Ferrous is no place I'd want to visit。This is the first book in an ongoing science fiction series。 July 20, 2021 marks its introduction to the reading community。 It contains violence and adult language。An isolated frozen planet, Ferrous, is the current home to Master Sergeant Cole "Ace" Shaw。 His job is to lead an elite team, Banshee。 They're charged with protecting the military and civilian population of the planet from beings collectively known as Sentinels。 That job gets tougher to do when un Ferrous is no place I'd want to visit。This is the first book in an ongoing science fiction series。 July 20, 2021 marks its introduction to the reading community。 It contains violence and adult language。An isolated frozen planet, Ferrous, is the current home to Master Sergeant Cole "Ace" Shaw。 His job is to lead an elite team, Banshee。 They're charged with protecting the military and civilian population of the planet from beings collectively known as Sentinels。 That job gets tougher to do when unprecedented events begin to occur。I think the author did a wonderful job of using the first-person point of view to capture the emotional as well as physical challenges of what Team Banshee encountered。Disclaimer: I was provided an advanced reader's copy of this book which I voluntarily read。 Above is my honest opinion。 I enjoyed the book so much that I've added it to my science fiction collection。 。。。more
Phil Mooney,
I'm a big fan of the Tide series so I was looking forward to this & I read it straight through。 I'm looking forward to the next installment & seeing where it goes。 Think Kaiju vs Mechs on alien world, sort of a mash-up of Pacific Rim & Starship Troopers but with better characters and more of a plot! A fun, escapist Sci-Fi ride。 I'm a big fan of the Tide series so I was looking forward to this & I read it straight through。 I'm looking forward to the next installment & seeing where it goes。 Think Kaiju vs Mechs on alien world, sort of a mash-up of Pacific Rim & Starship Troopers but with better characters and more of a plot! A fun, escapist Sci-Fi ride。 。。。more
Michael Keller,
10 meters tall and weighing 11 tons, the Asher mech was a formidable fighting machine, turning one man into an army。Master Sergeant Cole Shaw survived his youth on planet Xenia。 His home planet offered death in many forms and he carried the scars of his youth with him to planet Ferrous。 Ferrous was as cold as Xenia had been hot, but cradled by the warm gel in the pilot chamber, Cole could handle the cold。 It was the Sentinels that gave him cold chills。 The Sentinels were the guardians left behin 10 meters tall and weighing 11 tons, the Asher mech was a formidable fighting machine, turning one man into an army。Master Sergeant Cole Shaw survived his youth on planet Xenia。 His home planet offered death in many forms and he carried the scars of his youth with him to planet Ferrous。 Ferrous was as cold as Xenia had been hot, but cradled by the warm gel in the pilot chamber, Cole could handle the cold。 It was the Sentinels that gave him cold chills。 The Sentinels were the guardians left behind by the Progenitors eons before the New World Republic landed on planet Ferrous。 What kept them alive and functional for thousands of years, was a mystery, but the Progenitors left behind many mysteries。 Small manufactured planets were the hubs of the faster than light travel across the vast reaches of the universe。 How they worked was another mystery, but using them to travel light years in minutes didn't need understanding。 Cole's unit with the Armored Support and Heavy Weapons, ASH-W or Adhere, call sign Fireteam Banshee, was assigned guard duty of a team of scientists in a sector that Asher Team Anvil had mixed it up with 5 Hels and 2 Grendels。 Helot class Sentinels were 5 meters tall with 8 legs and two rows of 4 eyes, like a huge spider except for the barbed tail。 Individually, Hels weren't a major fight, but 2 or 3 could take an Asher down。 Grendels were more of a problem, standing at 8 meters, they could give a good fight。 Titans were another story。 They could look an Asher in the eye and put up a hell of a fight。 Fighting them all at once with no backup, just the 5 members of Fireteam Banshee, was suicide。 Fireteams Anvil and Valkyrie were on the way for back-up, just ten minutes away, but 10 minutes may as well be forever with the fight they were in。 Cole and the rest of Banshee - Tanaka, Kross, Ricci, and Langer - form the base of the characters in the story。 Their unit comradery is stronger in destruction, even in defeat。 Broken, but not defeated, Banshee will fight on, in some form or other。 The storyline and fight sequences are tight。 This is a great read! Can't wait for book 2! 。。。more