Title: One of my favorite SF books, great action, real characters.
Review: I've read this book several times (a rarity for me to do) and it grips me every time.Felix, our hero, is believable, flawed, fighting for personal reasons, and yet superhuman (superlucky?). The action sequences are probably the best ever in SF for ground action.The Jack Crow story takes awhile to get going, but it works.The ending and climax are excellent, both pack a great emotional wallop.My favorite part about Steakley's writings is that he's not afraid to let his characters die. If they get into bad situations, bad things happen. There are no miraculous solutions. Survival, victory, etc. is paid for in blood.A great homage to Heinlein, as well as an overall improvement to ST (remove the "preachiness" and add some action).Great stuff! Write more John!!!
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