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Summary: Fantastic world...fantastic characters...great read!
Review: Just like the first 5 in the series this book rocks! I couldn't put it down. I think I read it in three sittings.....very long sittings...I'm not sure if I can wait for Number 7.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!
Review: One great book!!! Very exciting!@ Please make the next one thicker! Don't kill off Hawthorne!!Make the #8 book faster!!! Please!!!Worth the wait!!!
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Summary: Very good transition.
Review: Tanks and machine guns. Ha'ark has been forced to attack the Republic before he was absolutely ready, but the Republic buckles under pressure. This time both armies are modern and their leaders understand modern war. Also, expect the unexpected from Hans, who will turn the tide once more. A very interesting aspect of the series is how fallible Keane is. He inspires his people, but makes terrible mistakes that must be payed for with lots of blood later on. This destroys him little by little. Forstchen manages to make him very human, very far from a legend, and closer to what people really are. This book is transitional. Not as spectacular as those before, it still is very good and sets the stage for more to come. Also, a new major character is developed: the tank commander Timokin. And since Ferguson is dead, the technological edge that the Republic could always count on seems threatened. Read on.
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Summary: Very good transition.
Review: Tanks and machine guns. Ha'ark has been forced to attack the Republic before he was absolutely ready, but the Republic buckles under pressure. This time both armies are modern and their leaders understand modern war. Also, expect the unexpected from Hans, who will turn the tide once more. A very interesting aspect of the series is how fallible Keane is. He inspires his people, but makes terrible mistakes that must be payed for with lots of blood later on. This destroys him little by little. Forstchen manages to make him very human, very far from a legend, and closer to what people really are. This book is transitional. Not as spectacular as those before, it still is very good and sets the stage for more to come. Also, a new major character is developed: the tank commander Timokin. And since Ferguson is dead, the technological edge that the Republic could always count on seems threatened. Read on.
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Summary: When is this series going to end?
Review: The first 4 in the series were excellent, number 5 was very good, number 6 started to get boring. It has turned into a civil war series instead of a science fiction series. I think it's time for the tunnel of light to bring in another group of characters to interact with Keane and his cast of characters. That should liven things up a bit. Unfortunatly I'm sucked in and want to see how it ends.
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Summary: New Book in the Lost Regiment Series
Review: The next book in this series will be published in January 1999, under the title A BAND OF BROTHERS.
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Summary: Spine tingling ending. A new infuriating, maniacal tyrant.
Review: This book and the next instalment are almost inseperable due to the cliffhanger at the end, but the suspense pays off in a resounding fashion in 'A Band of Brothers.' It retains all the favorable qualities of the previous books that have enamored the Civil War, fantasy enthusiast in me.
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Summary: Another good release in this series!
Review: 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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Summary: History,action and adventure. Hits the bullseye!
Review: This, the most recent entry in the Lost Regiment series,is a excellent read. It show the ongoing maturity of the storyline. The entire concept is worthy of a large feature film. The sounds of warfare are in your ears as you hear the double loads of canister explode...the pounding of the charge of the enemy host is frightning. This reader waits rather anxious for the next installment. But..one complaint. WHY must the readers wait a year between books?
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Summary: The best of the series...so far.
Review: Until I began reading the series, I used to think that Drake, Stirling, Pournelle, Haldeman, Weber and Gerrold were the kings of the military sci fi genre. This latest installment of the Regiment takes the series to the top. Hard, gritty, powerful, bloody....it has it all. I can't wait for the next chapter.
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