Cally's War

Legacy of the Aldenata

By: John Ringo

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Cally O'Neal, from Ringo's best seller Hell's Faire, stars in this New York Times best seller - a fast-paced interplanetary adventure that finds the trained killer locked in a battle to reclaim her lost soul.

©2006 John Ringo (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

interesting change of theme

well blended with the previous characters, loved hearing how they evolved post war. not a military sci fi at all, but fully vested in the characters and at the edge of my seat at the ending.

Amusing and entertaining!

I thought the book was pretty well done. It was not all that racy and it was pretty amusing. I would point out that the things Cally does kept the storyline where it needed to be with the type of role her character has taken on. Far too many people complained about it being explicit but it would seem that this was simply the wrong type of book for them rather than any problem with the book itself. The main thing I enjoy about John Ringo's writing is the directness and allowing the books to go to the place they need to rather than placating political correctness. The world is what it is and though the story is fiction much of Cally's behavior is well within the ugly realities of life.

Not What Was Expected

Any additional comments?

I was disappointed by the portrayal of the main character, Cally. It is set decades after the previous book and there are gaps that are addressed but others that are wide open. I did not like the development of Cally as someone who would sleep with anyone at anytime for work or for pleasure, it really was not needed and took away from the character. I have no real desire to keep reading the two remaining Cally's War books.

Another good book

I am extremely biased in that I love john Ringos work. He never disappoints.

Better than the reviews

I could have purchased this book a month ago but other reviewers were saying that it was heavy on the adult material. thinking that it was a romance novel by another name i passed on it. out of desperation for a book on a long drive i picked it up, i found it to be a good book yes there is a small bit of adult topic here but nothing over the top and nothing i dont think of a real life. how ever as a fan of the series i wanted to know what happend to cally and papa oneal and its here all here as well as the start of some of the background stuff that was hinted at in the original four. i like the author i love the narrator and i give it four stars only for its length. also there is allot les sir yes sir in this book. enjoy!

Not so much a "war", its more of a "spy novel"

Well this is what should be book 5 but if you count watch on the rhine and yellow eyes but you can skip those if you want to - there is some sex scenes that are described in detail, this doesent make much sense to me for a book but if it were a movie it would be normal, as it is its sorta strange to here and could have been replaced with a small few sentences.

If you read the other 4 books where Cally is a little girl this is pretty cool since you sorta already know the character and what she has done so you know she's a "bad ass" and the fighting scenes go as expected for someone like Cally.

The story is good but I kept thinking that there was something wrong with Cally that was going to be explained in the end of the book, but as it turns out she was fine except for maybe she was in love so maybe thats why she was acting the way she was.

I didnt think that any parts should have been left out except for maybe the sex scenes could have been shortened or changed, I know what they are doing and I have no problem with it but it was just wierd like your dad explaining sex to you or something like that - but everything was well done.

Now on to Sister Time, check my reviews for that book after I finish it, but I bet its going to be good

Not bad, and a pretty good ending

Not my favorite of the series by far, but still a decent story, and it does expand a few of the characters a bit.

Too smutty especially relative to past books

Unlike other books in the series this one is from a single pov and sexualized to the point that nearly every chapter contained some graphic sex scene or reference. Low action high.... IDK smut? Not a lot of takeaway unlike all previous parts to the series.

A departure from the norm.

The love scenes worked a bit on the amateur side and seemed disjointed from the earlier works. This book did tie in some of the previous characters which was a nice twist. .

I hate that mighty mite is

I hate that mighty mite is left out of the know. People can't function like that in my opinion. But I also hate stories that are all sunshine n rainbows.