Captain John Farragut and the crew of the U.S.S. Merrimack face their greatest challenge as Caesar Romulus declares war on the United States of America with a direct attack on Earth. The Merrimack retaliates with an assault on the Roman capital world of Palatine, and in the midst of the chaos, the Hive descends on Earth. With the battle raging, Farragut finds himself in the middle of a final deadly showdown.
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Peace between earth and the star-born Roman Empire seems about to break out. But the peacemaking Caesar is assassinated, and his successor wants to fight some more. The Merrimack is on a diplomatic mission deep in Roman space when the ship’s resident Roman disappears, and the all-devouring alien menace the Hive returns in force. Fast action, hairbreadth escapes, and Meluch’s facility for humor in an astonishing range of situations incumbent on military life become the order of the day. Whether you favor the marines, the pilots, or the Romans, a fine yarn to chuckle along with, just like the previous Tour of the Merrimack adventures. --Roland Green
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This review is from: Strength and Honor: A Novel of The U.S.S. Merrimack (Tour of the Merrimack) (Hardcover)
Oh, what a guilty pleasure this series is. "Strength and Honor" is the fourth in the U.S.S. Merrimack series, and it's as fun as the ones that preceded it.
As with the previous books in the series, "Honor" features a strong cast of characters, a healthy mix of action, sex, intrigue, physics and humor. There are two enemies (the bad space-Romans and the hungry Hive). Of particular interest to a nationalist like me, the heroes of the book (mostly) are clearly Americans, who appear to be the leading power in outer space. There are some resemblances to the "Star Trek" concept; the captain of the Merrimack has some James T. Kirk in him, and there are a host of "minor" characters who are intriguing and amusing in the Spock and Scotty tradition. This book -- like the whole series -- is well-written, fast-paced and fun quite on its own merits. There are lots of cliff-hanging moments, and the term "page-turner" seems to have been coined for these stories. One minor flaw seems to be the resolution of plot points. Frequently, when the Merrimack is about to be destroyed, captured or eaten, Capt. Farragut has some last-second "It's-crazy-but-it-might-just-work" idea that saves the day. You can only go to that well so often, and perhaps author R.M. Meluch even knows that. Despite that, I'd quickly scarf up a fifth "Merrimack" book. It's that much fun.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Conclusion to the Series,
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This review is from: Strength and Honor: A Novel of The U.S.S. Merrimack (Tour of the Merrimack) (Hardcover)
In this book, Romulus, the newly declared Caesar (who is not entirely in his right mind) decides to take over the Universe.
Naturally, his plans come close to succeeding but our heroes are still heroes and justice has to triumph. The ending (I won't give it away) was brilliant, though the whole scenario leading up to it was (to say the least) improbable. Why then do I give this book five stars? I love the characters. I love the dialogue and I love the sheer preposterous grandeur of the whole idea: the Roman Empire never died, it just went underground for a couple of thousand years until it could reconstitute itself in space. I have always loved the work of Rebecca Meluch. She is one of the best writers of science fiction around. This series is excellent and I hope it gains her the acclaim it deserves, but it is not in fact her best work. Try The Queen's Squadron or Sovereign or, best of all, Jerusalem Fire. We had more than ten years between The Queen's Squadron and this series. I hope that this author keeps it up. We need more great books and R. M. Meluch can give them to us.
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Semper Fi - One awesome tale woven of unlikely threads,
This review is from: Strength and Honor: A Novel of The U.S.S. Merrimack (Tour of the Merrimack) (Hardcover)
Strength and Honor, is much more than a supreme example of military science fiction. It is a proclamation of the absolute glory of the human spirit.
Meluch gives us a view into the unparalleled strength of mankind to remain always faithful to answer the call of morality and justice to defeat the forces of entropy and evil. In portraying the indomitable strength of man, and the ability to achieve honor in the face of enemies both inexorable (the Hive - mindless alien race feeding on the universe) and insidious (New Rome on the planet Palatine and its far flung colonies) this novel (and its predecessors in the Tour of the Merrimack) is catapulted into class of its own. This series is on par with the Star Trek franchise for action, the Star Wars saga for portraying the eternal struggle between good and evil, and a great big helping of "hoo ra", a la Starship Troopers to boot. I hope you pick up the whole series and enjoy them as much as I have.
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