It is illegal due to the belt being the 'proscribed zone' an area where relics of an ancient war may be located. The imagery surrounding the production and smuggling of the drug are amazing.Īnother POV develops far off the planet in the meteor belt, where a small crew is illegally searching for radioactives. He and some captured smugglers are trying to work out a deal to bag the 'big man', and thereby call in the military for assistance in cleaning house. There are a few honest cops, however, and one of the main POVs is just such a man, along with a few trusted associates. Due to its pleasant high, it is in huge demand, leading to numerous groups obtaining it and smuggling it off planet (corrupting the local police force and politics accordingly). The colony on Saskatch is pretty rough and tumble, with the main export being a highly illegal drug distilled from some of the local flora. TMF is something of an alien invasion novel set in a grim colony on the edge of human space. Not for the weak of heart.Įdit on the reread. Not much character development for sure, but great story and brutal imagery. Seriously nasty aliens in a fast paced romp. Join my 3-emails-a-year newsletter #prizes

It's the sort of alien that makes you glad that flying saucers fly right by Earth without stopping. The way the military form (the version of the parasite that conquers worlds) operates by infecting and taking over humans is inventive and unpleasant. Like the alien from the Alien/s films the Vang are a species for whom the 'take off and nuke the planet from orbit' strategy was invented. The Vang are a quality antagonist and I had great fun reading about their efforts to reassert themselves from a single long-dormant seed while humanity does its best to eliminate them.

A relentless parasitic alien species that will rapidly destroy man's empire and any other they can reach. Here we get to meet the race that the star hammer in the previous book was designed to deal with. Can be read as a stand-alone (It was the first of the two that I read.) More hard-edged violent and pretty gruesome Sci-Fi. We will delete it ASAP.The better of the two books I've read in this trilogy.

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Starhammer by Christopher Rowley