Written by John Ringo & Tom Kratman
Copyright © 2007 by John Ringo & Tom Kratman
In Yellow Eyes, written by John Ringo & Tom Kratman - which is part of the Posleen War series/Legacy of the Aldenata - the Panama Canal is the target of the alien race Posleen. Without access to the Canal, the U.S. is doomed to defeat and starvation. With the U.S. already stretched to the limits in defending itself from the alien race Posleen, they can only afford to send some soldiers in advanced Armoured Combat Suits, some old rejuvenated U.S. Veterans and three old naval warships - and one of the warships is haunted.
It was great to see that the U.S. military worked with the local forces in defending Panama. I have never really understood or liked the fact that in the book there were traitors amongst the people of Central America to the human race and worked with the Posleen. And having an American soldier being forced to become a dictator to a country was rather disturbing to me, but at least the American was still fighting the Posleen.
The battle scenes are intense - and sadly there are consequences with the war amongst the spouses and girlfriends when several of the characters get killed. Rejuvenating old worn-out seniors from Panama into young combat ready veterans and having them leading the people of Panama is an awesome idea that I have rarely seen. The closest idea to this that I have seen was from the TV show Stargate SG-1. I liked the fact that one of the warships, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Des Moines developed a personality when it was accidentally outfitted with an insane Posleen AI after it was refitted and the Des Moines eventually fell in love with her captain. The images the Des Moines AI created was very hot and the Des Moines eventually cared deeply for her crew, similar to how Rommie acted and felt in the TV show Andromeda.
Pancho
All people smile in the same language.
Hi Pancho:
ReplyDeleteBill Boyd - who is a real person by the way - isn't an American soldier, he was a Panamanian soldier in the US Army. He's descended from an Irishman who was on his way to the California gold rush, passed through Panama, liked it, decided to stay, and got rich there. Bill was just graduating one of the Phillips academies, Andover, IIRC, in the US, in 1944, when he got a draft notice. Yes, we draft foreign citizens who are legal residents. He probably could have ducked it but "he seen his duty and he done it." He wrote some semi-autobiographical novels about it.
Sorry I am late to get back to you. Thanks for the info Tom!
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