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Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock has had a really bad year.
Bad enough to be the spoiled rotten fop of a prince sent off on a meaningless diplomatic mission, simply to get you out from underfoot. Worse yet to be marooned on a hell-hole planet while you and your bodyguard of Marines fight your way through carnivorous beasts and murderous natives to the only starport....which is controlled by the Empire's worse enemies and there is more and more that makes the year bad.
But the Galaxy is about to receive a fresh proof of an old truism:
You don't mess with a MacClintock.
Bad enough to be the spoiled rotten fop of a prince sent off on a meaningless diplomatic mission, simply to get you out from underfoot. Worse yet to be marooned on a hell-hole planet while you and your bodyguard of Marines fight your way through carnivorous beasts and murderous natives to the only starport....which is controlled by the Empire's worse enemies and there is more and more that makes the year bad.
But the Galaxy is about to receive a fresh proof of an old truism:
You don't mess with a MacClintock.
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Ringo and Webber do it again! Rip-roaring space opera!
Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock, noble scion of the Empire, has had a really bad year. It was bad enough being the spoiled rotten fop of a prince sent off on a meaningless diplomatic mession, simply to get you out from underfoot. Worse yet to be marooned on a hell-hole planet while you and your bodyguard of Marines fight your way through carnivorous beasts and murderous natives to the only starport--which is controlled by the Empire's worst enemies. Worst of all to have discovered that you were born to be a warrior prince. A warrior prince who wants to have a few choice words with your Lady Mother, the Empress of Man.
But to have them, you, your surviving Marines, and your Mardukan allies must cross a demon-haunted ocean, seize a heavily defended spaceport and hijack a starship to take you home.
Yet what neither Roger, nor his Marinnes and allies know is that the battle to leave Marduk is only the beginning. But that's all right. Because the Galaxy is about to receive fresh proof of an old truism: YOU DON'T MESS WITH A MACCLINTOCK!
Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock, noble scion of the Empire, has had a really bad year. It was bad enough being the spoiled rotten fop of a prince sent off on a meaningless diplomatic mession, simply to get you out from underfoot. Worse yet to be marooned on a hell-hole planet while you and your bodyguard of Marines fight your way through carnivorous beasts and murderous natives to the only starport--which is controlled by the Empire's worst enemies. Worst of all to have discovered that you were born to be a warrior prince. A warrior prince who wants to have a few choice words with your Lady Mother, the Empress of Man.
But to have them, you, your surviving Marines, and your Mardukan allies must cross a demon-haunted ocean, seize a heavily defended spaceport and hijack a starship to take you home.
Yet what neither Roger, nor his Marinnes and allies know is that the battle to leave Marduk is only the beginning. But that's all right. Because the Galaxy is about to receive fresh proof of an old truism: YOU DON'T MESS WITH A MACCLINTOCK!
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I've really enjoyed this series so far. Good solid military sf
really good read.. the series is seamless and hard to put down.
another volume in the prince roger series, good reading, fair plot and characterization.
I really enjoyed the whole series. Just finished the last one (We Few) over the holiday break. While I do occasionally get bogged down in the battle details, they seem to be well thought out.
Are there any more in the pipeline for this series?
Are there any more in the pipeline for this series?
This was the most disappointing David Weber involved novel I have had the displeasure of reading. Of course, I did not have access to the first two books in what turns out to be a four book series, so obviously missed a lot of background information. On the other hand, if I had access to book one, I would never have seen this one, I'm sure.
This just does not qualify as Science Fiction ... except for references to a star-spanning 'empire'. And it does not even have anything remotely approaching a conclusion. I was sucked in by the name David Weber on the cover, thinking in terms of the Honorverse. This comes no closer to that than the Safehold series. If you want a bit of an education into terms used in sailing ships, then this is the book series for you ... there are at least 120 pages of that!
This just does not qualify as Science Fiction ... except for references to a star-spanning 'empire'. And it does not even have anything remotely approaching a conclusion. I was sucked in by the name David Weber on the cover, thinking in terms of the Honorverse. This comes no closer to that than the Safehold series. If you want a bit of an education into terms used in sailing ships, then this is the book series for you ... there are at least 120 pages of that!
