"Exciting military space opera"
The Roman Empire was never destroyed it just went
underground waiting for the right time to emerge. That time
came when FTL ships were built and the planet of Palatine
because the home world of the New Roman Empire. Even though
it has a better military and more hardware, Earth has the
slingshot technology that allows ships to travel vast
distances between space stations without entering Roman
territory. Now Rome is working on a catapult technology; the mission
of the USS Merrimack and USS Monitor is to find the space
stations and destroy them. Captain Farragut of the USS
Merrimack has run into a Roman convoy in a part of space
where they shouldn't be and he hopes to follow them to the
space station where he believes one of the catapults is
being built. It is a trap that the Romans have set up using
technology from a surprising source in the hopes of
capturing the Merrimack. The captain evades the trap but it
turns out the common enemy of both, the Hive, an insectoid
sentient intelligence will devour the two civilizations in
less than a decade unless humanity works together. R.M. Meluch writes military space opera that is so exciting
that fans will red this heart thumping action- packed novel
in one sitting. Emphasis is more on action than characters
but that doesn't take away from the interest Wolf Star
generates in the readers as the big picture is more
important than individuals who are made into stereotypes to
fulfill a certain role. It will be interesting to see
future books in this series when former enemies work
together to destroy a common enemy. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 15, 2005
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 25, 2007
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