"The Hot Gate" is the third book of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo. It's not Shakespeare but it is a lot of fun. You should read the other books before you read this one or you'll lose a lot of the impact.The story: Earth continues it's rise in military space power. A second and third battl...
This is Book 4 in the series, and while the writing quality holds up, I found it on the whole less suspenseful. Too much time was spent on setup in the beginning, and the whole musical subplot, while useful to me personally in expanding my CD collection, seemed a little far-fetched, even for a sc...
I have never not finished a book. I sooooo wanted to give up on this one but suffered through hoping for some redeeming qualities at the end, but... No dice. Boring, flat, empty these are words to describe what I read. This was my first John Ringo book and I see that he has written tons of oth...
It's the zombie apocalypse (not really - it's a extremely effective terrorist NBC attack (the B part)). Ringo follows a family that has some advance warning through their efforts to survive - along with humanity as a whole (from the US perspective of course).Ringo is not a great writer as such. W...
If you read the first one and liked it, this one is as easily enjoyable. I find it odd, that many readers (reading a book about a Zombie Apocalypse!) felt the idea of a 13yr old girl being very good at killing zombies "unrealistic." Ha ha! -- but yeah.. if you struggled with the previous book be...
After five years, John Ringo finally comes out with the next installment of his Paladin of the Shadows series. Only this time, the setting is not in Europe and Ringo is not the only author. Not sure why there are multiple authors; perhaps because other writers liked it and want to collaborate. Pe...
Second in the series and just as much fun as the first. I know there are lots of readers who don't care for this series and I'm usually one that doesn't deal well with overt Christian religion as a significant part of the storyline but Ringo makes this work for me.Yuppie, strongly Christian, marr...
The second book in the Paladin of Shadows book was much better than the first. For one thing, the main character doesn't rape anyone. Admittedly, I could do without the having sex with the 16 and 17 year old girls; it didn't do anything for me, but presumably Ringo is trying to be a little real...
Crikey...talk about overcoming steep odds with gusto, verve and quality execution, Mr. Ringo somehow succeeded in making me “really like this” book despite its having some serious obstacles holding back its rating potential:First: Bean books, without doubt, have the dumbest, most "short bus" look...
tIf there's one moment that sums up the entirety of Ghost, it's when our 'hero' kills Osama Bin Laden and cuts off his head for proof. Rather than being the cathartic finale of the novel, this is instead almost an aside to the main plot, which is the rescue of an entire army of kidnapped college ...