Welcome to Hell
Tasmanian Special Forces Group, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Emily Woo Zeller
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C. R. Daems
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Jolie was 3 when she found she was ugly and deformed.
She was 5 when she found she was a subhuman and an outcast. She was 7 when five boys and two girls dragged her out of the orphanage and beat her unconscious, leaving her lying bleeding and broken in the street.
She was content to lie there and die, tired of being hated and abused. But a frail old man with wispy white hair and a long beard wasn't content to let her die. He not only saved her, but he adopted her and passed on his unique martial art to her.
She was 20 when she headed to Delphi, the center of the United Systems of Perileos (USP) and the planet of her birth father, to find her place in his society.
Based on her unique upbringing, she decides to join the USP military, requesting to be assigned to the Tasmanians SFG, an elite all-male unit. The military brass is reluctant to deny her request and admit their enlistment contract permits bait-and-switch assignments. Instead, they agree to let her enter the school, thinking she couldn't possibly succeed - a Chihuahua competing against Rottweilers — and plan to make an example of her when she fails.
Although Jolie is small, she is not what she appears. But can her adopted father's art enable her to survive the treachery of the military brass, the grueling of the school, the prejudices of the instructors, and the testosterone of an all-male class.
And if she succeeds, can she thrive in the high-octane and all male environment of the Tasmanians?
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Joile was 7 years old when she was beaten and left to die by children in the same orphanage as her. Rescued by a martial arts masters he taught her to think differently and to fight in a unique style. When he awarded her the title of Master in his art he suggested she travel to the planet of her father’s birth where she won’t look so different.
Joile arrives on New Delphi she decides to join the armed forces, determined to become a member of the Tasmanian Devils, a special forces unit with a unique structure. However, women have never been members of the Tasmanian Devils. She is determined to succeed and takes the techniques her adopted father has taught her and applies it to the arduous selection process.
This is not a complicated story, however it is an entertaining one. I really liked the main character Joile, who was determined, intelligent, adaptive and highly skilled. Her training with her adopted father was not easy, but it turned her into a strong willed and honed warrior. She was personable and people really enjoyed her company. At first I was sceptical about that part of her personality and then I remembered that she took part in her father’s classes for years and was probably used to the competitive banter surrounding the martial arts, which was easily transferred to an elite military unit.
I really liked the Tasmanian Devils unit. The unit structure is unique and allows the plot to move Joile into situations that challenge her and utilise her unique skill set. Joile was pushed into situations most women would find uncomfortable and thrived because she simply did not allow her gender to be an issue to her, except that it gave her some limitations and other strengths that a man might not experience. Once she showed what she was capable of, the unit didn’t treat her differently because she was one of them.
The selection process and training takes up a large section of the book as Joile meets the various challenges set for her both as part of the program and due to the politics of being a woman applying for a position in an all male unit. It also covers her first two campaigns with the unit which allows the author to show Joile using her abilities and growing into an important figure in the unit. It also shows the author’s ability to write exciting and high octane battles on the ground, which is unusual given that most military Sci-Fi tends to run towards space battles. It was a nice change because the battles are won not with technology but by tactics and skills.
I really enjoyed the narration by Emily Woo Zeller and it was one of the things that drew me to listening to this book. I’d not heard of the author but I knew I liked this narrator who has a good range of voices for different characters and really draws you into the story. She definitely enhanced my enjoyment of this book, which I might not have been so absorbed by if I’d simply read it as an ebook.
I will definitely be listening to the next book in the series.
Action Packed Military Sci Fi
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great adventure
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welcome to Hell
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Women in combat and in special forces is a big topic in the book and I feel that Fox is a female lead with a realistic chance to pass such training.
Then my army has had women in combat since Bosnia so it isn't a question anymore just a fact of army life.
Fox is of course exceptional but unlike a heroine like Winter we are not told constantly, instead we are shown how good she is more in the way of Honor Harrington.
At times the other soldiers seem a bit too dense but some explanations are needed to fill out the plot and world.
I got the book free as part of my membership, do the same and have a go, I will get the next book for sure
Good if short
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