The Sagittarius Command

Hm. So this wasn't too shabby (it's a good series to be fair), but The Sagittarius Command didn't blow my hair back in the same its predecessor (Wolf Star) did. Possibly, part of the problem is the fact that, by this point, all the shipboard action against the Gorgons are starting to feel a bit same-......more

Third in the USS Merrimack series. The year is 2445 CE, and Earth and the Palatine Empire (a neo-Roman group that broke away from Earth control a few generations ago) have declared a temporary truce in order to combat the Hive. The Hive cannot be reasoned with, cannot be stopped for long, and they w......more

I feel that giving a review consisting of twelve \o/ in a row might be considered a cop-out. But it's tempting. This book is a sequel to Wolf Star and The Myriad, which I have already reviewed, and both of which I've given four stars. This book skips ahead a year from Wolf Star, and picks up at the p......more

Farragut commands a task force that tracks down a major Hive vulnerability. Along with some marvelous characters, the author shows a gift for crafting desperate, seemingly hopeless battle scenes, ingenious strategems, and truly hilarious salacious banter. I have read some justified criticism about t......more

Realized, 2/3 of the way in, that I had already read this book, but finished it anyway. It's great fun, as are the 2 previous books of "The Tour of the Merrimack" series. Lots of great military sci-fi action, decent plot, great characters, a real page-turner.......more