William R. Forstchen
Book eight of the “Lost Regiment” series is a tale of defeat and rebellion. The war with the Bantag horde ends thanks to airmobile tactics in this, the end of the series - an end to this part of it, anyway, as there is an ninth volume…
William R. Forstchen
In book seven of the “Lost Regiment” series Forstchen once again delivers the human interest and excitement that characterized the series but that was missing from the previous book. “Band of Brothers” centers around a Stalingrad-like siege. Keane - leader of the human forces - is seriously wounded and his subordinates have to shoulder new burdens while his recovery, physical and mental, remains in doubt. We also see the beginnings of Blitzkrieg tactics as “land ironclads” fight on the steppes supported by airships.
William R. Forstchen
Book six of the “Lost Regiment” series raises the question: has the series run out of steam? It’s good, but despite the introduction of Gatling guns and primitive tanks it’s not as engrossing as first four. All the elements are there, but Forstchen doesn’t manage to make the reader care much about the characters and it lacks the epic quality of the earlier books.
William R. Forstchen
With this, book five in the “Lost Regiment” series, Forstchen shifts gears. Rather than the huge campaigns and battles of the previous books this focuses on a “Great Escape” of humans from their man-eating captors and the subsequent “Great Locomotive Chase”. It also sets up the rest of series by introducing a Horde leader who is from a technological society about 100 years more advanced than that of Forstchen 19th century heroes.
William R. Forstchen
This is book four of the “Lost Regiment” series: more good stuff from Forstchen. Sure, it’s melodrama, but it’s epic melodrama. The strategy and tactics (notably the airship combat) are plausible and the account of the Battle of Hispania is exciting and moving.
William R. Forstchen
In book three of the “Lost Regiment” series Rus and Roum confront the man-eating Merki hordes who are, for the first time, equipped with “modern” (19th century) Earth-style weaponry. It’s as good as the first two. Forstchen fills in our knowledge of Merki culture, most vividly in a horrifically detailed Merki banquet scene.
It’s as good as the first two books in the series, but the action can be hard to follow without a map. Unfortunately that much-needed map does not appear until the next book (”Fateful Lightning“) in the series.
