Mort
Ratings15
Average rating3.3
"The “war with no name” has begun, with human extinction as its goal. The instigator of this war is the Colony, a race of intelligent ants who, for thousands of years, have been silently building an army that would forever eradicate the destructive, oppressive humans. Under the Colony's watchful eye, this utopia will be free of the humans' penchant for violence, exploitation and religious superstition. The final step in the Colony's war effort is transforming the surface animals into high-functioning two-legged beings who rise up to kill their masters.
Former housecat turned war hero, Mort(e) is famous for taking on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human bio-weapon EMSAH. But the true motivation behind his recklessness is his ongoing search for a pre-transformation friend—a dog named Sheba. When he receives a mysterious message from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive, he begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human strongholds to the heart of the Colony, where he will discover the source of EMSAH and the ultimate fate of all of earth's creatures."
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2 primary books3 released booksWar with No Name
War with No Name is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Robert Repino.
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Some interesting ideas and a fun read, but it sometimes felt rushed, as if the author had lots of ideas to put down but didn't take the time to tie these thoughts into a cohesive and structured story.
If you enjoy B movies you'll likely enjoy this; but as the range of ratings shows, this isn't a book for everyone.
So I had the temerity to chide my niece on her kitty fantasy series Warriors only to find myself picking this sci-fi book focused on an ant uprising bent on destroying the humans and an evolved house cat in the animal army looking for her lost love, the neighbour's dog. Seriously.
So naturally when you write adult fiction about gun-toting animals I assume there's some deep moral centre to the whole endeavour. There's an easy joke about a pig naming himself Bonaparte (since Napoleon was taken multiple times already) There's also a surreal moment when a real-estate cat coughs up a hairball into her clipboard and tries to hide it.
So I'm not sure if I'm reading an anthromorphized moral story about the power of love, notions of faith and the idea that some are more equal than others or a post-apocalyptic, furry fantasy.
