The IX (The IX Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0986414085 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 596 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great read Cw moore What a great read. Slows down just a bit in the middle but had enough to carry through to a surprising ending and lots of details.. "A brilliant and amazing synthesis of military, horror and far-future science fiction" according to Michael Armstrong. Take one part Roman military history, one part Old West adventure, one part near-future thriller, and combine with an alien, other wordly far-future battle against the meanest, nastiest monsters ever and you have Andrew Weston's The IX. Oh, and throw in a little Native American mysticism just to shake things up.Just when you think you've figured out how The IX might end, Weston pounds the reset button of your expectations. The Horde, the aliens threatening to overcome the last outpost of civilizati. The IX. Duty and Honor challenged in brutal combat. I remember once – back in 1988 (yes a flash back). I was in a cavalry platoon on a pretty intense training exercise. It was late at night. We’d been going full on for weeks. I waited in my Hummer, the engine running, night vision goggles pushed up on my head. We were watching for an enemy armored force to attack the flanks of an infantry battalion for which we were providing a screen. Tension that night was high, my vehicle commander was nervous. He kept nagging the machine gunner to ke
Weston's bestselling novel of courage and vengeance in humanity's future."A brilliant and amazing synthesis of military, horror, and far-future science-fiction," says award-winning journalist and novelist Michael A. Armstrong."The IX is a whole bunch of fun fast-paced storytelling, lots of action, and an array of characters drawn from Earth's past and future." -- raves Black Gate Adventures in Fantasy Literature."When it comes to science fiction, The IX delivers." -- Fanboy Comics"highly recommend the beauty of Weston's prose and image
There's constant motion, & Weston takes the story in unexpected directions that are intriguing & fun.. Action-packed and highly recommended.Amazing Stories*The IX has taken me back to the books I enjoyed in my youth (Jerry Pournelle's King David's Spaceship orGordon Dickson's Hour of the Horde) It flows wonderfully. Weston deftly weaves the horrors of the Horde stealing humanlife-essences, with the beauty of his prose and imagery