Extremis - Book Review
Extremis, by Steve White and Charles E. Gannon, is another SF book in the Starfire series. Personally I haven't read any of the other books in the series yet - Extremis just came with one of Baen's bundles.
Extremis starts after a race of telepathic beings traveling in massive slower-than-light ships invaded one of mankind's planets and took it. Humans are not capable of using the warp points required for FTL flight because of the heavy defenses. But they are about to find another way in...
The book takes place both in the human resistence on the planet and on battles in the systems around it. The battles are adequate, and in the tradition of space battle SF, both sides keep pushing new advances to the field, with the consequent changes to tactics.
I found the beginning of the book a little dry, but it improved and was pretty good in the end, which clearly intends to expand the story further on later volumes.
Recommended.
Extremis starts after a race of telepathic beings traveling in massive slower-than-light ships invaded one of mankind's planets and took it. Humans are not capable of using the warp points required for FTL flight because of the heavy defenses. But they are about to find another way in...
The book takes place both in the human resistence on the planet and on battles in the systems around it. The battles are adequate, and in the tradition of space battle SF, both sides keep pushing new advances to the field, with the consequent changes to tactics.
I found the beginning of the book a little dry, but it improved and was pretty good in the end, which clearly intends to expand the story further on later volumes.
Recommended.
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