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Citadel [Mass Market Paperback]

John Ringo (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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October 25, 2011
The second entry in the best-selling Troy Rising saga and follow-up to Live Free or Die from multiple New York Times and USA Today bestseller John Ringo.

When the orbital gates first materialized in the outer solar system, all seemed well. And, lo, peaceful traders made first contact–so whatever came next couldn’t be so bad, could it? Yeah, it could. Very bad. Now humans have battled back from a Trojan-horse-like conquest by a tyrannical alien species to become a force to reckon with in the galaxy. On a crash-building course, we’ve built a near-impregnable battlestation of Deathstar proportions to prove it. But the enemy is remorseless and to survive we must take the fight to our attackers and prevail.  Unfortunatley, the bones and burnt hulks of those who have tried litter the star-ways. But these galactic imperialists have never contended with humans, a foe who is their match in sheer ferocity and desire to win. 

About Citadel:

“Ringo is back with a rousing tale of derring-do in space…[He] is as good as ever, giving the reader an epic space opera complete with grand vistas and large-scale numbers and keeping it humming with…pungent writing, snappy characters, and gallows humor.”—Booklist

About previous series entry Live Free or Die:

“[I]nfused with plenty of old-fashioned two-fisted can-do attitude. . .”—Publishers Weekly

About John Ringo:“If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo.”—Philadelphia Weekly Press

“. . .Ringo’s lively action scenes and thorough knowledge of military subculture dynamics make enjoyable reading.”—Publishers Weekly


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About the Author

USA Today and New York Times best-seller John Ringo is the author of the landmark Posleen Wars military science fiction series, the Legacy of the Aldenata series, and the Ghost military action-adventure novels. He also co-authored with David Weber the best-selling Prince Roger science fiction series. A veteran of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, he brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Baen; Reprint edition (October 25, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1451637578
  • ISBN-13: 978-1451637571
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I'm a professional author of... Well, I used to say "science fiction." Then came There Will Be Dragons, which is sf with a distinct fantasy twist. Then came Ghost which is techno-thriller crossed with porn. Then came Princess of Wands, a Christian soccer mom battling demons through the power of God. Who knows what's next? Children's books? (I've actually got that one mapped out. You see, there's this girl who is raised by dolphins... You think I'm joking, don't you?)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Never tell me the odds., February 1, 2012
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In Robert Heinlein's seminal "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," the world's first true AI gets drafted to assist in a revolution of essentially unarmed prisoners in a moon colony against the overwhelming might of Earth. In what is probably the purest example of a "never tell me the odds," desparate-battle-against-overwhelming-foes story ever, the AI literally calculates the chances of success and tells the human conspirators that their chances are but one in seven. And, in what is probably the purest example of the essential difference between humans and AI ever, the conspirators, much to the AI's confusion, respond with unmitigated glee that they have a big fat chance of one in seven when they had feared the odds were much *worse.*

The very best science fiction adventure stories, like the "Troy Rising" series, take this example and run with it, screaming fearless human battle cries in the teeth of certain death - which turns out to be not so certain. Make no mistake: this is pure "humans-will-mess-you-UP" space opera, although written much more tightly than the exhilarating but rather silly afternoon-serial style of the Golden Age. Although things gradually start looking up over the course of the series, the whole thing from beginning to end is cliffhangers, suspense, and nearly-Pyrrhic victories. From time to time the "human interest" parts of the story get a little burdensome, but not so much as to really detract from the main point, which is to blow stuff UP. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining read, December 28, 2011
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LT "Sci Fi fan" (Fayetteville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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Very entertaining read. Ringo manages to maintain quality in this second book of the series.

The plot stays the same. Earth is oppressed and in great danger having won its initial freedom from alien oppression. Earth continues to prepare for anticipated invasions.

In this book Ringo shifts the focus and develops secondary characters - a welder and an eventual pilot (read book to see why I say 'eventual'). With this one gets the sense of work and the grand scope of the space projects from the toils of the little folks. Ringo eases back into the big picture mostly seen in the previous book in this series, does an excellent job of starting to link the little folks with the big movers & shapers, and also manages to better link government actions with the efforts of the private sector than done in book one.

Ringo continues with his strength - character development and humor - while also developing the plot.

At the end of the book the stage is set for space opera on a grand scale (and I like well written space opera) in the following book. If Ringo chooses to go in that direction. He wrote this book so well that he has options.

In summary, this is a very entertaining book. It definitely would enhance an day spent waiting in airports - the gold standard of my book reading judgements these days. Ringo plays to his strengths well and maintains a high quality standard in this second book in the series. I rated this a 4 mainly due to the high standard the author has set in previous books. This is not the top level of work that Ringo has produced in the past but it is very, very good reading.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The universe is still dangerous out there, December 3, 2011
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Michael Lynn Mcguire "mmcguire" (Sugar Land, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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For some weird reason, Amazon has split the hard cover and MMPB versions of this book, just like it's predecessor, _Live_Free_Or_Die_.

Anyway, a cracking good read if you like space opera and/or milsf. As usual, good stories work on their minor characters and John Ringo put in the sweat here.

BTW, Ringo dedicated the book to his mother who passed away in 2009 and as always, Captain Tamara Long, USAF, who died in Afghanistan in 2003.
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