Eye of the Storm (Posleen War)
by John Ringo
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Author: John RingoEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-07-07
ISBN: 1439132739
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Baen
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Book Review: The New Invasion
Summary: 5 Stars
Eye of the Storm (2009) is the fifth SF novel in the Legacy of the Aldenata series, following Honor of the Clan. In the previous volume, the ACS under Mike raided a Bane Sidhe facility and found themselves in a firestorm. Mike kills a sniper who had him under the gun and didn't fire. Most of the rebels got away and fled the site.
In this novel, Michael O'Neal is a Major General within Fleet Strike. His 11th ACS Corps is on R-1436 Delta -- AKA Akoria/Ackia -- reclaiming the planet from the Posleen. The fighting is brisk and Mike is very busy.
Calliope O'Neal is Mike's daughter, although he doesn't know that she is alive. Cally is also a member of the Bane Sidhe, the underground resistence to the Darhel.
Michelle O'Neal is Mike's youngest daughter. Chelle was raised by the Indowy to be a Sohon Mentat, a person with wizardly powers.
James Stewart -- AKA Joshua Price, Julio Ingatio Garcia and Yan Kato -- is a former Fleet Strike Lieutenant General. Now he is Cally's husband and the father of her children. He is also a mamber of the chinese Tong.
William Young Boyd is a rejuvenated former soldier and a Panamanian entrepeneur. He was Dictator of Panama during the Posleen invasion (see Yellow Eyes). Now he is merely a very rich man, despite Darhel efforts to assassinate him and to ruin him financially.
Daisie Mae is the spirit of the Des Moines, a sea-going heavy cruiser. Now she owns a body grown from the DNA of the actress who played Daisie Mae in the movie. She has to remain near the AI device that controls the cruiser. Daisie Mae is also a prime contributor to Boyd's financial success.
Guano was a Posleen God-King and the only survivor of the aliens who invaded throgh the Darien. His experiences have caused him to have some fearful phobias. Now he belongs to Boyd, providing access to Posleen devices via his passwords and physiology.
In this story, Mike finds human beings on Ackia, descendants of people who had been sent to this planet of exile thirty thousand years ago by the Darhel. Since the Darhel have kept such information away from the humans on Earth, this news will badly hurt their public image. Then he discovers that the Darhel owe him a great deal of money.
The Darhel have corrupted most Fleet officers. The Admiral commanding the ships that had brought the 11th Corps to R-1436 Delta is a Darhel lackey. When he is ordered to prevent the spread of this disturbing truth, the Fifth Fleet ships destroy the troops of 11th Corps and capture Mike.
Back on Luna, Mike is tried by a kangaroo court headed by his friend Lieutenant General Tam Wesley. He is allowed into the courtroom only to hear the foregone decision and punitive sentence. But Mike -- and General Wesley -- are not the only persons upset by the courtmartial.
The Bane Sidhe -- together with Michelle -- rescue Mike from his Fleet guards. Moreover, the news of this fiasco is spread widely. A mutiny starts on Luna and spreads to other Fleet Strike facilities.
Then the human Mentats arrive to separate the opposing forces and to inform them of an invasion of the Federation by the Hedren Tyranny. These alien invaders have developed the sohon powers in directions abhorrent to the Indowy Masters. They use such powers in warfare and to subjugate their slaves.
This invasion changes everything within the Federation except the power desires of the various peoples. But the threat to the Darhel worlds gives Mike a stronger hand against the alien manipulators. He also uses the Bane Sidhe threat against the Darhel. Cally is very pleased to be allowed to kill more Darhels.
This tale places Mike O'Neal into the role of Supreme Commander of all armed forces within the Federation. He forms a new General Staff, with Boyd as his logistics manager and Steward as his intelligence chief. Then he finds a competent and honest Fleet officer and gives him overall command of the navy.
Federation ground troops have been greatly depleted by the destruction of the 11th Corps, so Mike starts looking for replacements. The former SS troops who fought the Posleen have settled the devastated remains of Germany (see Watch on the Rhine). Mike designates their militia as Fleet Strike auxilaries and provides them Posleen forges -- activated by Guano -- to produce arms, munitions, vehicle parts and other neccessities.
The Des Moines is reshaped, refurbished and enhanced by the Mentats into a space-going warship. Daisie Mae is delighted with her new body. Now she is not limited to ports and other bodies of water. And her new guns are fantastic.
The story is full of conflict and violence. After the destruction of the 11th Corps, the killing is less general among the humans. However, the Hedren are massacring people --- especially the Indowy and Tchpht -- and destroying ships in the Darhel core worlds. The Posleen are being exterminated by everybody, but they breed like rabbits.
This story brings all the threads in the previous books of this series -- and the Posleen War subseries -- together in a new adventure. The sequel will surely be forthcoming. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Ringo fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of armed combat, exotic forces, and imminent destruction. For those who have not previously read this series, the initial volume is A Hymn Before Battle.
-Arthur W. Jordin
Summary of Eye of the Storm (Posleen War)
Beneath A Banner Burned . . .In an instant the world changed for Lieutenant General Michael O'Neal. His beloved Corps of the last remaining ACS destroyed beneath the guns of the Fleet, his staff shot before his eyes, arrested on the charge of war crimes, he faces a short, one-sided, trial, a trip to the Fleet Penal Facility and a bullet to the back of the head while trying to 'escape.'
The Boundaries Blur
General Tam Wesley faces trying one of the most beloved heroes in Federation, not to mention a friend of decades, on trumped up charges. He alternative is having the last corps of humans that haven't sold their souls to the Darhel be taken apart like a chicken.
Then he finds out the bad news...
The Chaos Has Returned
With a new invasion from a previously unknown race threatening the Federation capital, Darhel Tir Dal Ron faces his ultimate nightmare: He is going to have to reinstate the one man human soldiers trust, a man with the power and knowledge to destroy the Darhel oligarchy forever. And instead convince him, against all logic, to save the Darhel.
Somebody is going to die. General Michael O'Neal, Supreme Commander, Federation Forces, just has to pick.
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