"Great space opera"
In the distant future, mankind has colonized many
planets in different galaxies spread across the vast
universe. Some of these planets joined together to form
The Confederation, an empire whose goal is to keep the
peace even when members are at war. The Legion, one of the
Confederation's Strike Forces, is dispatched to the ore
rich Cumbre system when they become involved in a civil war
and fight off the encroachment of two enemy empires.
Throughout these engagements, The Confederation has
remained ominously silent and some think that the
organization no longer exists. Two soldiers Garvin and Njangu need to know what
happened to the Confederation and its homeworld of
Centrum. They obtain the approval to take a spaceship
disguised as a traveling circus out into space to see if
they can gather any Intel about why there has been no
communication from the Confederation. To perfect their
disguise, they land on a world inhabited by real circus
performers and recruit several acts to intermingle with
their own. Once that is accomplished, the action really
begins. Chris Bunch has created an action packed space opera
that has the required number of space battles, adventures,
and narrow escapes. HOMEFALL has plenty of daring do but
the heart of the novel lies the colorful cast of
characters, who though at seem zany, know how to pull
together when times get tough. Fans of military science
fiction and action adventure serve will find this novel
most pleasing. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted August 3, 2001
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