Category Military Fiction
Every war that America has been in has seen its share of post-war soldier memoirs, The Hooligans of Kandahar is one of the better ones to come out of America’s most recent war. Specifically, this semi-fictionalized account chronicles one infantry… Continue Reading →
Imagine that the seemingly intractable political divide between left and right in the US were to break out into civil war. That is the premise behind the first of these two books while the second examines what happens after. The… Continue Reading →
Black Tide Rising is an anthology of twelve short stories set in the world created by John Ringo in the series of the same name. The stories are uniformly good but as I am not a huge fan of short… Continue Reading →
Imperative is the seventh installment of the Starfire series that started with the publication of Insurrection in 1990. It details events in the universe from the Starfire games which were initially released as board games in 1979 but have continued… Continue Reading →
If have read some of the old-school thrillers of the 80’s and 90’s like Red Storm Rising, Flight of the Old Dog, or Red Phoenix then you will love Ghost Fleet. This is essentially an update of the Cold War… Continue Reading →
I should have kept complaining. I recently wrote a glowing review of the first book in the War Gods trilogyWar Dogs, unfortunately the second book Killing Titan is not as fast paced or interesting. In fact, I barely struggled through… Continue Reading →
I complained earlier this year about the lack of good science fiction. Well, I can quit complaining. War Dogs by Greg Bear is a very good book and just what I have been waiting for. This book is science fiction… Continue Reading →
I will admit that I am a fan of dystopian fiction. There is something about the idea that people can lose everything and persevere that I find a cross between fascinating and uplifting. It also helps that modern conditions are… Continue Reading →
I have read all of Michael Z Williamson’s previous books and found them to be excellent combat sci-fi with a little politics and social commentary thrown in. A Long Time Until Now is not excellent. In fact, it was a total… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author and/or publisher. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] The Funny Thing About War by Al Campo is part… Continue Reading →
Old Soldiers is an older book but one I just got around to reading. It is another foray by David Weber into the Concordiat universe created by Keith Laumer and populated by the sentient AI tanks known as BOLOs. I you have… Continue Reading →
Bolo! by David Weber is kind of an anthology and kind of a series of related novels, I cannot decide which. Regardless, it is a solid offering from Weber, of Honorverse fame. The book is 388 pages and consists of 4… Continue Reading →
I will admit up front that I normally shy away from historical fiction like it is the plague. Gulf War Ghosts has made me rethink that position. This is historical fiction that uses a historical period as the setting but dos… Continue Reading →
Under a Graveyard Sky & To Sail a Darkling Sea together are yet another excellent offering from John Ringo, one of the masters at writing combat sci fi today. These are the first two books in the Black Tide Rising series, the next book… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] I get 5-10 requests a month from publishers and authors to review… Continue Reading →