There is a point in the book where all the poor brown people die, and the red neck hero of the book declares it is a real shame, but applauds how much this is going to improve the economy.

In Ringo's world, anyone who isn't actively rooting for poor brown people to die is an idiot. The author of this atrocity, John Ringo, should take a lesson from Heinlein. You don't have to agree, but it is at least an interesting perspective. When Heinlein shoves his political opinion in, it is done with a little bit of finesse. Heinlein certainly writes about brutal militaristic governments, but it is an exploration of those societies and shows both the good and bad. I love Heinlein and find the politics in his books more or less unoffensive. You can thank me later.This would have been a fun if utterly mindless little jaunt about aliens invading and humans fighting them off if the author could have not spent every other page stuffing his straight up fascist opinion in with the subtly of a sledge hammer. It's cheaper than Amazon and has no nasty DRM restrictions. (Oh, and if you want to read it on your Kindle or Nook or what-have-you, I'd recommend getting it directly from the publisher at Baen Books. (The first, I think, was in 'Into the Looking Glass'.) A trillion ton asteroid gets turned into a floating battle station (complete with 1.5 kilometer thick nickel-iron armor) and hundreds of floating space mirrors are used to turn alien fleets into scrap metal. Most of the Middle East also gets wiped out (due mostly to their own fear and stupidity.) This is at least the second time that the Middle East has been destroyed in a Ringo novel. It's up to Tyler Vernon to figure out a way to make a buck (or a couple of billion) and start leading the way to free Earth.Īlong the way, most of Earth's major cities get wiped out (along with most of America's die-hard liberals) leaving the conservatives and libertarians in charge. Soon enough, the Horvath come through and start demanding tribute. They drop off a space gate that allows anyone and everyone from the galaxy to come calling. The book opens when Earth (Terra) receives its first visit from aliens. It never even approaches the realm of fine art but that's okay. The narration is loose and free, the action is usually just a bit over the top, the events are a bit outrageous and the entire thing is ton of fun to experience. When I say that, I mean that it reads as if you were sitting around a fire with him, listening to him spin a tale. Like many of Ringo's recent books it has a 'conversational style'. He's a veteran and (judging from his books) he loves blowing stuff up, he hates stupid people, he loves weird aliens or situations, and he has quite a vivid imagination.

If you're going to read Ringo, you need to know what you're getting yourself into. Once again, I greatly enjoyed a book by John Ringo.

Live free or die ringo