Angles of Attack (Frontlines, #3)

Posted on 04 December 2017 by Marko Kloos

The alien forces known as the Lankies are gathering on the solar system s edge, consolidating their conquest of Mars and setting their sights on Earth The far off colony of New Svalbard, cut off from the rest of the galaxy by the Lanky blockade, teeters on the verge of starvation and collapse The forces of the two Earth alliances have won minor skirmishes but are in danger of losing the war For battle weary staff sergeant Andrew Grayson and the ragged forces of the North American Commonwealth, the fight for survival is entering a catastrophic new phase.Forging an uneasy alliance with their Sino Russian enemies, the NAC launches a hybrid task force on a long shot a stealth mission to breach the Lanky blockade and reestablish supply lines with Earth Plunging into combat against a merciless alien species that outguns, outmaneuvers, and outfights them at every turn, Andrew and his fellow troopers could end up cornered on their home turf, with no way out and no hope for reinforcement And this time, the struggle for humanity s future can only end in either victory or annihilation. Read Angles of Attack (Frontlines, #3) – kino-fada.fr What is it about third books in Space Opera that always brings us back home to Sol for a shootout for the fate of Earth Just curious Kloos is piecing together the fractured forces of humanity and is giving us a very, very slight hope against all these overwhelming odds.Oh, who am I kidding People are still people and fractured is what we are Is our distant colony going to starve, can our heroes breath through the blockade around earth to bring resources Can Grayson ever meet up with his w What is it about third books in Space Opera that always brings us back home to Sol for a shootout for the fate of Earth Just curious Kloos is piecing together the fractured forces of humanity and is giving us a...I violated a cardinal rule of reviewing Work was busting my ass so I didn t get around to reviewing this book for way too long I read it It was pretty darn good, but there were parts I kinda sorta didn t care for Specifically what those were, I m not 100% sure any longer it was, however, a solid three star book I remember that much.Solidly sci fi, the book picks up right ...The third entry in this reliably fast paced and addictive series doesn t break any new ground, but Kloos has ironed out the kinks from his early missteps and turned Frontlines into a well oiled machine This is military action at its best, with a nice character centered balance to give the story some weight.This one has the Lankies invading our solar system, and with the fleet in disarray it s up to the survivors in the Fomalhaut system to develop a strategy for giving Earth a fighting chance S The third entry in this reliably fast paced and addictive series doesn t break any new ground, but Kloos has ironed out the kinks from his early missteps and turned Frontlines into a well oiled machine This is military action at its best, with a nice character centered balance to give the story some weight.This one has the Lankies invading our solar system, and with the fleet in disarray it s up to the survivors in the Fomalhaut system t...Back to Earth through a sea of Lankies, but will there be anything left for the exiles from Fomalhaut to find We start with a combined SRA NAC action against the Lankies, move onto a recon mission that takes Andrew Grayson back to Earth on the Indianopolis, the critical little stealth ship from the second book, and then onto to some huge shocks for people following the story.This series continues to be excellent, full of action against the inscrutable Lankie alien threat, while looking really ha Back to Earth through a sea...Military Sci Fi is a subgenre I ve loved ever since I saw Aliens back in the 80s as a kid, and have practically eaten up every bit of it I could get my hands on since then, from Heinlein s Starship Troopers, probably the book that created the subgenre, to Mobile Suit Gundam and other Japanese animated additions to it, to themodern books by such writers as Jack Campbell and B.V Larson Whether it be space marines vs aliens, space marines vs other space marines, ship to ship conflicts, s Military Sci Fi is a subgenre I ve loved ever since I saw Aliens back in the 80s as a kid, and have practically eaten up every bit of it I could get my hands on since then, from Heinlein s Starship Troopers, probably the book that created the subgenre, to Mobile Suit Gundam and other Japanese animated additions to it, to themodern books by such writers as Jack Campbell and B.V Larson Whether it be space marines vs aliens, space marines vs other space marines, ship to ship conflicts, smaller fighters vs everything, and even giant robots blowing up the universe see The Ideon , I just can t get enough of it It s very rare that I ll pick up a book of military Sci fi and not find something good to say about it There are those rare exceptions that are just plain terrible, but