by John Ringo, David Weber
Audiobook.Such a good book! A seemingly run-of-the-mill trip turns into something totally unexpected too where the survivors are left on a planet they know little about. This is about their "March Upcountry" to a space port in enemy hands. The prince, who at first I hated, I ended up liking a lot. H...
I had trouble getting into this book, and even considered abandoning it early on because it wasn’t holding my interest. However, I did become more interested in it as things progressed.The story is that a group of space marines are escorting a prince to an event on another planet. The prince is th...
What a gripping series this was/is for me. I love the premise, a young spoiled prince, stranded on a hostile planet with few resources, must make his way toward a hope of escape. While at the same time growing up and maturing, both as a man, and as a leader.
Fun read.
Not my favourite Weber. The story of a crack military unit being stranded on a hostile planet and fighting their way across a continent to rescue has been done before, and better, in many books, of which his sometime collaborator David Drake's Redliners is, in my opinion, the best.In addition, I rea...