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"A gripping tale of military science fiction, in the tradition of Heinlein's STARSHIP TROOPERS and Haldeman's FOREVER WAR." " --Absolute Magnitude
"The Stark trilogy is a set of books any sci-fi fan should have in their bookcases. John G. Hemry has written a sci-fi classic here." --Geeklore.co.uk
"The Stark trilogy is a set of books any sci-fi fan should have in their bookcases. John G. Hemry has written a sci-fi classic here." --Geeklore.co.uk
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The USA reigns over Earth as the last surviving superpower. To build a society free of American influence, foreign countries have inhabited the moon. Under orders from the US military, Sergeant Ethan Stark and his squadron must train to fight a desperate enemy in an airless atmosphere. Ensuring his team's survival means choosing which orders to obey and which to ignore...
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Corporate America has forced the US Army to go to war over who owns the moon. Army officers spend as little time as possible with the fighting units, indeed combat is micromanaged from command bunkers by officers who have no experiance.
Starks War focus's on a Platoon Sargent and his experiances of combat and small unit politics. Oh yes and to finance the war, they are feeding virtually live the whole war to the American public via TV. The officers are more concerned with ratings than the ground offensive.
An interesting scenerio which is both very gripping and a little predictable but that is ok. Well worth a read allthough fans of graphic combat novels will not be satisified, this is more a human interest story.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an earlier work from the writer of popular military science fiction series The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (Book 1 Lost Fleet 1) and it's the first in a trilogy of novels about Sgt. Ethan Stark.
It runs for a little over three hundred pages. There's a short prologue which sets the scene for the future history in which the story takes place. And it does this very nicely in little more than a page.
Then there are three parts of approx one hundred pages each. Each part is basically one long chapter, the only breaks in them being the occasional line break between scenes.
This came out a little over ten years ago originally, and the setting is quite interesting as a result because it gets some things right - a post millennium financial crash - but is wide of the mark on others because it has America avoid most of that and become a dominant world force as a result. Corporations in other countries thus looked elsewhere for new markets and so they went to the moon.
But now American politicans have decided they want the moon. Given that they were there first. And Stark and his squad are amongst the forces sent to invade it. They battle on the lunar surface in special armour. And they also have to deal with the war being televised, and politicans and officers who will do anything to ensure it's a ratings success.
Stark is just an ordinary sergeant doing his best to survive the battle and protect his troops. All of which pushes him towards some tough choices. And having to deal with the resulting consequences.
This does take a little while to get going and to get used to, and after the interstellar battles and setting of the lost fleet, it never feels quite science fictiony enough at times. The battle scenes don't quite give the feel of the lunar surface.
But it's very readable, it takes it's time to make Stark a fully three dimensional character. And it's all about the soldiers rather than any flag waving patriotism. Thus as it goes on you do find yourself getting into it. A few strong science fictional elemens do come into play.
And the events of the final forty or so pages are involving reading because they force you to think about what you might do in a similar situation.
Also they make you want to know what will happen next.
For that, go to the second book in the trilogy Stark's Command (Book 2).
So whilst this isn't quite on a par with the Lost Fleet series yet, it's not a bad start to the story. And fans of this kind of thing should be well pleased with it.
It runs for a little over three hundred pages. There's a short prologue which sets the scene for the future history in which the story takes place. And it does this very nicely in little more than a page.
Then there are three parts of approx one hundred pages each. Each part is basically one long chapter, the only breaks in them being the occasional line break between scenes.
This came out a little over ten years ago originally, and the setting is quite interesting as a result because it gets some things right - a post millennium financial crash - but is wide of the mark on others because it has America avoid most of that and become a dominant world force as a result. Corporations in other countries thus looked elsewhere for new markets and so they went to the moon.
But now American politicans have decided they want the moon. Given that they were there first. And Stark and his squad are amongst the forces sent to invade it. They battle on the lunar surface in special armour. And they also have to deal with the war being televised, and politicans and officers who will do anything to ensure it's a ratings success.
Stark is just an ordinary sergeant doing his best to survive the battle and protect his troops. All of which pushes him towards some tough choices. And having to deal with the resulting consequences.
This does take a little while to get going and to get used to, and after the interstellar battles and setting of the lost fleet, it never feels quite science fictiony enough at times. The battle scenes don't quite give the feel of the lunar surface.
But it's very readable, it takes it's time to make Stark a fully three dimensional character. And it's all about the soldiers rather than any flag waving patriotism. Thus as it goes on you do find yourself getting into it. A few strong science fictional elemens do come into play.
And the events of the final forty or so pages are involving reading because they force you to think about what you might do in a similar situation.
Also they make you want to know what will happen next.
For that, go to the second book in the trilogy Stark's Command (Book 2).
So whilst this isn't quite on a par with the Lost Fleet series yet, it's not a bad start to the story. And fans of this kind of thing should be well pleased with it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book rips along at an excellent pace and holds interest throughout. It is what it is and probably Hemry / Campbell is at his weakest when pontificating, and at his best exploring self doubt of characters he clearly cares about. The main character is similar to that of Captain Geary in the Lost fleet saga but distinct enough to be fresh.
The combat and combat thinking is good quality and as appears to be Campbell's trait well thought out, he cares about it being realistic enough to be plausable, and that care and attention makes it convincing.
Perhaps one of the most striking things is how much the world has changed since this was written and Im sure the premise and context for the story would have seemed extremely plausable in the early 90's perhaps less so now, but when has that ever held back a good sci fi tale :)
Buy it and enjoy it, and if youve not read any others by Campbell, buy and read them too. If you have the opportunity to meet him, and its legal to do so where you are, please buy him a pint and thank him from me
J.
The combat and combat thinking is good quality and as appears to be Campbell's trait well thought out, he cares about it being realistic enough to be plausable, and that care and attention makes it convincing.
Perhaps one of the most striking things is how much the world has changed since this was written and Im sure the premise and context for the story would have seemed extremely plausable in the early 90's perhaps less so now, but when has that ever held back a good sci fi tale :)
Buy it and enjoy it, and if youve not read any others by Campbell, buy and read them too. If you have the opportunity to meet him, and its legal to do so where you are, please buy him a pint and thank him from me
J.
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