Valor’s Trial

A Confederation Novel , #4

Hardcover, 368 pages

English language

Published June 3, 2008 by DAW Hardcover.

ISBN:
978-0-7564-0479-6
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3 stars (1 review)

Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a Confederation Marine's marine. She's survived more deadly encounters--and kept more of her officers and enlistees alive--than anyone in the Corps. Unexpectedly pulled from battle, Torin finds herself in an underground POW camp that shouldn't exist, where her fellow marine prisoners seem to have lost all will to escape. Now, Torin must fight her way not only out of the prison but also past the growing compulsion to sit down and give up--not realizing that her escape could mean the end of the war...

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3 stars

Sometimes you want characters, who are human, well-rounded, have weaknesses and make mistakes. And sometimes you want Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr, who's more awesome than Batman.

The Confederation novels are essentially a pulp mil-scifi space opera. They have a big plot that interests me not in the slightest, but they have a protagonist I cannot help but love. Weird superpowerful aliens blah blah, I'm just here for Godzilla ... err, I mean Gunny Kerr. If the book was nothing except her taking on impossible odds, I'd be perfectly happy and would probably have given it four stars. But the big plot, while sort of clever, is to me just not as interesting as the low-level heroics.

Subjects

  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction