Reading is
a continuing obsession, and I often try to share my love of books with my audience. As part of that, I feature books by fellow
authors each Wednesday here on Amlokiblogs.
I’ve featured Alex J Cavanaugh with his space opera, Marian Allen’s humorous scifi, and T. A. Miles with her scifi thriller. Today would my first military science fiction: La Glaciere by Pete Rogan.
Elevator pitch:
A novel about a Marine squad locating a hidden alien airbase on the
frozen end of the French colony world of Aurore, accompanied by a
xenopsychologist whose two-year captivity by the aliens has made her a
little… strange. Intrigue, adventure and confronting the unknown at
humanity’s edge.
heading west and, while actual sunsset was some time off, it felt
like evening, and the xenon lighting of the “Avenue of Hope”
could be seen a klick away. Once, Gunny knew, it had been the main
shopping district of De Rais. The war had changed the nature of its
commerce utterly.
Gunny was no piker.
He and the Squad had been up and down the French Arm, from the
industrial-strength entertainment district at Premiere on Beta Canum
to the fleshpots of Joi to the earnest, hard-working pubs and
brasseries of Elysium. But what was going on in Lumiere d’Aube made
them look tired and trite.
Minutes before they
got there Gunny addressed the Squad: “All right. We’ve got a whole
street to explore and I know you want to get to it. I’ll just remind
you jarheads that morning formation is at Hour One sharp. And that we
are here as guests of the French and of the people of Lumiere d’Aube,
who have never seen an American Marine before. I expect you all to
conduct yourselves as ambassadors of good will.” He hesitated.
“We’ve seen what the Bugs can do, but these people saw that first,
years before we did. Respect them as you would a Marine.” He let
that sink in. “Okay. Marines, have a good time. See you in forty
hours.”
—–
science-fiction aficionado, then this book is for you.This isn’t just a book about aliens. It’s about
confronting the unknown, and what the unknown reveals. Readers with an
interest in sf that’s more than find the aliens and blow them up will
find something here to reward them as well. Right down to its Ernest K.
Gann ending.
So go buy La Glaciere and have yourself a truly out of the world experience!
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Great post! Thanks for sharing!
Okay, where was I? Yeah, I could always read a bit of spaced-out sci-fi. Confronting the unknown can be looked at from many perspectives. Nice one, Pete Rogan.
Thank you, Damyanti.
Gary 🙂
That sounds fascinating. Nicely done.
Sounds very interesting and intriguing! And the elevator pitch is awesome!
Nas
The elevator pitch is quite intriguing. 🙂
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Sounds very interesting!
Military sci-fi, huh? Sounds like a winning combination. Thanks for the heads up on this one.
I don't usually read military sci-fi, but you have me hooked about the strange xenopsychologist. Sounds like fun!
Now that sounds like my kind of read!
I don't usually read sci-fi, but sure, I'll bite.
I love a good sf. Sounds like this is one that would keep me reading.
What a cool premise!
Love the combo of military and sci-fi. 🙂