In the vein of the hit television show Battlestar Galactica comes Earth Strike—the first book in the action-packed Star Carrier science fiction series by Ian Douglas, author of the popular Inheritance, Heritage, and Legacy Trilogies and one of the most adept writers of military sf working today. Earth Strike rockets readers into a vast and deadly intergalactic battle, as humankind attempts to … vast and deadly intergalactic battle, as humankind attempts to bring down an evil empire and establish itself as the new major power. Fans of Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War, welcome aboard the Star Carrier!
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Built upon from another series.
SF Space Opera. What’s not to like
As usual, Douglas has done his homework. The military protocols and procedures seem plausible, and the science involved in space warfare takes into account things like inertia that is often absent in military sci-fi.
I really liked the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas. It is very well written and he used real physics in his writing. I highly recommend these books.
Star Carrier: Earth Strike is an interesting start to a new series. The aliens have an unusual twist and I am looking forward to seeing how their psychology and twinning will play out. I was afraid the main character, Gray, would end up being a whinny, sorry-for-himself character, but by the end of the this book he had come to grips with his …
This book is part of William H. Keith, Jr. (writing as “Ian Douglas”)’s long-running “Space Marines” series (beginning with “The Heritage Trilogy” back in 1998). In this, the Earth is threatened by a far-advanced alien race known as the Sh’daar and given an ultimatum – join their organization and stop advancing so much that they’re a threat to the …
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Earth Strike and highly recommend it to anyone who loves reading a great sci-fi novel!