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Yellow Eyes (8) (Posleen War) Mass Market Paperback – August 26, 2008

by John Ringo (Author), Tom Kratman (Author)

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Book 8 of 12: Legacy of the Aldenata

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The Posleen are coming and the models all say the same thing: Without the Panama Canal, the US is doomed to starvation and defeat. Despite being overstretched preparing to defend the US, the military sends everything it has left: A handful of advanced Armored Combat Suits, rejuvenated veterans from the many decades that Panama was a virtual colony and three antiquated warships. Other than that, the Panamanians are on their own. Replete with detailed imagery of the landscape, characters and politics that have made the jungle-infested peninsula a Shangri-La for so many over the years, Yellow Eyes is a hard-hitting look at facing a swarming alien horde with not much more than wits and guts. Fortunately for the human race, the Panamanians, and the many veterans that think of it as a second home, have plenty of both.

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John Ringo is the New York Times best-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

In 1974, at age seventeen, Tom Kratman became a political refugee and defector from the PRM (People’s Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army. He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life, returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch. Back in the Army, he managed to do just about everything there was to do at one time or another. After the Gulf War, with the bottom dropping completely out of the anti-communist market, Tom decided to become a lawyer. Every now and again, when the frustrations of legal life and having to deal with other lawyers got to be too much, Tom would rejoin the Army (or a somewhat similar group, say) for fun and frolic in other climes. His family, muttering darkly, put up with this for years. He no longer practices law, instead writing full-time for Baen. His novels for Baen include A State of Disobedience, Caliphate, and the series consisting of A Desert Called Peace, Carnifex, The Lotus Eaters, The Amazon Legion, Come and Take Them, The Rods and the Axe, and A Pillar of Fire by Night. With John Ringo, he has written the novels Watch on the Rhine, Yellow Eyes, and The Tuloriad. Also for Baen, he has written the first three volumes of the modern-day military fiction series Countdown.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1416555714
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen; Reprint edition (August 26, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 848 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781416555711
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416555711
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.4 x 6.75 inches

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I'm a professional author of... Well, I used to say "science fiction." Then came There Will Be Dragons, which is sf with a distinct fantasy twist. Then came Ghost which is techno-thriller crossed with porn. Then came Princess of Wands, a Christian soccer mom battling demons through the power of God. Who knows what's next? Children's books? (I've actually got that one mapped out. You see, there's this girl who is raised by dolphins... You think I'm joking, don't you?)
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the gunner

IMHO this is the best book in the Posleen War Series

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2007

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Yellow Eyes by John Ringo and Tom Krautman (2007) is in the Posleen War Universe witch includes:

A Hymn Before Battle
Gust Font
When the Devil Dances
Hell's Faire
The Hero
Cally's War
Watch on the Rhine

Yellow Eyes

And Sister Time (forth coming)

Per the book"This being the tale of the defense of the Panama Canal by U.S. and Panamanian forces against landing and migrating Posleen." Actually it also includes the defense of all of South and Central America

In the interest of full-disclosure I need to tell you that I am an ex-Artillery officer, which John treats with the respect Artillery deserves.

"Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be an unruly mob."

I attended and graduated from the U.S. Army's Jungle War Fare School (JWS) in the Canal Zone. Even swam the Shagras River. Remind me to tell you about the soldier in the boat with the rifle, due to a hole in the shark net.

Some might argue that this should be read immediately after Hell's Faire, but what the hey, read them all. You'll enjoy it more. Besides John's kids could use the money in their college fund.

I highly recommend this book. Any body who has ever spit-shined a boot will enjoy this book. Who ever came up with the story of the caimen and the Posleen is a genius! I thought I was going to bust a gut I laughed so hard.

Gunner April,2007

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T. L. DAVIDSON

generally pretty good

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2014

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I enjoyed Yellows Eyes very much and would have given it 5 stars instead of 4 is John Ringo would have finished up parts of the story here or at least fleshed it out some more. As I said I liked it but it needed a little more finish up.

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Bryan Rowe

Best Aldenata story yet!

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2022

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A very well told yarn, this is my favorite one so far. Keep the great stories coming, they are quite entertaining.