on the whole, I m usually willing to forgive a lot in the sub genre Sadly, though, Military Sci Fi,than any other genre save maybe Romance, has gotten extreme...Jesus christ, you figured out how to kill them at the end of last book, why didn t a anyone else figure out something so simple, or b do it again Every time they turn up I think aha, let s just fill a ship with water and use its magic engine that doesn t appear to require fuel to reach 1% of light speed, and ram them by remote control again.Also, you can t really have an economy where there s nothing for 90% of the population to do AND where that 90% has nothing Also you don t stop making Jesus christ, you figured out how to kill them at the end of last book, why didn t a anyone else figure out so...Well, the solid waste has really collided with rotary impellerEarth is about all that s left Only a few scattered colonies that are now on their own and Earth remain to humans The Lankies have taken Mars and it s only a matter of time before Earth comes in for their attention.And the elite who ve been running the governments of Earth have seemingly ditched the rest of humanity The good plotting and relatable characters continue here with plenty of action for the action aficionados among u Well, the solid waste has really collided with rotary impellerEarth is about all that s left Only a few scattered colonies that are now on their own and Earth remain to humans The Lankies have taken Mars and it s only a matter of time before Earth comes in for their attention.And the elite who ve been running the governments of Earth have seemingly ditched the rest of humanity The good plotting and relatable characters continue here with plenty of action for the action aficionados among us I include this in on my Space Opera shelf but if that has negative connotations to some of you that s not where I m going We are simply in spaceship battle territory here and that to some says space opera Moss Hart was noted for saying that, there s nothing w...Executive Summary What was a good series took a major step towards great with this book Each book seems to be an improvement over the last, and this one was evenof an improvement over book 2 than book 2 was over the first one If you like Military Sci Fi or maybe even just space opera give this series a look.Audiobook Luke Daniels does another excellent job as always I always enjoy him as a narrator and this one was no different He definitely adds that extra something that makes aud Executive Summary What was a good series took a major step towards great with this book Each book seems to be an improvement over the last, and this one was evenof an improvement over book 2 tha...Among the many straightforward military SF series I ve started, Marko Kloos s Frontlines is one of the few I ve stuck with Three books in, it is not slumping, and while it does show signs of developing into the Perpetual War That Goes On Forever, there has so far been a significant upping of stakes in each book, without feeling like we are just treading water.In the last book, Grayson and his combined detachment of Fleet personnel and exiled Home Defense troops had been abandoned on a ice wor Among the many straightforward military SF series I ve started, Marko Kloos s Frontlines is one of the few I ve stuck with Three books in, it is not slumping, and while it does show signs of developing into the Perpetual War That Goes On Forever, there has so far been a significant upping of stakes in each book, without feeling like we are just treading water.In the last book, Grayson and his combined detachment of Fleet personnel and exiled Home Defense troops had been abandoned on a ice world in the Fomalhaut system, managed to destroy a Lanky seedship, and formed a hasty alliance with the surviving remnants of their Sino Russian adversaries.In Angles of Attack, SSG Grayson has to work with a Russian counterpart on a mission to fly through the transfer point bac...Generally this is a good book continuing the Frontlines story but I do indeed have some gripes with some aspects of the story The book starts off with a nice piece of action where the Commonwealth and Sino Russian alliance are actually kicking some Lankie behinds However, then there is not really any follow up They just waltz in, shot up some Lankies and then that course of action isor less abandoned During said attack there are some strange behavior on the Lankies side but that also l Generally this is a good book continuing the Frontlines story but I do indeed have some gripes with some aspects of the story The book starts off with a nice piece of action where the Commonwealth and Sino Russian alliance are actually kicking some Lankie behinds However, then there is not really any follow up They just waltz in, shot up some Lankies and then that course of action isor less abandoned During said attack there are some strange behavior on the Lankies side but that also leads nowh...

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04 December 2017

Marko Kloos