Squadron Alert
Author: Roland J. Green
Year: 1989
Abstract:
The guardians of peace go to war. The Federation's world Victoria, shared
with the Alliance, is having some civilian actions that are disturbing the
delicate balance between the super powers. The crew of the Starcruiser
Shenandoah must determine whether the actions being taken are being
fronted by the Alliance, or a mysterious alien race.
| Advanced Mind | |
| Exploration/Quest | |
| Military/Fighting |  |
| Horror | |
| Magic | |
| Advanced Technology | |
| Time Travel/Alternate History | |
| Science | |
| Aliens/Beasties | |
| Contemporality |
Other books in this series: Starcruiser Shenandoah
Division of the Spoils [1990]
The Sum of Things [1991]
Vain Command [1992]
The Painful Field [1993]
Warriors for the Working Day [1994]
Spectre's Review
I'm not going to waste a whole lot of time with this one, and I hope you won't
either. It's invaluable research if you're writing a military sci-fi book. I'll admit
it was moderately interesting, but I found myself skipping to the next section
when I was on one of the many plot irrelevancies. Speaking of plot, there wasn't
one until about 50 pages from the end. Even then it was kind of dumb. I know it's
the first in a trilogy, and I won't be reading the rest of it, but it didn't accomplish
a whole lot as a book.
There was a tiny bit of fighting, a splotch of advanced technology, and a mention of an alien race or two, but that's about it. This book didn't rate high in the categories arena.
Date posted: 2002 01 23
Spectre's Rating
Minus one for some REALLY bad cover art work. Minus one for having absolutely
no plot for 3/4's of the book. Minus two for dragging on irrelevant microplots. Minus
one for a really stupid end of a conflict.