Hell's Faire

Even the author admits this book is the 2nd half of the previous book. It doesn't feel incomplete, but it does start right in the middle of a scene, so read the previous book before you read this one! Once again the O'Neals have to do their best to save the USA, and the world from the Posleen, but it is becoming increasingly obvious that the humans were setup.
A continuation of his 'infantry vs everyone' series. Great military sci-fi, even if it is a tiny bit contrived.

No surprises here. This is the end of one of the arcs of the larger series (they're not exactly sequential) and this is also the point where I usually stop reading. Still fun stuff here, but the thrill wears off after a while, and the main protagonist has long since ceased to be in any way relatable - so we're stuck with swapping perspectives between various front-liners, which is engaging enough but doesn't really have any staying power.

The final book in the Earth based Posleen war series. This should really have been part of the previous book (When the Devil Dances), but that would have made it a 1,100 page book. I've seen some complaints that these two books needed editing, but I feel that's not totally fair. They didn't feel padded, and I'm not sure what' you'd leave out of them. Sure, there are characters who are introduced in reasonable detail in order to then die, but isn't war like that? I like that you couldn't really guarantee that all the good guys would survive for once.

The remainder of the books in this universe are share cropped. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

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This is the final novel in John Ringo’s Earth-Posleen War series. Not that this is the end of his writing in this universe by any stretch of the imagination (he just released a new book centered on the life of a minor character in this series). But, this is the end of the road for Michael O’Neil and Powered Suits. At least until the publisher and the fans demand more (and end up getting less then they bargained for, I would expect). He really does wrap the story up nicely here and while the intensity isn’t quite as good as the first two books, it’s a lot better than the end of the third. And some things do get wrapped up rather too neatly. I get the impression that the author wanted to finish up this series so he could focus on show more other stories in this (and other) universe. This was originally supposed to be a trilogy, but the end of the third got botched bad enough that we needed a fourth book to settle things up. Despite these flaws we still have a cast of lovable characters and we learn a few things about the Posleen’s motivations and, perhaps more germane to future books, more about our not quite as benevolent as they seem allies. show less

And so ends part 2 of "book three" of the Posleen Invasion trilogy.

The invasion forces have been broken and the stage has been set for the next steps in the interstellar conflict between humanity and their true enemies. More great work by John Ringo.

Another captivating novel by Ringo.

It has its good points, for example, it's the last of the series.