Book Review: Stark's War

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Stark's War     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
John G. Hemry
Class/Genre:   Science Fiction   Military   Futuristic
Series: Sergeant Stark # 1
Ace, Apr 2000, $5.99, 277 pp.

During the first century of the new millennium, all the governments of the world collapsed except America, leaving that nation as the only superpower on the planet. American government officials funded the military but political office was awarded to those individuals will to do the corporation’s bidding. Former President Eisenhower’s worst nightmare had come to pass as military actions were dictated by corporate profits. Those individuals seeking freedom from the oppression of the United States established colonies on the moon. This situation irked the corporate and political leaders of America, who declared the moon as American territory and dispatched troops to enforce the edict.

The military receive no resistance upon landing on the moon. The colonists are returned to earth while loyal American are transported to the lunar colonies with the military assigned to keep them safe from invasion. Other earthlings band together to stop the American thrust to dominate space as they have done on the planet. The war on the moon lasts for years. Men like NCO Sergeant Ethan Stark lead soldiers into combat, but his loyalties are with the safety of his men and not some government 250,000 miles away.

STARK’S WAR is a high caliber military science fiction thriller that belies the fact that this is John G. Henry’s first published novel. The fast-paced story line reads as if the audience is seeing the war first hand due to the nonstop action and the likable characters. Hopefully, Stark stars in a series of novels that should spell adult Skywalker (Luke not Darth).

Harriet Klausner

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