Patriots

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Summary: Entertaining but Unremarkable Drake
Review: A good read, but Drake has done better. Some of the events and character decisions just didn't quite ring true. Enjoyable, and worth reading for those who like David Drake's work. If you don't know Drake's work yet, go find a copy of THE FORLORN HOPE or WITH THE LIGHTNINGS or perhaps KILLER.

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Summary: A better book from a fine writer.
Review: David Drake has made the "smash them flat" style of futureistic military fiction his own. However, in his newest book, "Patriots", he has drawn the plot development and characters with a much finer pen. The closest, and in my mind, most complimentary comparison I can make is that this book reads like a Bob Heinlein book. The book contains all of the successful elements of Heinlein's, a younger lead, an older mentor and a romantic interest. This mixture is lead into a revolution, almost a cliche, but well handled, in a humerous way. The book is not the Great American Novel, but it is an entertaining way of spending an evening or two. Try it! You might like it and then you might want to go back and re-read some of the Alois Hammer books and see where David Drake has come from.

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Summary: Hoping for a follow-up
Review: In Patriots, it appears that Drake is setting up a Sci-fi American Revolution. Events appear to be leading up to a revolution anyway. This book appears to be a setup for a whole series. Very good characters, well thought out, it just doesn't feel complete. So come on Mr. Drake, tell me the rest of this story as only you can.

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Summary: patriots: a good sci-fi book for starters
Review: The book Patriots is about a group of people that settled on the planet Greenwood. These people must defend their homeland against people from Earth and other planets that are intending to take over the planet. These invaders see big profits in Greenwood and are motivated by greed. The people from Greenwood show their would be invaders that they will not back down easily. I thought that the author's portrayal of the characters was very realistic, and the way they reacted to the situation that they were in, was portrayed very well. However, the story suddenly ended abruptly at the end of the book, as if something was missing. I think that the author should write a continuation of this story. Overall, this is a good book for someone that wants to read a Sci-fi novel that is not very long, and is very intersting for anyone who wants to get started with Sci-fi novels.