Sword of Mars

paperback, 356 pages

Published June 10, 2019 by Faolan's Pen Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-988035-89-5
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4 stars (9 reviews)

A defector with a dangerous lead A chance to speak for the silent A perilous quest into enemy stars

When the star system of Legatus was preparing to secede from the Protectorate of the Mage-King of Mars, it was the secret agents of the Legatan Military Intelligence Directorate that laid the groundwork and fought the covert war to make it happen.

Now, as the open conflict draws to a bloody stalemate, LMID has been broken. Their leader is dead, murdered by agents of the Republic they helped birth. Their surviving agents have scattered, following a final protocol that orders them to defect to the Protectorate.

An old friend brings all of this to Damien Montgomery, First Hand of the Mage-King, and begs for his help in unravelling the mystery. The only answers lie where the Hands of Mars should never go: on the worlds of the Republic.

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Somehow more and less intense at the same time

5 stars

I really did enjoy this one, it kind of felt like it got more intense, but at the same time the stakes were kind of lower, and I enjoyed the book more because of that :) What I really enjoy about this series is that it doesn't dwell on things too long, so no 50+ pages space battles, a chapter is usually enough space battle :)

A Superb Blend of Space Battles and Heroic Adventures

5 stars

After a break from the Starship's Mage series for a year, I started UnArcana Stars and rolled into Sword of Mars without pause. Glynn Stewart's breakneck pace continues here, with the plot steamrolling deep into the consequences of the events of the previous novel. All the requisite elements of fantastic Space Opera are on display: intricate world-building, galaxy-spanning economies and solar system-wide military actions filling the pages. And of course, don't expect the author to settle into any sort of status quo.

I find it difficult to praise without spoiling, so all I can say is that the open conflict referred to by the back of the book is massive in scope and bloody in consequence. It's everything I expect, but mostly fear as I do love the universe and many of the characters. Damien Montgomery is in fine form as Sword of Mars effortlessly blends military space battles alongside …

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