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War Machine (Combat-K Novels) [Mass Market Paperback]

Andy Remic (Author)
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September 30, 2008 Combat-K Novels
In a time of post-Singularity and FTL travel, the Helix War has raged across galaxies. When ex-soldier turned privite investigtor, Keenan, takes on a new case, he must overcome his demons and gather together his old military unit, a group who swore they’d never work together again....

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Andy Remic is a young British writer and teacher from Greater Manchester. During his teaching career he developed an interest in martial arts and is now expert in unarmed combat. He can kill a man with a single blow, but prefers writing and hacking computer systems. War Machine is his fourth novel.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Solaris; Reprint edition (September 30, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844165914
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844165919
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,102,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Revenge Quest, December 15, 2007
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While billed as a Military SciFi novel, this testosterone-filled action adventure is more of a revenge quest than anything else. Swift plotting, bloody action, and interesting characters (especially the lovable and funny, insane mad-bomber, Franco) overcomes any flaws (lots of anachronisms in this far flung future). The slam-bang, cliff-hanging ending has me craving the sequel. Excellent!
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Action-Packed Military SciFi, January 7, 2008
When Keenan, a former soldier, is asked to steal the Fractured Emerald, he immediately says no. But when he realizes that the Emerald has the power to see into the past, Keenan changes his mind in hopes of tracking down the killer of his wife and children. On his quest for revenge, he reassembles his former Combat-K squad, breaking Franco out of a psych ward and Pippa out of a prison. But with relationships strained among them, can they settle their differences in order to complete their mission?

War Machine is a dark and violent, military science fiction novel. When reading the back stories of each character, I knew immediately that this one wouldn't have a bright and happy ending. Each member of Combat K has a brutal and violent past, full of regrets. Giving some levity to otherwise grim situations was Franco the psychotic, explosives expert of the group.

Not for the squeamish, this is tale of revenge and dealing with personal demons. I'm a fan of a few military science fiction series, so I jumped at the chance to read this one. And though this is much darker than the ones I'm used to, the action and adventure never stop, making this a difficult one to put down.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly Hard Hitting, June 24, 2010
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I'll start with positive statements; it is not the worst science fiction I have ever read, and Andy Remic should be applauded for trying to bring the fantastic edge back into science fiction. That said, this book is juvenile. Quite literally suitable only for adolescents. Within a few chapters, it becomes clear that the author's only knowledge of the military and how it works or what the people in it are like comes entirely from action movies and science fiction television drama. It's all personal drama, hasty plans/attacks, and "witty" back and forth commentary. Two of the three characters are non-functional human beings, more to the point, they're detriments on every mission they do, and the author actually has to contrive reasons to keep them together within his own story. David Drake, William C. Dietz, Thomas Harlan, David Sherman & Dan Cragg, and others produce hard hitting military science fiction. Andy Remic produces what a teenager who watches too many movies and too much television would think is cool, hard hitting action.

To sum up: if you think movies like "Commando" and "Delta Force" are top end military movies, you will like this author's work. If you like actual military science fiction, can think and actually want to read something good, avoid this junk.
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