Customer Reviews

What Price Honour (Merkiaari Wars S.)

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I have to say I the story really took hold of me. It is a very well paced military scifi read. The action was complete and well discribed. The key characters had solid personal development so the reader can "feel" them. I purchase new e-book authors generally after they have many positive reviews but I took a chance here and found myself really hoping a follow up book will come soon to broaden the adventure.

This book reminds me of the work of Tanya Huff or Ian Douglas. The story is first class, the characters and the tech are believable and so is the stupidity of the politicians..Mr. Cooper is writing a sequel and I'll definitely buy it. The Marines and the Marine Corps he portrays reminded me of my days in the Corps. The "enhanced" troops are much better thought out and believable than the "Cobras" in my opinion. I give it five stars in spite of some spelling and other editorial errors in the Kindle edition. Absolutely one of the best bargains I've found at the Kindle (or hard back) price.

I enjoyed this book quite a lot. I think the main characters were flushed out pretty well. The military jargon seem to be well done as well. It must be a fine line between using authentic military jargon and yet making it accessible to the general public and I feel the author did well. The action was pretty consistent throughout the book which is always good, although it lagged a little it wasn't bad. I like the fact that while the politics are mentioned and even shown they were not a true separate plot line and the focal point remained on the two main characters and the action at the front line. I don't know if it is but I definitely can see this as the first book in a series that the author should be able to keep going for a world. A universe spanning war is always good for multiple books and this one sets a good tone. I am looking forward to any additional books.