On the colony planet of Terra Nova, Carrera has achieved his revenge, destroying those who had destroyed his life by killing his wife and children in a terrorist strike. And, with this help of his second wife, he has thwarted an attempted coup that would have restored the rule of the oligarchy and undone his hard-won victory. But his fight is not over yet...
The problem of the Tauran Union's control of the Transitway between Terra Nova and Earth remains, as does the problem of the nuclear armed United Earth Peace Fleet, orbiting above the planet. The Taurans will not leave, and the Balboans—a proud people, with much recent success in war - will not tolerate that they should remain.
And yet, with one hundred times the population and three or four hundred times the wealth, the Tauran Union outclasses little Balboa in almost every way, even without the support of Old Earth. Sadly, they have that support. Everything, everyone, will have to be used to finish the job of freeing the country and, if possible, the planet. The children must fight. The old must serve, too. And the women?
This is their story, the story of Balboa's Tercio Amazona, the Amazon Regiment.
About the Author
Tom Kratman, in 1974 at age seventeen, became a political refugee and defector from the PRM (People's Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army. He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life, returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch. Before turning to writing, he practiced law in southwest Virginia. Baen has published his novels, A State of Disobedience, A Desert Called Peace and its sequels Carnifex, The Lotus Eaters and now The Amazon Legion, as well as his stand alone novel, Caliphate and three collaborations with John Ringo in the Posleen War series: Watch on the Rhine, Yellow Eyes and The Tuloriad.
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Product ReviewA very good entry into the series, The Amazon Legion provides a detailed look into the formation of a women's unit in the Legion. The only vice this seems to have is that it's trying to describe one of the Amazona's experiences during the invasion without giving up too much details of the war itself, that leaves some board holes in the overall plot. And although the two appendixes help explaining some things what's sorely lacking are some maps. I think that it will become a far better book when read in sequence with the other planned instalments.
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Product ReviewQuite good but not up to the previous volumes in this series.
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Product ReviewA bit fragmented but overall a good read. If this is the stuff that is going on in the background of the next book it will be outstanding.
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Product ReviewYes, this was probably an expansion of the main battle between Balboa and its enemies. Yes, it does references pieces of that *larger war*. However, the story is sufficiently compelling, and broad, that it required a separate volume. Kratman's occasional philosophical dialogues hark back to Robert Heinlien--but they have a place in the here and now of our day as well. I felt my ARC price was fair for a very engaging read. NOW, on to the main event!
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Product ReviewIt would have worked well as a series of short stories or cut down in a part of a longer book. Also it is re-telling the story of the struggles and hassles of basic training which is the third time in all of his books on webscriptions, dragging things out a bit too much at this stage. Finally the story just doesn't gel with the story arc as he's built up so far. The book seems to be book number 3.25 rather than book 4 in the series. Shame really as the first three are tight, consistent, flow logically and read well. Hopefully the proper book 4 will get back on track. This is the 2nd ARC I've purchased of his and probably the last as Countdown: The Liberators-ARC deeply disappointed also.
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