Cover of Starstrike: Operation OrionStarstrike: Operation Orion by Kevin Dockery and Douglas Niles is a book in the "SEALS" series, where the ultra-commandos of Earth have some adventure among the stars, like shoot pirates, escort diplomats, and the like. Unfortunately, this book is a stinking piece of ****, and that may be insulting ****.Kevin Dockery was historian and had written some definitive books on US Navy SEAL, and he know special operations. So his battle scenes are realistic and exciting. Unfortunately, he can't write worth ****. The plot was contrived enough and the action boring enough that if you replace all the aliens with Terran names the action doesn't change at all. The pirates may as well be from Somalia instead of some alien planet.
All the aliens behave just like humans, albeit with funny names.
Frankly, if you want to read good action, I recommend the Starfist series. That, at least, is somewhat entertaining, esp. when the enemies really do put up a fight.
Rating: Skip it
Starstrike: Operation Orion
(on Amazon)
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