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Title: Siege of Earth
Series: Empire Rising #6
Author: David Holmes
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 475
Words: 184K
DASTARDLY SPACE COMMIES!!!!!
Yeeehaawwwwwww! Watch as the evil SPACE COMMIES try to starve Earth into submission. Watch as the heartless SPACE COMMIES try to kill a beautiful woman and new space ensign! Experience thrills and chills as SPACE COMMIES try to throw ice comets at earth while the stalwart defenders are run ragged. Shudder in terror as filthy traitors show their true colors AND get their just desserts! Weep as brave men and women sacrifice all so that their stalwart comrades can kill MORE SPACE COMMIES! Fear not, there are plenty of SPACE COMMIES to kill. Just send in your 5 box tops from Sugar Frosted SPACE COMMIES and we’ll send you your very own SPACE COMMIE to kill at your convenience! (shipping and handling is extra)
I DIDN’T KNOW I WANTED SPACE COMMIES BUT BY GUM, I GOT THEM, I WANTED THEM AND I WANTED THEM DEAD!!!
Holmes gave me what I didn’t even know I wanted and that takes genius and a lot of chutzpah. Because we all know how picky I am. My hat is off to you, sir. Thanks for not screwing this up. Of course, with space commies, you would be hard pressed to mess that up and annoy me. Mak’em evil, kill’em and I’m happy as a pig in mud.
Four Mudbaths out of Five!
★★★★☆
From the Publisher
The Flex-aor invasion fleets have been stopped, but at great cost. Human colonies lie in ruins, fleets have been decimated and the economies of the major space powers have been stretched to breaking point. Yet one nation stands unaffected. Hidden behind their borders, the Russian Space Federation is stronger than ever. Still enraged by the harsh peace terms forced upon them more than thirty years ago, the Federation sees its chance for revenge. Led by an Admiral with the tactical capabilities to rival any from the Allied space powers, the Russians have only one goal in mind; humanity’s homeworld will be theirs.
With the swiftness of the Russian attack, James, Suzanna, Lightfoot and many others find themselves isolated and cut off from one another. Worse, they are surrounded by allies that may no longer be trustworthy. Forced to fight with whatever forces they can muster, victory seems all but impossible.
Once again, the stakes are as high as they can get, for defeat would see the homeworld they sacrificed so much to protect falling under a new Russian tyranny. And if Earth falls, so too will the British Star Kingdom.
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