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Eye of the Storm - eARC
by John Ringo

The Fight for the Galaxy is On!

Earth's Posleen invasion is contained—at a huge cost in human blood and anguish. Now hard-nosed commander Mike O'Neal discovers that he's saved our world only to unwittingly lead humanity into slavery. It's another twist of the knife in the human back courtesy of those wannabe Masters of the Universe, the Darhel. But the Darhel are about to experience an even nastier revelation of their own. For there are other universes—universes with occupants so ravenous they make the Posleen horde seem like a Boy Scout troop. Occupants with the mind-bending power to open a door between realities—and invade a certain double-spiral galaxy like the plague!  As war turns to rout and slaughter, the Darhel have no choice but to beg the one man who hates them more than anything to lead the counter-attack.  General O'Neal, welcome to your destiny. The galaxy that betrayed you is now depending on you for salvation!

At long last — the latest and greatest entry in military SF master John Ringo's ground-breaking "Posleen War" series, and a direct sequel to his New York Times best-seller Hell's Faire.

"If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo."
—Philadelphia Weekly Press.

"[Combines] fast-moving battle scenes with vignettes of individual courage and sacrifice."
Library Journal on New York Times and USA Today best-seller John Ringo's "Posleen War" saga.

Published 6/1/2009
SKU: A1439132739
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1. Chariton on 6/25/2009, said:

Reading it again and again and again!!! As another poster said, bringing all the story arcs together. And with the Tuloriad as a side dish I am eager and hot with anticipation for the next installment. Though it seems that our favorite author has been sidetracked a bit by another project all I can say is... Bring it on!!!
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2. Norman on 6/13/2009, said:

Disappointed! The author strained to pick up all of the loose threads from the earlier parts of the series in an attempt to tie them all together. Great effort... lackluster results. Refreshing to see Mike O'Neal again, but that isn't enough to carry this book. I feel like I would if after craving prime rib for a month, I sit down in a nice restaurant, and after enjoying the salad and bread am served a scorched and shriveled 2oz veg-patty instead of my 16oz slab of rare prime rib. Very disappointed! I feel as if the last half of the book (the half that has most of "meat") was left off. Very, Very disappointed. I even went so far as to download the file again thinking that there MUST be more to it; that maybe, hopefully, it just wasn't all there yet. Extremely disappointed.
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3. Karen on 5/1/2009, said:

This is obviously a transition book used to move the storyline from the Posleen war to the Hedren war. As such I thought it was excellent. We see how badly the Darhel have screwed things uo, how many problems there are to solve, we meet some old friends and some new interesting characters and even have a few laughs along the way. Good job John!
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4. Robert on 4/28/2009, said:

Kinda shortish, I feel like it was cut off 2/3 of the way through the book. But what is there is very good.
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5. stephen on 4/21/2009, said:

Its nice to see Ringo getting his Mike O'Neal on again. This book really ties all the divergent stories togehter into one neat little package and then fires the KEW right up the ass of a new Alien Menace! Everything you've come to love about Ringo literary works. I would suggest you go back and read EVERYTHING over again becuase there are characters dredged up from the beginnings of the series that might be a little obscure. Its a quick read (12 hours) and of course leaves you wanting more. "Put a boot on them, don't piss on them!"
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6. FD on 4/8/2009, said:

For those of you who rated it greater than 2 or 3 stars I am not sure what you were reading... a few people had it right in that only 30% of the book is good and it seems like the other 70% was half baked just to appease fans by gettin a book out... I love the Ghost series and most of this series but sad part is I didn't have too high expectations due to how long itse been since Hells Faire but this fell far under them...
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7. edward on 4/8/2009, said:

Taken as a stand alone book i can see why many of the readers fail to enjoy the book. but taken as part of a developing story. The view changes. This book gathers in the dispersed threads that had been separated in the earlier books and started the process of welding them back into a single unified whole. I look forward to the next book with both anticipation and interest.
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8. Andy on 3/26/2009, said:

I've been a fan of the Posleen series since I discovered it. The book started off well with lots action, evil plots and the type of mayhem that would engage a reader. Then it quickly ran out of steam. I felt that too much of the book was devoted to the details of training and rearming which did not advance the plot or the characters. Then the plot heated up again only for the book to end. It seems as if I purchased 1/2 a novel. I won't say I was cheated by I'm certainly disappointed.
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9. A. J. on 3/18/2009, said:

Ok, here's the good thing I have to say about it: It was given a clever title since it had a bit of mayhem at the beginning, lots of boring-as-hell humdrum in the middle and the suggestion of future mayhem at the end. It was like reading the end of a great novel at the beginning, being forced to read stuff other authors leave out between installments in a series, and then given a sneak-peek at the sequel to the novel whose end you read at the beginning of the book. I think he's losing his touch, I really do. Last Centurion should've warned me. He introduces new villains, shelves old ones and then dusts off those old ones in a half-ass way.
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10. Matthew on 3/3/2009, said:

This novel is fan service. It read like John has lost touch with the characters and is getting a feel for them again, and in many ways that isn't really acceptable. This is a story about a story rather than a story about characters. The action is brief and anti-climatic. The Deus ex machina and poor characterization leave an off taste in ones mouth. I have hopes for the next book in the series as the characters that were introduced early and then totally ignored are likely to play a larger role. I did read the story in 1 night and it kept my interest for at least that long so I can't bring myself to rate it a 1 star. I think Ringo should have let Kratman and Cochrane flesh out the charcterizations. Also, the architecture of the plot and foreshadowing needs work. All in all I felt like John rushed it so he could get on to the next story arc.
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