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Rated Poor Man's Fight 10/10

What a fantastic book! The worldbuilding is marvelously complex, without being tedious. It is completely relatable to our own world, so you don't get detracted from the story as it unfolds. That story moves along quickly, and you are drawn in before you know it. A lot of military SF can lose the reader when it comes to jargon, or it can lose the story as it tries to fit in as much military-ness as it can into the pages. This book succeeds in bringing the reader along with the character as he takes his first steps into the military world.

Speaking of the characters, they are also complex. I found myself rooting for everyone, even some who didn't deserve it. You understand why characters do what they do, and you even sympathize with the situations many find themselves in, even if it is a hell of their own making. I may have cried at the end....not necessarily out of sadness. Just an overall fantastic book. I would recommend it to SF readers, of course, and even readers who think they don't like SF.

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Published 2026-09-20 18:49 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere