Takeover is listed as the first book of \u201cGalaxy\u2019s Edge Season Two.\u201d\u00a0 This signifies the end of the first story arc that pitted the corrupt House of Reason against the imperial designs of Goth Sullus with the Legion trapped in the middle.\u00a0 With the end of that chapter we begin this season in the aftermath of that struggle with the Legion reorganizing the Galactic Republic after the defeat of the Goth Sullus and the dissolution of the House of Reason.<\/p>\n
All of this change has left almost everything and everyone throughout the galaxy in flux.\u00a0 This is the story of one of those places, Kublar, a world with its own indigenous race now heavily controlled by a government installed from outside by the now defunct House of Reason and also heavily colonized by an aggressive and hostile outside race called the zhee.<\/p>\n
An outside force arrives in the form of a private army of mercenaries hired by a man called Arkaddy Nilo.\u00a0 Nilo has a plan to alter the imperial methods of the Galactic Republic and restore freedom to the many worlds that chafe under the rule of the Republic.\u00a0 Takeover is the story of how that plan is implemented by Nilo and of the two primary weapons that Nilo uses.\u00a0 One is a former legionnaire named Carter who leads a platoon of combat soldiers that provide the skills needed to aid the koobs (nickname given to the natives of Kublar) in their fight to take back their planet.\u00a0 The second is a former Republic Navy spy named Bowie who performs clandestine operations for Nilo meant to destabilize the coalition of the House of Reason government, the zhee and a local group of koobs who benefit from selling out the interests of the rest of their people in return for special treatment.<\/p>\n
Anyone who has read any of my earlier reviews of the Galaxy\u2019s Edge books knows I\u2019m an enthusiastic fan of the series.\u00a0 The authors Jason Anspach and Nick Cole have created an exciting and inventive universe full of military science fiction fun.\u00a0 Takeover continues this legacy with a new cast and fresh storylines that provide a different direction from last season.\u00a0 The opportunities for expanding the scope of the story are very apparent in Takeover and back story about the nature of the invaders from the \u201cSavage Wars\u201d era is sprinkled in the story line that Bowie inhabits.<\/p>\n
The battle scenes are exciting and well-drawn.\u00a0 The characters are interesting and include good guys to cheer and plenty of bad guys to snuff out.\u00a0 And as opposed to season one there are plenty of opportunities for the good guys to actually win the day without sacrificing the whole cast.<\/p>\n
Okay, so this is a no-brainer.\u00a0 I highly recommend Anspach and Cole\u2019s Galaxy\u2019s Edge series and I am happy to announce that the first book of Season Two, Takeover, continues the proud tradition of Season One in providing quality military science fiction that you can enjoy.\u00a0 And you can even applaud as the social justice losers in the government imposed by the House of Reason are thwarted and routed by the good guys.\u00a0 What could be better than that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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