The Red

I like military sci-fi, and liked the first short section quite a bit, but I disliked the characters and the plot more as the book went on. I won't be reading the rest of this series.

A near future action scifi following some US soldiers. The plot is fast paced and reasonably entertaining. The technology makes little or no sense.

Usually I end up not finishing books of this genre, and while this was a struggle, I did manage to finish it, and retrospectively was reasonably entertained.

I've read a bit of "military science fiction" as the genre's been, er... genred. Most of it really isn't very good. You could probably guess by the solid row of stars next to this text that I didn't feel that way about the Red trilogy.

It's good, it's really good. It's a set of questions about our increasingly connected future (the one where we're all paranoid that our waffle makers are secretly judging us) and it's played as an adventure.

There is quite a lot of fighting and blowing things up, though it's believable enough to a layperson such as me who has never even worn an exoskeleton for anything more than the daily commute.

Mostly, it's a relief to read something decent in terms of modern military SF.

Good solid story, compelling characters.
Very cutting edge.