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The seventh Legion of the Damned novel (after 2004's For Those Who Fell) continues the unapologetically brutal military SF saga with a pedal-to-the-metal plot jam-packed with intrigue, deep space adventure and futuristic combat. With an interstellar war looming, Marcott Nankool, the president and CEO of the Confederacy of Sentient Beings, and his entourage are captured by the Ramanthians, a ruthless insectoid race bent on nothing short of complete dominion over all other intelligent species. Keeping their identities a secret, the POWs are shipped to a labor camp on a remote jungle planet about to become the hatching ground for billions of newborn (and ravenous) Ramanthians. Against the orders of the ambitious and unethical vice president, Legion Gen. William Booly and Capt. Antonio Santana mount an all but impossible rescue mission. Blending hardcore military fiction with elements of sociological science fiction à la Alan Dean Foster's Commonwealth saga, this adrenaline-fueled Clancyesque adventure is Dietz in top form. (Oct.)
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From the NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR of When Duty Calls.
Captured by the alien Ramanthians, diplomat Christine Vanderveen must protect the Confederacy?s President from both their captors and fellow prisoners. But rescue is on the way, led by Lieutenant Tonio Sanchez, Vanderveen?s former lover, who must try to set aside his personal feelings for the sake of the mission.
Captured by the alien Ramanthians, diplomat Christine Vanderveen must protect the Confederacy?s President from both their captors and fellow prisoners. But rescue is on the way, led by Lieutenant Tonio Sanchez, Vanderveen?s former lover, who must try to set aside his personal feelings for the sake of the mission.
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action-packed graphic military science fiction thriller, Oct 28 2007
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: When All Seems Lost (Hardcover)
The interstellar war with the ruthless Ramanthians remains heated as the vicious insectoid race fights to the death with no rules except to win. They physically overwhelm their opponents on the battlefield by accepting mass deaths on their side in order to subjugate as slaves any survivors of their pandemic slaughter.The Ramanthians are unaware they captured President Marcott Nankool, the head of their strongest adversary, Confederacy of Sentient Beings. They send him to a labor camp where the POWs slave until they wish to die before they become food for the billions of hatchlings. One of Nankool's incarcerated aids, human diplomat Christine Vanderveen knows that any one of his loyal supporters could give away the president's identity in exchange for better conditions, which means death. She will kill anyone who might betray the president.
Ambitious Vice President Leo Jakov orders the military to do nothing as he insists Nankool is dead and he is the president. However, Legion General William Booly ignores the unimpressive buffoon and assigns Captain Antonio Santana to lead a volunteer suicidal rescue mission that Tonio accepts because his beloved Christine is one of the prisoners.
William Dietz is known for his action-packed graphic military science fiction thrillers (see FOR MORE THAN GLORY and FOR THOSE WHO FELL). His latest Legion of the Damned novel is all that, but much more as the author uses the conflict to enable fans to look deeply inside the various cultures. As expected, the Ramanthians are the most interesting as their society accepts the loss of millions in combat. The human and other alien prisoners form a prisoner group that initially bands around keeping Nankool safe; but becoming hatchery food makes everyone reconsider. The military and the politicians also have contrasting subgroups, as the politicos are self serving while the military are heroic. Mr. Dietz's legions of fans will appreciate WHEN ALL SEEMS LOST.
Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dietz has another winner, Mar 16 2009
By W. K. Kennedy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: When All Seems Lost: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read all of Dietz's works and found the newest of Legion of the Damned a good read.
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this book not lost, Nov 25 2008
By R. Phillips "bert" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: When All Seems Lost: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned (Mass Market Paperback)
this book is well written like most of Mr. Dietz work. If you have followed the legion series then this is a must have.
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