Somebody was testing a planet—killing weapon on Mars—and the next target was Earth
Mars is the staging ground. Earth is the target. A storm of invasion gathers as the Red Planet pales and Earth scientists � amateurs and professionals alike � race to discover what it portends. Worse news: the horde of self-replicating probes suspected as the cause � implacable and all-consuming in its own right � may be only the tip of a full-scale assault.
Ideas — the only useful weapon when facing an adversary an order of magnitude more advanced than you are. But against such an enemy, thought without action is as futile as war-making without a plan. Humanity's hope The "straddlers": intelligent soldiers who know their science — and fighting scientists who have no scruples about using their smarts to kick some alien butt. Yet even with the right people finally on the job, the hour is late.
For Mars glows red again. And the swarm is nearly upon us!
Multiple New York Times and USA Today best-seller John Ringo rocks our world as hard as he did with his ground-breaking "Posleen War" series, teaming with NASA and DOD scientist Travis S. Taylor, a specialist in advanced propulsion and space telescopes — and popular author of Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection — to usher in a new saga of invasion, resistance and heroism!
"If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo."
—Philadelphia Weekly Press on New York Times best-seller John Ringo.
"[S]timulating and satisfying speculation."
—Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor's The Quantum Connection.
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GoodA good read, made better by the absence of Ringo's usual political ramblings, and not enough length to be able to redshirt his more interesting characters. The science is believable and apparently well researched, making this one of the more realistic of Ringo's (and Taylor's, for that matter) forays into science fiction.
He should have stayed out of the arcane world of network engineering, however. Using a network hub in a complex, high speed LAN configuration, seriously? They didn't even make them anymore at the time this was published, and for good reason.Posted on
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Product ReviewVery challenging read but very enjoyable.
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Product ReviewI'm giving this book 3 stars because I can't give it 2
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Product ReviewGood story, Pretty cool how its based off a theory from a mathamatician in the 50s but is it a standalone or is there ever going to be another book?
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Product ReviewAgain Mr. Ringo comes up with a great idea. Then he supports this idea with research and clear descriptions of them. Then he does it again,
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Product ReviewThis a rehash of everything Ringo has done before, some interesting tech ideas for the weapons, but the story was gawdaful. Physics Babes at Hooters would be a better title.
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