The book is called “Luna Marine” by Ian Douglas. If you use the Analysis: Void model for doing the review then you will need to examine each of the layers. The first layer is the political, the setting is 2042 (about 100 years from World War II) and the conflict is essentially a world war where the United States, Japan, and Russia are fighting the UN (UN-dies). The UN claims to have the world’s best interest and has unified all third world countries to their charter. The UN tries to make America bend and yield to its demands, hence the Marines. In the future the powerful positions are in space so it is no wonder the activity taking place can be found in low Earth orbit and the Moonscape. The religious layer shows us a fragmented and loosely organized framework of cults that believe aliens are gods. The technical layer feeds both the political and religious with new alien technology and artifacts. This book is well written and is the second in a Heritage trilogy. I highly recommend it, but start with the first book “Semper Mars
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Luna Marine is the second of three books in the Heritage Series, a well written trilogy that combines some excellent military fiction with an engrossing science fiction plot that borrows heavily from the speculative archeology in Graham Hancock's "Fingerprints of the Gods". The characters are interesting and multi dimension, the plot is imaginative and the dialog is gritty and realistic. Once you get started, these books are hard to put down.
The second book takes place in 2042, two years after the astonishing discovering on Mars described in "Semper Mars". Conflict rages on Earth between the US and the United Nations. When additional alien remains are discovered on the Moon, including a possible super weapon, the US Marine Corp is called upon to seize the technology before it can be exploited by scientists from the other side.
Book Three Better Be As Good
After waiting for quite some time I was very pleased with the book. I am starting book three and hope it is as good as the past two. This book was even harder to put down than the first. Overall I couldn't have asked for more.
A nicely written, engaging military sci-fi piece.
Not much to add to other reviews here, except for a little FYI: despite the cryptic pseudonim, "Ian Douglas" is identified as a certain William H. Keith ("Warstrider" and others) by the copyright. It actually sort of makes sense in retrospect as the young Marine hero of this novel, Jack Ramsey bears a certain similarity to the protagonist of the Warstrider series. Not a clone by any means, but some stylistic similarities in the character sketch are definitely there.
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Great Military Sci-fi Luna Marine is the second of three books in the Heritage Series, a well written trilogy that combines some excellent military fiction with an engrossing science fiction plot that borrows heavily from the speculative archeology in Graham Hancock's "Fingerprints of the Gods". The characters are interesting and multi dimension, the plot is imaginative and the dialog is gritty and realistic. Once you get started, these books are hard to put down.
The second book takes place in 2042, two years after the astonishing discovering on Mars described in "Semper Mars". Conflict rages on Earth between the US and the United Nations. When additional alien remains are discovered on the Moon, including a possible super weapon, the US Marine Corp is called upon to seize the technology before it can be exploited by scientists from the other side.
Book Three Better Be As Good
After waiting for quite some time I was very pleased with the book. I am starting book three and hope it is as good as the past two. This book was even harder to put down than the first. Overall I couldn't have asked for more.
A nicely written, engaging military sci-fi piece.
Not much to add to other reviews here, except for a little FYI: despite the cryptic pseudonim, "Ian Douglas" is identified as a certain William H. Keith ("Warstrider" and others) by the copyright. It actually sort of makes sense in retrospect as the young Marine hero of this novel, Jack Ramsey bears a certain similarity to the protagonist of the Warstrider series. Not a clone by any means, but some stylistic similarities in the character sketch are definitely there.
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