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Live Free or Die
by
John Ringo
It is part of the Troy Rising #1 series and is a military science fiction in a hardcover edition that was published by Baen Books on February 2, 2010 and has 404 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Sister Time, Watch on the Rhine, Honor of the Clan, Eye of the Storm, The Tuloriad, The Hot Gate, Citadel
First in the Troy Rising military science fiction series.
My Take
Live Free or Die is an appeal to “life, liberty or death” when the Horvath come through the gate set up by the Glatun and demand Earth’s most precious and rare metals in return for their protection (from the Horvath).
Fortunately, Tyler Vernon isn’t all that accepting of what Jason Haselbauer calls Revenuers, and he plots a tasty trade takeover to get what the he thinks the Earth needs to protect itself against the Horvath (and anyone else who thinks we’re easy).
Funny, oh lord, it’s funny…but then, what can I expect. It’s John Ringo at his hysterical action-oriented best as Tyler defrauds the Glatun and outwits our own government and big corporations to raise the funds for space ships and weapons becoming a multibillionaire in the process.
There is a lot of science in this tale, and it is so worth reading — if you enjoy the idea of one man putting it over “the man” (of any species). The one sore spot for me was why the Glatun bothered setting up the gate in the first place…they didn’t think we had anything to offer in trade and they knew they were setting us up for invasion. Although…snicker…I think we stuck ’em a bit…
