Choices are made, not always in time and not always for the best but it always comes down to a few well defined lines, the chief of those being if you mess with the human race, you might win but the butchers bill will probably break you in the end.
A good distant cousin to War of the Worlds, The Thing, and any one of a couple of dozen films since the early 1950s, the film conjures up images of John Wayne or Lee Marvin leading commandos against the enemy or Luke Skywalker blasting Imperial fighters over the Death Star, while still remaining amazingly original.
But the best part? The material the good guys have to use to come up with ideas on fighting the invaders. Does a Fan Boy good to know our knowledge won't be wasted.
Once more, a first-class science fiction story delivered by a reliable Master and a new written word Artist.
John Ringo is author of the New York Times best-selling Posleen War series (which includes A Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front, When the Devil Dances, and Hell's Faire), and is one of the finest new science fiction writers in years. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction. He had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time he graduated high school.
Travis S. Taylor is the author of Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection for Baen. He has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past 16 years. He presently is at work on varying advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, and next generation space launch concepts. "Doc" Travis is also a black belt martial artist, a private pilot, a scuba diver, has raced mountain bikes, competed in triathlons, and has been the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of several hard rock bands.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net, which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States. Nice work!