Product Description

After years of battling aliens in space, Jason Wander returns home to a desperate and bankrupt Earth in which the nations of the world plan to salvage their economy by eliminating the space program, but Jason soon discovers that an all-new alien assault is planned and that he and his guerrilla fighters are Earth's only hope. Original.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69449 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

Synopsis
After years of battling aliens in space, Jason Wander returns home to a desperate and bankrupt Earth in which the nations of the world plan to salvage their economy by eliminating the space program, but Jason soon discovers that an all-new alien assault is planned and that he and his guerrilla fighters are Earth's only hope. Original.

Customer Reviews

Well worth the read if you liked 'Orphanage'
This is a solid sequel that follows on directly from 'Orphanage' and features many of the same characters. If you liked the first book you'll probably like this one, although there is less action.

The first chapter lies chronologically almost at the end of the story, and the bulk of the tale is told as one giant flashback. I guess this sets the scene for people who haven't read the first book but it does give away the plot a bit (although you can see most of it coming to be honest). Incidently, if you are someone who hasn't read the first book, I would recommend that you start there instead as a lot of 'Orphan's Destiny' won't make as much sense without the benefit of that background information.

The bulk of the first half of the book deals with Jason Wander, the hero of 'Orphanage', and his return to Earth. Rather like in 'The Forever War', he finds that the attitude of the population has changed while he has been away and he becomes a reluctant figurehead for a tour to reassure the public about defence spending. This isn't as tedious as it might sound, and things keep ticking over until the more interesting second half of the book. The first chapter pretty much gives away what happens here, but I'll leave there so that the surprise is not spoiled further.

This is a good military sci-fi story, but to gain maximum pleasure from it, read the first book first, if you haven't already. It follows on nicely and logically from there and reaches a satisfying conclusion while remaining open for a sequel (which is actually available now, titled 'Orphan's Journey').

Scratches only the surface
In short: the author has not done the best out of the story.

Honestly, if you expect something like the Halo-Books, you are right to some degree, but you will not be convinced. Read (and play) Halo. Or John Ringo's Posleen Wars series.

narrative:
Jason Wander, former low rank non-com soldier of an army sent to destroy Alien Invaders on Ganymed, now Acting General, rescues Earth twice from extinction by the alien Slugs.

A little bit more depth would have done much to this book, and would have put it to the page turner section of my SF library.

Sorry, was not convinced by this book.

Better luck next time.