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P. Tsadiasi

Fighting Posties in Central America

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2012

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This compilation by Ringo and Kratman shows how an already excellent story line can be made even better. It's possible! The Posties target Central and South America. Will they do better than Norte Americana? The authors interweave a diverse amount of plotlines that all come together to make another page turner. If you've read The watch on the Rhine already, this is another excellent compilation. If not, what are you waiting for, read this and get to the European front. The Posties suffer the most. The authors almost make you sympathetic for the Posties, but the humans suffer just as much. Read how the Darhel work in the background to hamper the humans. Read about the trials and tribulations of all the characters, from the jungles to the mountains, and to the sea. It's a late night page turner or better yet, make it a weekend, lock the doors, hang the 'do not disturb' sign read-a-thon. ONE of the best.

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Nana

Most likable alien invader of Earth in literature

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2012

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I am a woman who loves military science fiction and really enjoyed this book when I read it several years ago. I found out that a friend of several years had the same tastes which she had never admitted to anyone. I bought this as a gift for her. The most memorable characters are an intelligent ship whose avatar is a very sexy lady, and a Posleen godking who has the worst possible experiences in the jungles of Panama, It speaks well of John Ringo's writing that he makes the 'enemy' so likable. For those who have not read other books in the series the Posleen are omnivore invaders of Earth who think humans make a great main dish.

(Hint to writers and publishers women may be an unrecognized market.)

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Laura

Difficult story, good history

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2016

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Writing can be ponderous or beautiful. Tragic story with many truths that made the book worth reading but at times difficult to absorb.

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Usa

Rereading book, bought it, think that tells my view of book

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018

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Enjoyable read. Rereading series after finishing series a few years ago. Hope john does one more book in aldenata series

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Brian H.

Don't miss out. Buy it now!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2015

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Of all the books in this series, this is my favorite. You'll see some of the best characters of the series begin here.

Honestly though, what got me was the setting and the people. They feel so damned real! I've never been to Panama, but I lived in the Philippines for a few years. The Philippines are a lot more Latin than they are Asian, and with the shared history of both Spanish and American influence the similarities between the Panama in the book and the Philippines that I know just clicked for me. Damned good book, I bought it 2 months ago and I've already read it twice.

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alain auclair

GREAT serie

Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2019

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Marshall Lord

The Ship who Sang, danced, and kicked Posleen Butt

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2009

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This military SF page-turner is a little like what you might get if you combine Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship who sang" series and C.S. Forester's book "Death to the French" in the context of the invasion of Earth by a hostile race called the Posleen. Although this was one of the more recently written novels in John Ringo's Posleen invasion universe, also known as the "Legacy of the Aldenata" series, it is one of the earlier books by chronological sequence. It tells the story of the defence of the Panama Canal region by Panamanian and US forces, including a heavy cruiser which becomes sentient, against the Posleen invasion.

The series began around the turn of the Millennium, when the galactic federation contacted Earth with some awful news and a terrible choice. An aggressive species called the Posleen, to whom all other creatures are merely food, is rampaging through the galaxy, and Earth is in their path. If humans will act as mercenaries against them, the galactic federation will provide weapons and technical assistance. Accepting the deal means humans will be cannon fodder. Refusing would mean that when they arrive we will be Posleen fodder.

The series is sometimes called "Legacy of Aldenata" because the galactic situation is the result of meddling in the genes of most intelligent species by a now-vanished race called the Aldenata. The Aldenata turned most of the peoples of the galaxy into vegetarians, unable to kill. The only sentient species in the galaxy who apparently escaped this meddling and can therefore fight wars are Posleen and humans - which is why the galactic federation want us as mercenaries.

But the Aldenata's meddling has not made every race into nice people. In particular, galactic politics and economics are dominated by a powerful race called the Darhel. The principal Darhel character in this book openly states that the Aldenata's forcible genetic conversion of his people from warrior carnivores to vegetarian pacifists has compelled them to live a lie and made them hate what they have become.

The ruthless and evil leaders of the Darhel see humans as a threat to their position. Their plan is to use humans and Posleen to virtually annihilate each other: they intend to give humanity just enough support to enable us to eventually defeat the Posleen, but they also set out to sabotage the human war effort whenever it threatens to be too effective, reducing our ability to resist to the minimum level required for the costliest, most narrow victory possible. The Darhel aim to quite deliberately ensure that several billion humans get killed and eaten by Posleen in the process.

Although the Darhel cannot kill anyone themselves without going permanently catatonic, they can and do hire human assassins to eliminate anyone who openly opposes them, might make the human resistance to the Posleen too successful, or finds out too much about their plans.

