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4.0 out of 5 stars
Another good release in this series!, Sep 23 2002
This is the sixth installment of the series. Haark is back ain as the evil Bantag leader. In the previous book, he had arrived through one of the "tunnels of light" from a world that is roughly 100 years ahead of Civil War era Earth. He is aware of many advanced technologies...The humans are still struggling to throw off the bonds of the Bantag and the Merki. The Merki are licking their wounds to the West and appear to be out of the war for the time being. However, the Bantag have been sitting in the Chin cities for two years developing new weapons and training in tactics under Haark. When the strike finally comes, the humans are ill prepared to counter it. It is one retreat after another. Of the three large human armies, two are cut off and surrounded. Hans with an army of over 50,000 is stranded the farthest away. Over 200 miles to the coast and 500 miles to the nearest human city. Keane and O'Donnal are stranded to the south near the Great sea with an army of around 40,000 including several thousand wounded in the opening battle. The third army, under Hawethorne, is held in reserve. It numbers around 80,000. Hans decides to retreat towards the sea instead of back to the city. His retreat is across open steppe. His orders to the soldiers are walk or die. Wounded are left behind with a weapon and ammo. New weapons are introduced by both sides in this conflict. Haark comes up with winged flyers, mortars, and land ironclads. The humans come up with faster and more menueverable flyers, armor piercing artillery rounds, and a secret weapon at the end.... This is a book on a grand scale. Several large, continuous battles. Not as fast paced as previous books, but it sets the groundwork for the next book which should be very action packed.
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by William Forstchen
by William Forstchen
by William Forstchen
by William Forstchen
by William Forstchen
