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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Omnibus edition of the first two Confederation of Valor books, December 5, 2006
This book is an omnibus edition of the first two books in the Confederation of Valor series, Valor's Choice being the first book and The Better Part Of Valor being the second. The new thing in this book is the 10 page or so sneek peak at the the third book in the series The Heart Of Valor, due out in June 2007 (baring any delays).
Both stories in this book are military space going action adventure books. No hardcore Tech babble, just easy reading with a good herione and support cast. While these are entertaining easy reading, the author pulls no punches, she does not glorify the fighting. She writes battle as it is, a bloody dirty thing and people die.
The first story follows Staff Sergent Kerr along with the rest of her battle weary platoon of space marines when they are pulled from a much deserved and needed leave to escort a diplomatic mission. The job was suppose to be merely ceremonial, but when talks go awry, the result lands the platoon in an unwanted combat situation.
The second story, A Better Part Of Valor, follows The Staff Sergent and platoon of Marines as they go on special assignment. This new assignment, turns out to be a recon of a gigantic spaceship of unknown origin, found floating in space. Once the boarding party is trapped on board the ship, mazes of corridors change from one configuration to another constantly messing with the minds of the boarding party. There are firefights galore since the Confederations enemy the Others have also managed to get a team on board the mystery ship and everyone is racing to find a working airlock to get off the ship. The story leaves many questions unanswered, and easily inviting for another story if the Author every chooses to journey in this universe again. (Which the sneak peak of book three at the end suggests that she has) Even so, the story like the first one is a good easy enjoyable read.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fair Review, January 3, 2007
First, I understand that some people were disappointed to unexpectedly discover that this was an omnibus edition. Not making users aware of this was clearly a mistake, but not one that the Author should be punished for, since Ms. Huff doesn't have any control over this. Hence, I think the low reviews provided by a few other users are unfair and unwarranted.
Second, I never had the books in their previous edition, so I was delighted to get two books for one price. I had never actually read anything by the author before, so I was pleased to discover a set of military adventures mixed with some pretty decent humor. All in all, a pretty decent read, and a nice price for the combined edition.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I loved it even though I knew, December 14, 2006
I have to say that I knew when I pre-ordered that this would only be a collection of the first two books (though I will admit when I first saw the title a thrill of joy ran up my spine), but I still enjoyed it. For one, I lent my first copy of Valor's Choice to a friend years ago and haven't seen hide nor hair of it since and two, I thought if I contributed to a possitive response to a re-print to the first two books it would prompt interest in publishing a third. I've had the impression from author interviews that sequals occasionally go unwritten if the publishers feel there is no interest from the fan base and I would dearly love a sequal to this most hilarious and well done work of Sci-Fi. In the sea of slop I've been wadeing through lately, I need a life preserver thrown my way from time to time.
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