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(More customer reviews)I picked up "Apocalypse Troll" to see if I liked David Weber. That is, this was a test run before I jumped into his Honor series. The result: I have already picked up "On Basilisk Station".
"Apocalypse Troll" begins with a riveting battle which runs for the first 65 pages or so. You won't want to put the book down for a break during this period. The story then slows down for a while before building to the climax. The book is well paced and rarely boring. It is not deep and thought provoking, so don't expect "Dune". But it is fun.
The book begins in the far future, where an alien race in mortal combat with humans is on the brink of annihilation. In an effort to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, the aliens take a desperate gamble to jump back in time and destroy the human race well before they develop any technologies. It some aspects, this reminded me of Star Trek's "First Contact" movie.
Through the heroic efforts of Battle Division 92 from the future, and a U.S. Carrier group from our present day which finds itself in the middle of the battle, the initial attack is thwarted. However, one part of the alien's forces, nicknamed a "troll" by the humans of the future, survives and begins a plan to carry out his original mission, and maybe more.
But a human from the future named Colonel Ludmilla Leonovna, a fighter pilot with decades of experience but a young hard female body that sci fi writers love, also survives. Now Ludmilla, along with a veteran Navy SEAL from present day, must begin the plan to defeat this Troll before he can destroy mankind.
Not a deep novel, but fast and fun.
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