The oldest of the children drafted from humanity’s devastated planet, Joe is pressed into service by the alien Congressional Ground Force-and becomes the unwitting centerpiece in a millennia-long alien struggle for independence. “THE OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR #1 BESTSELLER!!! ****ONE OF THE HIGHEST-RATED MILITARY SCI-FI NOVELS ON AMAZON!!***”ĭespite this overly enthusiastic hard sell, Forging Zero is a good, fast-paced “you are the chosen one” adventure with well-drawn characters.ġ4-year-old Joe Dobbs is in a post-apocalyptic universe following a massive alien invasion of Earth.

The description of this book starts with the sophisticated subtlety of a weasel that just burrowed though a grain silo of cocaine: Those who love schlock that stops just short of parody will be delighted. All of the preceding came from a forum on the internet, so it must be true.įirst-time novelist Gunn, a Brit who’s served his country by undertaking mysterious military or espionage “assignments,” delivers a hilarious far-future shoot-’em-up featuring a flawless antihero… Those looking for hard-bitten military SF will be disappointed. There are internet rumors that there is no real David Gunn: instead, his real name is possibly John Courtnay Grimwood and he’s never served in any military capacity. It’s interesting to note that the multiple attempts to contact David Gunn, his publisher, his agent, or any of the number of companies he’s associated with have all failed (attempts by others, not by me). Sven knows he is a pawn, and pawns have a bad habit of being sacrificed.īut Sven is nobody’s sacrifice. There he finds himself in the midst of a military disaster, one that will take all his courage–and all his firepower–to survive.īut an even deadlier struggle is taking place, a struggle that will draw the attention of the United Free. Armed with a SIG diabolo–an intelligent gun–and an illegal symbiont called a kyp, Sven is sent to a faraway planet, the latest battleground between the Uplifted and OctoV. Perhaps it is these unique abilities that bring Sven to the attention of OctoV.ĭrafted into the Death’s Head, the elite enforcers of OctoV’s imperial will, Sven is given a new lease on life.

Perhaps that “something else” explains how quickly he heals from even the worst injuries or how he can communicate telepathically with the ferox, fearsome alien savages whose natural fighting abilities regularly outperform the advanced technology of their human enemies. Sven possesses a fierce if untutored intelligence and a genetic makeup that is 98.2 percent human and 1.8 percent.

Sven Tveskoeg, an ex-sergeant demoted for insubordination and sentenced to death, is a vicious killer with a stubborn streak of loyalty.

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