- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Titan Publishing Company (Sep 1 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0857688618
- ISBN-13: 978-0857688613
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,168,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A gripping tale of military science fiction, in the tradition of Heinlein's STARSHIP TROOPERS and Haldeman's FOREVER WAR." (Absolute Magnitude)"
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The USA reigns over Earth as the last surviving superpower. To build a society free of American influence, foreign countries have inhabited the moon. Under orders from the US military, Sergeant Ethan Stark and his squadron must train to fight a desperate enemy in an airless atmosphere. Ensuring his team's survival means choosing which orders to obey and which to ignore...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Military Sci-Fi - Battles on the moon - Promotion at all costs - One Sergeant says enough !!,
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This review is from: Stark's War (Mass Market Paperback)
Jack Campbell spins another space opera, this time on the moo, in this the first book in the Starks Was trilogy.Stark is just a simple Segeant who finds himself with the most incompetent senior officers. It's really not their fault as they are micro managed by the next step up the military ladder and those at that level are in fact micromanaged by their bosses. The big bosses rotate through every 6 months to add another location to their resume in their quest for promotion. Now that a direct video feed is available from troops in the field there must be action action action. Even if it has to be created at the expense of the lives of those involved. After all, good ratings make for faster promotions and field staff are just assets to be used to attain your promotional goals. On a regular basis Stark sort of inprovises, particularly as it relates to the 12 people in his squad, and he has been successful to this point. However the current campaign involves throwing as many troops as possible at the enemy with the intent of shocking them. That really doesn't work on the moon as thousands of troops who are advancing on order, are slaughtered with even more put forward as sacrifices. Stark endures it for a short period of time but soon feels compelled to act before everyone else dies. To what ends will Stark move ? Is Stark leadership material or just a hot head ? Is the new strategy, unsuccessfully used by Napolean, actualy going to work on the moon ? Lots of top class military sci fi from one of the best in the field Highly recommended book and series Other two books in the trilogy are Stark's Command and Stark's Crusade
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorites,
By KrazyKid (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stark's War (Mass Market Paperback)
I am very excited that this trilogy is being re-released. My current copies are very dog-eared because they have been read so frequently. Since it was out of publication, many of my friends were borrowing them from me and everyone has asked to re-read them many times over. I hope that a kindle version will be released as well.I understand that some people argue that it is not 'realistic' to have the combat described in the trilogy on the moon, but if you are able to put this aside I think you will enjoy the book. As you read through the trilogy you do learn more about the characters. Stark is one of my favorite characters, and I highly recommend this trilogy.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Readable Military SF,
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This review is from: Stark's War (Mass Market Paperback)
OK, I picked up the book, and like so many other people here I could not put it down until I finished it (the last time I did that I was reading "The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted")My only peeve is the book turned out to be part of another "triology" or something, so I felt cheated. People have accused the author of milking it, but I know publishers are big on pushing these things, and actually refusing to buy works unless they are made into triologies, so don't always blame the author! On the other hand... One can tell which writers are ex-military and Hemry is one of them. You can feel the military funkiness. Not only that, but he writes clear, coherently and intelligently (more than I can say for 80% of what passes for military science fiction these days). And the book is an unpretentious, to-the-point story about soldiers caught in a moon war (the very first one by the looks of it), and how they try to get through the whole blasted thing in one piece. Unlike other writers of military SF, Hemry is has no pretense, only a story to tell. There is no "buckle your seat belt because all heck is gonna break loose" type of attitude so prevalent in other works of military SF, nor the hip-swinging, gloating, bragging, punning and hot air also prevalent in other works of this type. Stark and his guys are just a group of soldiers stuck in dire circumstances in which they try to do their best to survive. Story-wise, I had to wince once more at the tough female militray personality that seems to be the staple in these types of books (just go into the military and tell me how many females you see in the frontline combat arms). Also, I can't believe I had to read two to four pages of Stark feeling sorry for himself (oh well, maybe that's keeping it real). And finally, the big crisis at the end gets resolved a bit too quickly and conveniently for my tastes (a coup? on the moon? during war? piece of cake!) But the story plays, and in the end, it keeps you wanting to come back and see how the whole thing turns out (yes (argh!) by reading the sequels!). At least it's a story worth finishing.
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