At the start of the book, shortly before the invasion, the US has realised that the consequences for their ability to feed their people if the Posleen get control of the Panama canal will be dire, so they despatch what forces they can spare to help the Panamanians defend themselves and the canal. But the heroes and heroines of the book, American and Panamanian (and one or two galactics) have no idea of the lengths to which their supposed Darhel allies, working with corrupt elements of the Panamanian government, the United Nations, and the American State Department, will go to sabotage the human war effort.

Fortunately many of the Panamanian people, and the US soldiers and sailors fighting with them, have much more courage and resourcefulness than the Darhel and their treacherous co-conspirators realise. And the biggest obstacle to a Posleen victory in Panama is something which no rational person would have expected. One of three old battlewagons allocated to support the Panamanians, the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines, really does have a mind of her own ...

To explain how this book fits into the sequence of the twelve published or planned books in the Posleen/Legacy of Aldenata Universe:

The series began with three stories in four volumes following the war against the Posleen, comprising:

1) A Hymn Before Battle (Posleen War)
2) Gust Front
3) When the Devil Dances
4) Hell's Faire (Posleen War)

(The first two of these are stand-alone novels, but "When the Devil Dances" and "Hell's Faire" are one story in two volumes.)

This is the second of two more books set at the time of the Posleen invasion, with the main action in Germany and Panama respectively, which are

5) Watch on the Rhine
6) This book, "Yellow Eyes."

The most recent book published, but next and seventh in chronological sequence, is set shortly after the defeat of the Posleen invasion. A group of Posleen who appear to be willing to turn aside from the path of warfare are allowed to escape and seek a new home with the help of a peculiar alliance of an anti-Darhel resistance movement called the Bane Sidhe, an allied alien race who are more than they appear, and, wait for it, the Vatican! This off-the-wall but entertaining book revolves around firstly, whether the Posleen can learn to see other sentients as friends rather than food, and secondly whether their souls can be saved. Their story is told in

7) The Tuloriad (Posleen War) .

This is to some extent a sequel to "Yellow Eyes" because it turns out that the sister ship of the USS Des Moines has also become sentient, and she is one of the major characters in "The Tuloriad."

Then we have the Cally O'Neal trilogy of books, set some years after the Posleen invasion, with the focus on the attempt by a resistance group called the Bane Sidhe to oppose the machinations of earth's supposed Darhel "allies." The central character is the spy and assassin Cally O'Neal, and it consists of

8) Cally's War
9) Sister Time (The Posleen War)
10) Honor Of The Clan

Then a new story arc begins with

11) Eye Of The Storm (Posleen War)

which at first appears to be a continuation of the Cally O'Neal trilogy but suddenly changes course and introduces a completely new enemy. Incidentally, "The Eye of the Storm" also continues the story of the central characters of "Yellow Eyes" after the last page of this book.

Finally, the chronologically last book in the sequence, set many centuries later, is

12) Hero.

a book which reverses the viewpoint. Humans have eventually taken a terrible vengeance on the Darhel, who are now a downtrodden minority, and the hero of "Hero" is a Darhel.

Provided that you are not squeamish or the least bit prudish, I can recommend "Yellow Eyes" and indeed the whole series.

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Mrs. Stella White

Yellow Eyes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2009

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This book is well worth reading if you are into military si-fi. Although it is one of the Posleen series it can be read as a stand alone novel as it is about the Posleen landing in Central America.
The Posleen are a reptilian race and are out to conquer Earth and they have to be stopped as to them we are just a source of food.
Though supported by the United States who have enough problems of their own and not a lot of troops to spare, the population of Panana are to be at the sharp end of the defence. New characters and and the spirit of an old Panamanian warship who manages to communicate with an electronid aide add some humour to ths situation.

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jad3703

A good read

Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2017

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A good, fun read. Really like the Kindle format for ease of access / storage / carriage.

Jonty Spyda

Old sailors will love it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2010

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The premise that every ship, especially warships, absorbs something of the crews presence is brilliant, a lot of old salts will understand (although the hilarious reference to Russian ships will annoy a few of them)
A spin-off to the Posleen series, it is best read after the rest of the series, to understand the scenario. Well written, good characters and battle scenes. If you like military SF with a bit of humour, go for it.

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