Into the Maelstrom (Citizen), by David Drake, John Lambshead
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ENTRY #2 IN CITIZEN SERIES, SEQUEL TO INTO THE HINTERLANDS. Science fiction adventure on the frontier realms of empire written by biological scientist Dr. John Lambshead and nationally best-selling writer David Drake.THE RIGHT MAN FOR A VERY BAD JOB The Cutter Stream colonies were at peace. If everybody behaved reasonably, that peace could last a thousand years. Allen Allenson had known war; it had made him peaceful and reasonable. He was far too experienced to believe the same was true of all his fellow colonists, however, let alone the government of the distant homeworld across the Bight. War was coming, a war that the colonies had to win if they were ever to be more than prison camps and a dumping ground for incompetent noblemen. The experience that had caused Allenson to hate war made him the only man who could lead the colonial army. Allenson knew that he wasn't really a general, but he understood his fellow colonists better than any homeworld general could. He would free the Cutter Stream, or he would die trying. What Allen Allenson would not do, what he would never do, was quit. About Into the Maelstrom: "[The authors] neatly adapt real history to a science fiction framework in the second novel of the Citizen trilogy . . . Drake and Lambshead are telling the story of George Washington as a space opera. . . . [I]ngeniously structured retelling."—Publishers Weekly About Into the Hinterlands: “Drake and Lambshead combine politics, military expeditions, and deep-space exploration into an intriguing tale…Recommended for all SF collections.”—Booklist About David Drake’s RCN series: “[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera.”—Publishers Weekly on the “RCN” series. “The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want more!”—Philadelphia Weekly Press “[S]pace opera is alive and well. This series is getting better as the author goes along…character development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs.”—SFReader.com About David Drake: “[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank…rivals Crane and Remarque…”—Chicago Sun-Times “Drake couldn’t write a bad action scene at gunpoint.”—Booklist
Into the Maelstrom (Citizen), by David Drake, John Lambshead- Amazon Sales Rank: #971452 in Books
- Brand: Drake, David/ Lambshead, John
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Released on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.25" h x 1.40" w x 6.12" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 448 pages
About the Author David Drake was attending Duke University Law School when he was drafted. He served the next two years in the Army, spending 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th armored Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Upon his return he completed his law degree at Duke and was for eight years Assistant Town Attorney for Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981. His books include the genre-defining and bestselling Hammer’s Slammers series, the nationally bestselling RCN series including In the Stormy Red Sky, The Road of Danger, The Sea without a Shore and, with John Lambshead, the Citizen series entries Into the Hinterlands and Into the Maelstrom. Dr. John Lambshead is a retired senior research scientist in marine biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. He is also the Visiting Chair at Southampton University, Oceanography, and Regent’s Lecturer, University of California. He writes military history and designs computer and fantasy games. He is the author of swashbuckling fantasy Lucy’s Blade, contemporary urban fantasy Wolf in Shadow, and coauthor, with nationally best-selling author David Drake, of science fiction adventures, Into the Hinterlands and Into the Maelstrom.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Not Drakes best By Charles van Buren This is not a HAMMER'S SLAMMERS type of book which is information not criticism. Drake bases many of his books on historical events which are usually very old, obscure or both. This time the story is loosely based on the American War of Independence & the main character on George Washington. The outcomes of the siege of Oxford & the battles of Port Trent & Teneyk are therefore somewhat predictable even if the details are not. The story of the fighting at Oxford is one of the problems. DO NOT READ FURTHER if you do not want story details. At Oxford General Allenson uses the peculiar mist of a swamp to protect his battle winning position from Brasilian lasers. The enemy sally against this position is conducted with knives, fists & clubs as lasers will not penetrate the mist. A great point is made of the danger of igniting the unstable mist. Why didn't the Brasilians simply eliminate the position using this characteristic? More troubling is the lack of projectile weapons, the implication being that neither side has access to any weapon of this type. Yet projectile mortars are available. At Port Trent there is reference to a weapon firing bullets. Later in that battle, the Brasilians deploy flame throwers which if used at Oxford would have been catastrophic for Allenson's position in the volatile mist. In addition lasers are "worse than useless within a continuum field" so vehicles carry spring guns which shoot ceramic bolts. These would have been quite useful in the swamp mist. Had the Brasilians stood off in their boats with a supply of rocks, Allenson's men would have had a serious problem. The rock suggestion reminds me that both sides use handgrenades. The entire premise of the key fighting at Oxford is badly flawed. This is so atypical of Drakes' writing that I am at a loss to understand it. This book, if judged against Drakes' other work, is a one or two star at best. Judged against all other scifi, I am giving it a three.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Intriguing space opera! By eyes.2c War is on the horizon for the Cutter Stream colonies and Allen Allenson is the right man in the right place at the right time.If war is going to happen it might as well be more than a debacle.The writing contains the same wry understatement that is so indicative of Drake, filled with outrageous characters who know how to get the job done, led by a mindful yet reluctant leader. Allenson doesn't want war but if war it is then do it right! Allenson collects a colorful (in more ways than one) array of personnel, mostly misfits with some dedicated professionals, along with the not so wonderful experienced bully of a colonel, Renald Buller, who on occasions just might be right, and as one of the few who has actual combat experience, has to be 'handled'.Another wonderful space opera exhibiting humour, sardonic comments on wars, politics and human folly, peppered with Allenson's occasional moments of reflection on the flora and fauna and the startling geographical aspects of the areas he's fighting in, (recalling RCN 's Lt. Leary's interests). Along the way we are treated to Allenson's truisms of war like, 'if the enemy has only three different choices of reaction to your plans, you may expect it to take the fourth, the one not for seen in the original orders.'And then there's the secret discovery in the Hinterlands by a research team of the now enemy, the Brasillian Navy. The discovery of a potential new fuel compound that may revolutionize space crafts, travel and more. Hints begin to surface and interested parties come into focus.A pleasure to read.A NetGalley ARC
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Disappointed By Amazon Customer I love anything Drake writes and I was looking forward to this next book in this series. I am having a difficult time wading my way through this one. I have never experienced this issue before in a David Drake story. I will finish the book. I do hope it gets less tedious.
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