Live Free or Die : Troy Rising I (Paperback)

from sgsmitty

This was my first exposure to Ringo. I gave it a try because I saw it on the shelf and I noticed that it had a overall high rating at Amazon. It is a military sort of book, the first in a trilogy. For me it was light a summertime action movie with many big military ideas and some ship explosions ...

from Karlstar

This is very typical John Ringo. Set in the near future, aliens open a gate to our Solar System for us to use, but there is a catch - anyone can use it. The first civilization to come through are traders but we have little they want and our technology is very inferior to theirs. The second civili...

from wifilibrarian

I had put off this reading this book as I thought the description looked interesting with elements I like in a sci-fi story, particularly how first contact will change human life. However I'd heard that the author was very right wing and bashed you over the head with it in the book. Now that's an...

from dswaddell

A fun new series combining commercialism, military know how and fun. A race drops a gate that allows aliens access to earth and they start blackmailing us for our mineral resources. A sci-fi writer Tyler Vernon finds another trade good which leads to conflict with our Horvath masters.

from thombr

There are some hilarious moments in this book, I'm talking laughing-to-tears funny. Lots of interesting technology, explained in great detail---a bit much at times, but mostly entertaining. Not a lot of action. Not that that diminishes this book; it's just not a posleen war story. There are plent...