to be interesting going forward as Jacob will continue to cross paths with the numerous aliens that have had encounters with his father and crew. I could see Jacob in the future meeting Kaleai Kolera, The Viper or a Avarian Princess.

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raymond rothfeldt

A terrific branch in the Omega Force universe

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019

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Let me start off by saying the only reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is due to the editing and proofing. That would rate 1 star. The story is definitely worthy of 5 stars.

If you've read the Omega Force series, you're aware that Jason Burke fathered a son at the end of Savage Homecoming. You're also aware that because of the political situation surrounding Jason's twice saving his home world from alien annihilation, he never had a relationship with his son, except by proxy through a Navy commander and a CIA spy.

This is that son's story.

Jacob Brown is introduced to us as senior cadet at the prestigious Terranovus Academy, where officers for Earth's fledgling space navy are made. He's got a chip on his shoulder the size of the Empire State building, and for good reason. His father, considered Earth's greatest traitor, knocked up his mother and never even had the decency to send a birthday card. What's more, Jacob has been both blessed and cursed with some of his father's attributes: superhuman speed and strength, and a white-hot temper that's landed him in trouble often during his academy training.

Then one day, Jacob is essentially shanghaid into the Marine Corps. His new CO is a man who knows his father; his immediate supervisor owes Jason Burke his life. What follows is Jacob's tale along two tracks. He not only has to take operational control of a covert mission gone sideways, he must also try and come to grips with the fact that his father is anything but a traitor. Along the way, he'll need to ferret out a real traitor, match wits with some of the galaxy's most talented spies, solve a murder and rescue his covert team. Oh, and he'll also need to keep his wits about him because he'll find himself face-to-face with the most talented and ruthless mobster in the quadrant.

If it sounds like there's action aplenty, that's because there is. There's also a good dose of humor , plenty of suspense and some reflective parts. In short, this is an absolute page turner.

By the way, if you're unfamiliar with the Omega Force characters, fear not. This book functions as a stand-alone just fine, with enough explanation of OF details that you won't feel lost.

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Great stuff. Definitely worth your time

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2019

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This book is a great first entry in a new story line. Everything makes sense, and there aren't any clunky character interactions that I picked up on at least.

The overlap with characters from the Omega force series is nice, but not so extensive that you have to read that series to understand this one.

My biggest complaint is with the editing. I noticed a bunch of words that were out of place or changed the meaning of a sentence.

If you enjoyed this book, I strongly recommend the Omega force series. Very similar writing style with a little more comedy thrown in.

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Fish

Just an average story.

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019

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Good start, but too many details got fudged or just slicked over. Technical data was at times both better and worse than the other species had. Time needed for things like travel between planets varied by the need of the incident, not physics (real or postulated). Consistency was poor.

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Sondor

Boring and full of tropes

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020

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The story itself was pretty unoriginal, following the same route as countless other novels have.

Every action plot twist was fairly predictable. The things that weren't predictable were only that way because the readers were kept completely in the dark about it. Characters seemed to know certain facts or details seemingly by magic, which only created more confusion.

The main character should have died on multiple occasions, but had plot armor so thick that it felt like the universe itself was trying to keep him alive. For example, someone shoots him once in the back, grazes him in the head, and then tells him not to move, and holds him hostage at gunpoint?

Why would you attempt to kill someone, just to stop so abruptly for absolutely no reason?

Answer: Plot Armor.

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Mark Joseph

Pleasant military SF read

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2020

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Straightforward, well-written, consistently entertaining yarn, which both avoids some of the obvious pitfalls into which other authors might have fallen, and restores a bit of my confidence in the possibility of a modern science fiction novel actually being enjoyable, rather than a nose-holding slog through “woke” asshattery. You know what? After reading this book, I have no idea what color the protagonist Jacob Brown’s skin is, nor that of any of his fellow marines. Nor do I care, since as Martin Luther King advised, I judge people by the content of their characters, not the color of their skin. Compare this to most recent science fiction and fantasy, in which each character’s skin color is described at excruciating length and in spectrophotometric detail, while the characters themselves babble in about it like a bunch of 19th-century colonial wives.

Anyhow, a fun read, with a couple of cool plot twists, decent character development, and zero effort to kowtow to the PC gestapo. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

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Sam

Great new series.

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019

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Good characters and storytelling. I like the way the story is put together. The story does have "hero" characters that are predictable, but in building the characters it makes sense that the reader would predict how a known character would react. Anyway....that's my two cents. Please keep the series coming. Great universe.

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