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aguazales's review
3.0
Decent. Plot was good, but its complexity and how characters came to conclusions were both a bit too unbelievable for me to think the book was fantastic
drtlovesbooks's review
4.0
SPACE NINJAS.
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I originally read this book when I was a pre-teen, when I would read just about any scifi book I could get my hands on. I didn't realize that this was the second of a trilogy, so I read it as a stand-alone. I can't imagine what I thought of this book thirty years ago, since it relies pretty heavily on the set-up from the first book.
OK, aliens have taken over Earth and her colonies. They're bigger and stronger and tougher than humans, but as the initial war was closing out, humans found a way to enhance their soldiers to a level that allowed them to compete with the invaders. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late. When the aliens took over, they installed loyalty conditioning in most of the remaining resistance, making it impossible for the humans to fight back.
But years after the alien take-over is complete, a resistance movement is growing, led by a small group of the remaining super-soldiers. There is a hope that the super-soldier serum can be rediscovered, and humans can rise up again. But they'll need the help of some unlikely allies, while dealing with betrayal from within their own ranks.
This book features the ragtag band of resistance fighters travelling to Earth in an attempt to find the original super-soldier base. That happens to be where the invaders have set up their largest defensive position. So the Blackcollars are going to have to think three steps ahead to avoid being captured.
Look, it's not great, but the nostalgia hit is going to earn it four stars!
What else do you need to know?
I originally read this book when I was a pre-teen, when I would read just about any scifi book I could get my hands on. I didn't realize that this was the second of a trilogy, so I read it as a stand-alone. I can't imagine what I thought of this book thirty years ago, since it relies pretty heavily on the set-up from the first book.
OK, aliens have taken over Earth and her colonies. They're bigger and stronger and tougher than humans, but as the initial war was closing out, humans found a way to enhance their soldiers to a level that allowed them to compete with the invaders. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late. When the aliens took over, they installed loyalty conditioning in most of the remaining resistance, making it impossible for the humans to fight back.
But years after the alien take-over is complete, a resistance movement is growing, led by a small group of the remaining super-soldiers. There is a hope that the super-soldier serum can be rediscovered, and humans can rise up again. But they'll need the help of some unlikely allies, while dealing with betrayal from within their own ranks.
This book features the ragtag band of resistance fighters travelling to Earth in an attempt to find the original super-soldier base. That happens to be where the invaders have set up their largest defensive position. So the Blackcollars are going to have to think three steps ahead to avoid being captured.
Look, it's not great, but the nostalgia hit is going to earn it four stars!
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