Dust World Undying Mercenaries Series Book 2 eBook B V Larson
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The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder.
In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is thirty-five lightyears away. The Legion commanders have a secret plan of their own. And then there's James McGill, who was never too good at listening to authority in the first place...
In DUST WORLD, book two of the Undying Mercenaries Series, McGill is promoted to Specialist and sent to a frontier planet outside the Empire. Earth's status within the Empire will never be the same.
Dust World Undying Mercenaries Series Book 2 eBook B V Larson
In general I like the universe and environment created by the author.However, I do have some issues regarding some consistencies and character development of the main character.
For character development, the main character seems to be the all-American, tall, muscular, blue-eyed, playboy. Who is led by virtuous moral principles and a loud gung-ho way of shoving those principles up peoples behind. That kind of characteristics work great if you are a solo ops spec unit, master of your own ship or some such, where you are not part of a larger unit and responsible for not only looking after your self and the man next to you but after the entire unit as well. Personally, if I was serving in the same unit as McGill, I would have put a bullet through him, just to save myself and my unit. As there have been times in the story where he had totally disregarded his unit and those he was leading just to ensure his own goals.
As for consistency, towards then end, McGill turned traitor, turned of his comm link, then was killed but managed to get revived, even though no one knew he died. If they could detect his life signs, then the unit would know where he was and what he was doing.
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Dust World Undying Mercenaries Series Book 2 eBook B V Larson Reviews
Book Two in a great series. I read this the night after I read the first one. It sucked me in, kept me entertained and kicked me out at the end wanting more. Isn't that what you want from a light reading book?
Building on the galactic empire scenario created in Book One - Steel World - and developing both the human characters and the ideas introduced there the author uses interesting plot twists and good action scenes to keep you hooked. We see the highs and lows of the human experience from conqueror to culturally reverted descendants of colonists to genetically modified slaves of an alien species; while getting satisfying tours of a well imagined universe and well written battles. The central concept of the troops - regeneration - has interesting implications for both the conduct of battle and for the human experience of death. This is explored throughout this series through the eyes of the central character.
All of this is done in a highly entertaining story though. Well worth buying.
Mr. Larson takes some well traveled paths and injects just enough new ideas to make them seem fresh. His writing is smooth, his future is internally consistent, and his characters are believable. In other words, he comes quite close in the quality of his books to the old "classics", when writers like Asimov, Van Vogt, Clarke, and Heinlein were making sci-fi a popular genre and staked out most of the framework for all that followed. Among current authors, I would compare Mr. Larson to Marko Kloos, but the addition of the alien technology that makes possible revival machines -- thus, "undying mercenaries" -- elevates this series to the top.
Varus Legion has been sent to investigate reports of lost human colonists and end up encountering more than that. By the end, they must answer to the Galactics. The action is, as usual, fierce enough to require a great deal of use of the revival machines, the protection of which is always paramount. Great stuff!
I like B.V. Larson's books, but I wish he would at least give a passing nod to Jack Vance. Those of us who love Vance will recognized big chunks of Vance's The Dragon Masters in both Steel World and Dust World, even to the point of calling creatures "Juggers" and "Trackers". In Dust World, a people live in caves, fearing the technological race which visits them periodically, enslaves them and conducts breeding experiments to produce monstrous semi-humans. Humans have to storm the ship..yikes, that's nearly a plot-steal.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Vance has been flattered heavily.
Regardless, Larson can move a story along, he'll surprise you and keep you interested.
I once thought being a soldier was tough but this guy has it really tough! Specialist McGill has the unfortunate pleasure of getting killed, some times very gruesomely, and coming back to life with his memory intact! That wouldn't be pleasant! Bad enough getting shot and living through the recovery with the memory of that pain, but to die and come back again! I don't know. Makes for interesting reading though.
It seems to me that with their regeneration machine, the military would rely on a lot less people knowing that the ones dying will be coming back in a little while. I guess you just have to keep the current battle going long enough for the recycling to get done! Man, what a way to fight!
McGill gets a lot of attention in this story. He puts himself in a lot of situation where he shouldn't be but is lucky enough to figure a way out of his trouble usually without getting himself killed, usually. Now that he's a big gun guy, he gets to lead from the front most of the time. That's not the best place to be but he manages most of the time.
I think the story line is pretty good. This was a little different in that one of the supposed enemies were distantly related humans and not so easy to attack and wipe out. Still, there is a good set of bad aliens that need obliterating. Good writing along with a good story.
I hope the series continues. I'll be buying them as fast as they are written.
In general I like the universe and environment created by the author.
However, I do have some issues regarding some consistencies and character development of the main character.
For character development, the main character seems to be the all-American, tall, muscular, blue-eyed, playboy. Who is led by virtuous moral principles and a loud gung-ho way of shoving those principles up peoples behind. That kind of characteristics work great if you are a solo ops spec unit, master of your own ship or some such, where you are not part of a larger unit and responsible for not only looking after your self and the man next to you but after the entire unit as well. Personally, if I was serving in the same unit as McGill, I would have put a bullet through him, just to save myself and my unit. As there have been times in the story where he had totally disregarded his unit and those he was leading just to ensure his own goals.
As for consistency, towards then end, McGill turned traitor, turned of his comm link, then was killed but managed to get revived, even though no one knew he died. If they could detect his life signs, then the unit would know where he was and what he was doing.
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