Storm World

Undying Mercenaries, Book 10

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Storm World

By: B. V. Larson

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

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James McGill is sent to the Core Worlds!

In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best.

Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.

McGill grimly fights and dies in the mud until the job gets done, but will it be enough to satisfy the angry Mogwa?

Hard Science Fiction

Military

Science Fiction

Space Opera

Fiction

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The Undying Mercenaries series has become just about my favourite series from B V Larson closely followed by the excellent Star Force saga. So, as usual, just as soon as I had the chance to pre-order Storm World, I did so. I have never been disappointed with any book in this series to date. Some have been better than others but none of them what I'd call bad. Now, if you thought that leads me to say that Storm World was disappointing you'd be wrong. No, just prefacing the point that not a "bad" book in this series exists.

In fact, I'd say that Storm World is actually one of the better in the recent group of this series and, to me at least running to some 78 chapters, is a bit longer than is typical. This is a welcome change as we get more elements in this story than perhaps previous books. Our hapless hero, James McGill, has adventures on no fewer than three worlds and one of them is an old battleground and the other is a surprise.

I don't think anyone that has read this series thus far is going to not want this book so I shall not go over again what it is I like about Larson's accessible form of military science fiction. We all know that Larson's style of story telling isn't "high brow" like other authors in this genre. Instead, what we get with Larson is straightforward, uncomplicated action adventure. Sure, some of the situations and solutions are rather simplistic but this is what endears the character of James McGill to me. He is a talented con man in his dealings to worm his way out of tight situations but I think I'd rather consume stories of this type if given the choice between something like this or other much heavier science fiction. Sure, the heavy stuff is often superbly written, profound and clever but it can leave you less entertained than these unpretentious action adventure format stories. Ive said it numerous times but this sort of story style would lend itself well to the big screen in a similar fashion to the 1998 Starship Troopers movie which I'm sure has inspired Larson as well as others to pen books such as this.

Larson has produced a very entertaining story here with multiple threads and plot elements and it should offer a solid foundation to continue this enjoyable series far into the future. There is enormous scope and potential here with new alien races and if there's one thing Larson does well, it's aliens. He manages to come up with very imaginative creatures with their own traits, culture and personality and it's these that McGill so often uses to his advantage in dealings with them.

So nice to see that the excellent Mark Boyett is narrating once more and he delivered his customary solid performance here rendering all the familiar characters as well as new ones which are also distinct and fresh.

Of course, it wouldn't be a review from me unless I threw in a tiny nit pick into the mix. One plot point which was contradictory was the fact that in chapter 18 McGill was told that none of the Blood Worlders could be revived. However, later on in the story we see the huge near humans being revived. This is in one way a key plot point error but I liked the story so much I didn't really care :)

Storm World is another adventurous romp, with James McGill and his legion on another harsh planet facing an old as well as new foe. I can't wait to see where this series goes next.

Another hit in my opinion and one of the best in the series so far.