Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5)

Posted on 14 November 2018 by Marko Kloos

The time has come to take the fight to the Lankies.Mars has been under Lanky control for than a year Since then, the depleted forces of Earth s alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing old warships with freshly trained troops Torn between the need to beat the Lankies to the punch and taking enough time to put together an effective fighting force, command has decided to strike now.Once again, seasoned veterans Andrew and Halley find themselves in charge of green troops and at the sharp tip of the spear as the combined military might of Earth goes up against the Lankies But if there s one constant in war, it s that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy and the Lankies want to hold on to Mars as badly as humanity wants to reclaim it. Best Download Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5) Author Marko Kloos For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Quite enjoyable Mil SF, perfect for all you fans of competence porn It s all about the light tone and the big guns despite all the losses we ve incurred from the aliens.But this time the battle is very close to home Mars Most of the action takes place right here where the hulking walkers and terraforming machines have put ...Grayson makes some startling discoveries about the Lankies and things build to an epic battle on Mars that does not disappoint.Kloos delivers another near perfectly structured MilSF adventure His measured pacing and tone and workmanlike plotting are suited to the characters he writes about Kloos admires the competence and professionalism his soldiers display, and like them, he gets the job done He may not be the kind of author who takes big risks or explores uncharted territory, but he hits w Grayson makes some startling discoveries about the Lankies and things build to an epic battle on Mars that does not disappoint.Kloos delivers another near perfectly structured MilSF adventure His measured pacing and tone and workmanlike plotting are suited to the characters he writes about Kloos admires the competence and professionalism his soldiers display, and like them, he ge...This is the fifth book in Kloos Frontlines series If you haven t read the others, this isn t the place to start.Frontlines, imagines an Earth that has had contact with another race and it hasn t gone well The Lankies have discovered that humans have created nice planets that only need a little tweaking that tweaking consisting mostly of raising the carbon d...Another good oneThe latest instalment in this series Moves the story on from last time, and focuses on plans for a counterattack to retake Mars Mainly follows Andrew rather than Halley, but we do get to see a bit of her family on Earth Has the usual fast pace and frenetic action Interesting ideas on how both human technology and tactics would change to counter the lankies , and vice versa Very enjoyable, with very little filler or downtime in the story Not much in the way of character dev Another good oneThe latest instalment in this series Moves the story on from last time, and focuses on plans for a counterattack to retake Mars Mainly follows Andrew rather than Halley, but we do get to see a bit of her family on Earth Has the usual fast pace and frenetic action Interesting ideas on how both human technology and tactics would change to counter the lankies , and vice versa Very enjoyable, with very little filler or downtime in t...Finally, it s time for the assault on Lanky controlled Mars.This relatively short installment of the Frontlines series finds Grayson and his wife Hallie as veteran officers in the NAC, now allied with the rest of the Earth against the alien Lankies Now that the Earth infighting and politics are mostly sorted, this book focuses muchon the mysterious alien invaders More so than previous books and we get some answers to questions from the beginning of the series including just how smart are Finally, it s ti...Executive Summary Another good entry in this series, although I didn t like it quite as much as Chains of Command I m definitely looking forward to the next book though.Audiobook Part of what sold me on this series in the first place was that Luke Daniels was the narrator Another excellent job as usual He continues to be one of my favorite narrators Full Review Every book I have certain expectations about what it will be about, and every time Mr Kloos seems to catch me by surprise I was Executive Summary Another good entry in this series, although I didn t like it quite as much as Chains of Command I m definitely looking forward to the next book though.Audiobook Part of what sold me on this series in the first place was that Luke Daniels was the narrator Another excellent job as usual He continues to be one of my favorite narrators Full Review Every book I have certain expectations about what it will be about, and every time Mr Kloos seems to catch me by surprise I was totally expecting this book to focus right in on Mars, but I was wrong It did get there however.Of course five books in, it s always tough ...Marko Kloos never disappoints I d prefer less philosophical pondering about the lives of the soldiers here but I still like the way Andrew is growing as a character For secondary characters, well, Kloos love to bring people back but I ll always be happy when the gregarious Dmitry pops out with his Russian humour Glad Halley and Fallon stayed out of this as much as I love these awesome female characters, having them all the time in the same missions are not believable I do h...I am not sure why I like this series so much, but Marco Kloos continues to deliver the goods withgreat military sci fi A little pulpy, a little melodramatic and a little cheesy, it all just seems to work And after some, but apparently not enough, alien butt kicking ...I woke up trying to kill a lankieThere are no words to describe this book I feel like it s an upgraded starship troopers We finally get to attack those darn lankies and a part of me celebrated the fight knowing go...This was an enjoyable and focused episode in the series There was not nearly as much political drama, but there was sure a lot of fighting

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14 November 2018

Marko Kloos