SHADOW OPS: FORTRESS FRONTIER
SUMMARY
The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country
and in every nation, people began to develop terrifying powers--summoning
storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Overnight
the rules changed...but not for everyone.
Colonel Alan Bookbinder is an army bureaucrat whose worst war
wound is a paper-cut. But after he develops magical powers, he is torn from
everything he knows and thrown onto the front-lines.
Drafted into the Supernatural Operations Corps in a new and
dangerous world, Bookbinder finds himself in command of Forward Operating Base
Frontier--cut off, surrounded by monsters, and on the brink of being overrun.
Now, he must find the will to lead the people of FOB Frontier
out of hell, even if the one hope of salvation lies in teaming up with the man
whose own magical powers put the base in such grave danger in the first
place--Oscar Britton, public enemy number one...
REVIEW
First off, I was truly impressed with Myke Cole’s début novel
Control Point that came out last year. It combined fantasy, magical powers, and
modern day soldiers all in one book.
It absolutely rocked my socks.
I’m used to reading soldiers and high level technology in
science fiction novels, but never have I read about modern soldiers getting
magical abilities. To put it bluntly, it’s awesome! It’s like reading a
superhero book with a twist.
That said, I was a little scared that Cole was going to hit
the sophomore slump with his second book, Fortress Frontier.
I should have never worried.
Fortress Frontier is fantastic. Not only does it maintain the awesome
characters it established in Control Point with Oscar Britton and Harlequin, it
also takes the time to establish amazing new characters such Bookbinder.
Bookbinder is fantastic, not only is he an relatable character who got forced
into this situation he never wanted to be in, but with Bookbinder we get to see
a whole new set of magic and potential for magic. Not wanting to give anything
away, I thought Bookbinder’s magic was really cool. That’s all I’ll say about
the magic, but let me say that I’d recommend the book JUST for magic.
INFO
Publisher: Ace
Published: January 29, 2012
Price: $7.99
Link to Buy: http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Ops-Fortress-Myke-Cole/dp/0425256367/ref=pd_sim_b_1
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