Orphan's Triumph (Jason Wander) [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert Buettner (Author)

Book Description

Series: Jason Wander | Publication Date: June 1, 2009

Jason Wander is ready to lead the final charge into battle.

After forty years of fighting the Slugs, mankind's reunited planets control the vital crossroad that secures their uneasy union. The doomsday weapon that can end the war, and the mighty fleet that will carry it to the Slug homeworld, lie within humanity's grasp.

Since the Slug Blitz orphaned Jason Wander, he has risen from infantry recruit to commander of Earth's garrisons on the emerging allied planets. But four decades of service have cost Jason not just his friends and family, but his innocence.

When an enemy counter stroke threatens to reverse the war and destroy mankind, Jason must finally confront not only his lifelong alien enemy, but the reality of what a lifetime as a soldier has made him.

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About the Author

Robert Buettner is a former Military Intelligence Officer, National Science Foundation Fellow in Paleontology and has published in the field of Natural Resources Law. He lives in Georgia. His web site is www.RobertBuettner.com.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Orbit (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316001759
• ISBN-13: 978-0316001755
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.2 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert Buettner's best-selling debut novel, Orphanage, 2004 Quill Award nominee for Best SF/Fantasy/Horror novel, was called the Post-9/11 generation's Starship Troopers and has been adapted for film by Olatunde Osunsanmi (The Fourth Kind) for Davis Entertainment (Predator, I Robot, Eragon). Orphanage and other books in Robert's Jason Wander series have been translated into Chinese, Czech, French, Russian, and Spanish. Robert was a 2005 Quill nominee for Best New Writer.

In March, 2011 Baen books released Overkill, his sixth novel, and in July, 2011 his seventh, Undercurrents. A long-time Heinlein Society member, he wrote the Afterword for Baen's recent re-issue of Heinlein's Green Hills of Earth/Menace From Earth short story collection. His own first original short story will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Armored, edited by John Joseph Adams.

Robert is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and National Science Foundation Fellow in Paleontology. As attorney of record in more than three thousand cases, he practiced in the U.S. federal courts, before courts and administrative tribunals in no fewer than thirteen states, and in five foreign countries. Six, if you count Louisiana.

He lives in Georgia with his family and more bicycles than a grownup needs.

Home Page: http://www.robertbuettner.com

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid End to the series, nice twist, August 2, 2009

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This is the last of the series and as such, one has to expect certain problems and issues from the earlier books to be tidied up - neatly or not - as the stories are closed out. The very issue of cleaning up the loose ends and characters means some clumsiness no matter who the author is or what the overall story is, but I have to say Mr. Buettner handled this pretty darn well. I came away feeling that I had followed the war and the various soldiers' lives and careers from start to a realistic end and I still respected & like (our lead character) Jason Wander - I still wanted to root for him (and JEEB) through the last 25 pages.

Personally, I loved the little twist at the end (no spoiler here) and found it a nice touch, though others will surely disagree! If you haven't read this entire series in order, you must or you'll be lost. One thing I really enjoyed was the fact that the technology for the weapons and equipment grew with each book - we learned about it and discovered it as the characters in the story did, thus the reader grasped the meaning and use of it from page one. Other Sci-Fi stories the tech stuff is sort of assumed or thrown in like magic.

I'll be checking out future offerings from Robert Buettner without fail! Definately glad I read the Orphan series. My husband is busy devouring Orphan's Triumph now.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding...., July 24, 2009

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What a great way to finish up this amazing five-book series. Robert Buettner's characters are easy to get attached to. Its unfortunate that this series has reached its conclusion but I am really looking forward to Buettner's next project, whatever it may be! This book was a great read and almost impossible to put down once you pick it up! The title Triumph is fitting and the ending is worth waiting for! Long live Jason Wander!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Logical and nevertheless surprise-packed finale to the series! Bravo!, April 11, 2011

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A Logical and nevertheless surprise-packed finale to the series! Bravo!

'Nuff said.

Read it, you'll like it--but make sure you read them all in order.

Buettner is a soldier's science fiction writer. Hooahh!