by Marshall, S. Thomas
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Product Description
A squad of young Outworlder troopers from the ConFree Legion face a merciless, all-powerful alien enemy on a mysterious world in the Outvac frontier. Their mission is soon clear - victory or death. Failure means extinction for their species.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 Pass this one by..., 2008-03-15
Poorly written. Inane characters. Absurd plot. This has to be one of the worst SF books ever written. The writing level and style is insulting and disjointed. Can't really tell you what the plot is, tossed it before I got that far. Bought the second book as a package...tossed it onto the "Salvation Army pile" unopened. I'm one of those people who'll read a cereal box if nothing else is available, and I couldn't stomach this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Poor Soap Opera, 2008-03-13
This series is poorly written. The dialog is the same from book to book and it is on the level of a teen-age mind. No real development of character and the so called "hi tech weapons" are confusing and bunk. The overall development of the series would be better suited to a oldtime "B" class Saturday matinee like Rocket Man. Save your money and seek out Sci-Fi reading from estabished known authors.
Bill
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 A glossy book, 2008-02-22
Trying to finish the book, but it has no substance. There is no real depth to the characters, and no real thought given to the science of the time, just running around shooting anything that moves. I imagine anyone who liked starship troopers might like this. At least starship troopers was a satire. I'm only going through the motions of reading it because I spent $18.00.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Another Timberwolf rip-off, 2006-05-15
Wait until this series is out in full and discounted to a rational price.
I listened, for nine and a half hours, to Soldier of the legion, with acclimated interest. Generally speaking, it was put together very well and held my interest throughout. It does have several glitches that need attention, as do several of the other audio publications from this publisher. I felt that most of their audio products were overpriced and confirmed my misgivings by finding several of the titles available brand new on various online sales sites for less than my discounted cost direct from the publisher. My biggest problem with this particular publication is the ending, or complete lack thereof.
From the reader's perspective, they have just spent almost $50 (retail) for 8 CD's and invested 9 and half hours of listening while the story builds to the climax of intergalactic battle (that you have been waiting for since the beginning), and then cuts off without warning with a curt "to be continued". There isn't even a cursory attempt at any type of closure for the reader/listener, or any type of moral cap to the story that leaves you begging for part two. It builds to a high point and cuts off abruptly. Good authors (and their editors) like Tolkien, Lewis, Weiss, Anthony, and Rowling segment their stories in such a manor as to complete a portion of the storyline giving the reader food for thought and leave them aching for more. Authors and editors interested in the monetary end of publications, without any moral or ethical obligatory feelings for their readers, do exactly what was done here. Unfortunately, those authors dwindle away to nothingness in short order.
Even huge Authors have destroyed their fan base by doing what has been done here. Stephen King, for example, changed his writing style and "dummied up" (if you will allow the term) his writing so that it could be marketed to the masses right about the same time he finished the Dark Tower series in the same unscrupulous manor that this story was ended. After waiting 8 years, and spending several hundred dollars on hardbacks, his readers felt they deserved something better. He didn't feel that way and it backfired on him and his publisher. He lost some 70% of his fan base over the next two years and his hardback publication sales have dwindled down to that of a semi-popular Romance author. Once you go down that road, there is no turning back, because you have developed a reputation for that type of immoral cut & paste writing/publishing.
Just as my angst is directed at the publishing house (because I own a bookstore), my customers angst would be directed at me for selling this type of material to them, taking their money, and smiling quietly the whole time they listened (or read) knowing they left their wallet on the counter without knowing it (figuratively speaking). Large bookstores, selling on consignment, with return policies in place, can afford to deal in this manor. (Of course, the big bookstores are also going the way of the dinosaur the past two years) Independently owned bookstores that require customer loyalty cannot.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Soldier of the Legion CD, 2005-09-09
Very creative story for adults because of the mayhem. Professionly done and the sound effects were outstanding. Hope there is a another book in the making.
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