Hell's Faire (Posleen War Series #4) - Hardcover

Ringo, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743436040 ISBN 13: 9780743436045

Publisher: Baen, 2003

Synopsis

With the defences of the Southern Appalachians split apart, the only thing standing between the Posleen hordes and the soft interior of the Cumberland Plateau are the veterans of the 555th Mobile Infantry. Dropped into Rabun Pass, which will run out first - bullets or bodies?

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Review:

Wondrous Faire Praise for the Hottest Military SF Series Since Honor Harrington: A Hymn Before Battle "Military SF with a difference . . . and as much action as you could hope for. . . . And then there's that quirky sense of humor running like a vein of gold under the mayhem."

." . . practically impossible not to read in one sitting."

." . . explosive. . . . Fans of strong military SF will appreciate Ringo's lively narrative and flavorful characters."

"Ringo provides a textbook example of how a novel in the military SF subgenre should be written. . . . For those who have read everything David Drake has written or who may have wished that Tom Clancy, Larry Bond or Harold Coyle would write SF, Ringo provides what's needed . . . crackerjack storytelling."

Gust Front "Fans of Hollywood-style blood-and-guts . . . will enjoy [Gust Front] . . . all the flavor and excitement of the liveliest military SF . . . this novel should cement Ringo's reputation as one of the best new practitioners of military SF."

." . . splendid . . . makes Ringo look like a comer in the field. . . . [Will appeal to] flocks of readers."

"If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo . . . good reading with solid characterizations--a rare combination."

When the Devil Dances ." . . since [Ringo's] imagination, clearly influenced by Kipling and rock and roll, is fertile, and his storytelling skill sound, [When the Devil Dances] is irresistible."

"For thoughtful readers, Ringo raises some tough and highly relevant questions. . . . Military SF fans should be well satisfied."

"Ringo demonstrates his flair for fast-paced military sf peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse."

From Publishers Weekly:

Humanity's war against the nasty alien Posleens continues in military SF author Ringo's latest entry in his popular Legacy of the Aldenata series (after 2002's When the Devil Dances), but the unambivalent, almost innocent joie de combat of the earlier, pre-9/11 books is missing here. Having learned to combine human strategy with superior (although captured) technology, a Posleen overlord threatens to break through into unoccupied human territory. Opposing this effort are Major Mike O'Neal and his battalion of armored combat suits, plus conventional armor units lead by a Brobdingnagian mobile gun with a razor-wielding cartoon rabbit emblazoned on its side. The battle scenes are as vivid as ever, but the consequences lie more heavily than before on the warriors, as when O'Neal approves a nuclear strike near where his remaining family are located in order to save his command. It becomes increasingly clear that some alien "allies" would prefer that the humans and Posleens destroy one another and leave the galactic status quo undisturbed. Attentive readers may notice some overlap with When the Devil Dances, which Ringo explains in an afterword. Despite the overall dark tone, the author's trademark gallows humor shines through ("This is what you get for letting rednecks play with antimatter, boss"). So does a bit of hope: Ringo concludes his afterword by asserting "the good guys always win in the end."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Baen
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743436040
• ISBN 13: 9780743436045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336