Chains of Command by Marko Kloos

The assault on Earth was thwarted by the destruction of the aliens’ seed ship, but with Mars still under Lanky control, survivors work frantically to rebuild fighting capacity and shore up planetary defenses. Platoon sergeant Andrew Grayson must crash-course train new volunteers—all while dulling his searing memories of battle with alcohol and meds.

Knowing Earth’s uneasy respite won’t last, the North American Commonwealth and its Sino-Russian allies hurtle toward two dangerous options: hit the Lanky forces on Mars or go after deserters who stole a fleet of invaluable warships critical to winning the war. Assigned to a small special ops recon mission to scout out the renegades’ stronghold on a distant moon, Grayson and his wife, dropship pilot Halley, again find themselves headed for the crucible of combat—and a shattering new campaign in the war for humanity’s future.

Good military SF. Marko Kloos has become one of my automatic buys.

Originale : On retrouve les mêmes éléments qui ont fait que cette série est intéressante à lire depuis le debut. Même si elle réserve une surprise de taille, la fin est un peu trop facile à entrevoir cette fois-ci. Cependant, on garde plaisir à dévorer le livre et on enchaîne avec la suite dans la foulée.

Original: We find the same elements that made this series interesting to read from the beginning. Even if it holds a major surprise, the ending is a little too easy to foresee this time. However, we still enjoy devouring the book and moving on straight away.

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Relecture : on découvre encore une nouvelle facette des opérations militaires, ce qui amène un peu de fraicheur dans la série.

Rereading: we discover yet another new facet of military operations, which brings a little freshness to the series.

Executive Summary: Once again Mr. Kloos took the story in an entirely different direction than I expected, but this turned out to be an excellent choice for my December road trip home.Audiobook: Another excellent job by Luke Daniels. If he keeps this up, I'll run out of nice things to say. This is a series that works well in audio.Full ReviewAbout this time last year, I didn't know anything about this series. It's quickly become one of my favorites. I did find the start a bit of a letdown of sorts because it seemed to completely neglect the things I was expecting it to be about. It turns out there was a good reason for that. I was completely wrong about the direction this book would take. I do hope he comes back to address some of these details later, but unless I'm completely wrong again, that won't likely be in the next volume. Things really continue to ramp up with this book, although I think my expectations put it a little behind [b:Angles of Attack 24358527 Angles of Attack (Frontlines, #3) Marko Kloos https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1432362775s/24358527.jpg 41876809] in terms of ranking the books. It's easily the second best, as Mr. Kloos's writing seems to improve with each book.I really love the characters, and the level of technology. Even though it's Science Fiction, I feel like some of the stuff here is very relevant and at times this book feels like it could happen in the not too distance future. Well, maybe minus the ridiculously large alien race that wants to destroy us.While not a very upbeat story, I still found it fun. It's a quick read with lots of action a lot of room to explore things beyond military battles. I'm very eager to read [b:Fields of Fire 30243858 Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5) Marko Kloos https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1480850507s/30243858.jpg 50708771] next month.