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Genellan -- beautiful, Earthlike world where intelligent cliff-dwellers waited in fear for the day the warlike bear people would return... Genellan -- the only refuge for a ship's crew and a detachment of spacer marines, abandoned by a fleet fleeing from alien attackers. Stranded on Genellan, the humans struggled to make a home for themselves until -- they hoped against hope -- the fleet could rescue them. Lt. Sharl Buccari tried desperately to hold on to the threads of command over both the civilians and the marines -- to keep her people together. Winter was coming. No one knew if the winged natives would be friend or foe. And now the bear people were returning, bent on destroying every human -- but not before stealing the secret of hyperlight drive, the key to interstellar flight...… (more)
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The book is well written and is the story of the human's attempts to survive and make a home. And the interactions between the three species are told from their own perspective. Giving us good insight. The characters are likable and Gier's story flows. I did not want to put the book down. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
Space marines land on Genellan and find that their training comes in handy in surviving. Genellan is a hard place to live and the marines find that out all too quickly. Winter just about
The marines are getting along ok, even having babies, when highly paranoid aliens from a sister planet arrive and make trouble.
A fun read. Quick and entertaining.
The story
It was frustrating that almost every female on the human team becomes pregnant. Although it is great that the team is fighting to protect their babies, you can't get better motivation than that. But, is that the what women are consigned to in the future? I always like when horses can be made to play a part in a space adventure! We don't get that enough.
The military tactics seemed rudimentary, but that is OK for me, I don't see this as military fiction. During many battles, I was thinking, why don't they move their units differently, But after all the leaders are not experienced soldiers, they are doing the best they can. The final battle sequence was heartbreaking and the question was in doubt until the very end.
I think the ideal audience for this book is someone looking for light space adventure. It is not hard science or hard military. The reader must like horses, bats and babies. I enjoyed it and have bought the next one in the series to start.