daboss reviewed They know their business on
Helpful Score: 2
I've met both authors in person at conventions, and attended some small conferences with them, both are military vets who not only "talk the talk" but they've "walked the walk" and it comes across in their writing.
This, the first book in their popular Starfist series, is a prime example of the old writer's creed of, "write what you know". Being a vet myself, I found I could not only relate well to the characters, but nothing in any of the books in the series ever rang "false" to me. In each case the characters react and interact they way an actual unit does, but during combat and during "down time".
I highly praise both authors for bringing to the page the full sense of what it's like to be part of a small unit in a much larger organization and then combining that with a science fiction storyline that is both believable and entertaining.
This, the first book in their popular Starfist series, is a prime example of the old writer's creed of, "write what you know". Being a vet myself, I found I could not only relate well to the characters, but nothing in any of the books in the series ever rang "false" to me. In each case the characters react and interact they way an actual unit does, but during combat and during "down time".
I highly praise both authors for bringing to the page the full sense of what it's like to be part of a small unit in a much larger organization and then combining that with a science fiction storyline that is both believable and entertaining.
