Starfist: Lazarus Rising (Mass Market Paperback)

Meanwhile, on Kingdom, Dominic de Tomas had charged the members of the Ecumenical Council with profiteering and treason, seized control of the government, and executed all the theocrats. On a worldwide broadcast, he declared the defeat of the Skinks and announced his actions against the Council. Then he promised to present a new constitution and called upon everybody to start rebuilding their lives. It was a short and effective speech.

In this novel, Kingdom refugees are straggling back to their homes, unsure whether the "demons" will return or not. Kingdom forces are still searching for the Skinks and sometimes finding them in vaguely seen animals and even humans. Lieutenant Ben Loman thinks he finds the demons and wipes out a group of primitive humans, with one exception. Later he thinks he finds Skinks in a remote village and attacks a group of settlers, but this time he loses a reconnaissance car and its crew.

One group of refugees awakes within an iron cage in a Skink compound, bearing signs of rough treatment on their bodies, but none are able to remember so much as their name. The six find food and clothing within the buildings and begin to remember some things about themselves. They scout around the area outside the compound and discover a trail and a stream. They cannot agree on which to follow, so they split into two parties and go off looking for other humans.

This story mostly concerns the growing power of Dominic de Tomas, who is apparently redesigning the Kingdom government on the model of the Third Reich. He quickly organizes a social structure that involves his political party in every aspect of civilian life and starts moving into the military forces. The Confederation ambassador, Jayben Spears, soon recognizes the growing authoritarian structure, but is unable to effectively oppose the changes.

Like Hitler, de Tomas proves to be a charismatic figure and quickly establishes himself as a beloved leader. He unleashes all the power of the governmental propaganda ministry, appealing mainly to the working classes. His own Special Group troops are fanatically loyal to him. The young intellectuals are against him, but their parents are not. The SG are picking up his opponents and the discontented and either imprisoning or executing them. His power is growing every day. Then one of the SG units picks up a young woman within a deserted village and the tide starts to turn.

Highly recommended for Sherman and Cragg fans and for anyone who enjoys tales of underground resistance groups within a total dictatorship.

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the novel is also more of a love story than anything else between a marine, we all know who, and comfort brattle and colleen a fellow p.o.w. and the neo-nazi regime of kingdom isnt that bad at all. sigh..the say the least, get the book so you can have it for the collection, but id get the paperback version when that comes out. hopefully the next books and the runoof series of starfist:recon will be way better.

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