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reviewed Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Bear Head (Dogs of War, #2) (2021)

Sequels

Honestly the first book in this series was like Predators #1, a glorified war-action film with a larger anti-war and anti-authoritarian narrative. I enjoyed it but war is so vile that even a well written war novel is hard to focus on.

but this sequel, with the development of far-right politicians, aging, and uploaded consciences was fun. It all takes place on mars which is consistently a great setting for a sci-fi novel and probably boasted the my rating by 1/2 star alone.

if you are tchaikovsky pilled, read it. if no I got other books of his to recommend to you.

reviewed The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #2)

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John Scalzi: The Ghost Brigades (EBook, 2007, Tor)

The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created …

Where's John Perry?

Found as EN "boxed set" and read the trilogy (with Old Man's War & The Last Colony) in less than a week (nights mainly). Less entertaining than #1 IMHO, but "needed" to jump into #3

reviewed Dungeon Born by Dakota Krout

Dakota Krout: Dungeon Born (2019, Mountaindale Press)

Titles are dumb

Despite the two main characters having the same character, this was fun and fresh and slightly silly. It reminds me of Unsouled (Cradle #1) but also a bit of Ed Greenwood's Band of Four series.