Lines of Departure

Frontlines, Book 2

By: Marko Kloos

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Vicious interstellar conflict with an indestructible alien species. Bloody civil war over the last habitable zones of the cosmos. Political unrest, militaristic police forces, dire threats to the solar system....

Humanity is on the ropes, and after years of fighting a two-front war with losing odds, so is Commonwealth Defense Corps officer Andrew Grayson. He dreams of dropping out of the service one day alongside his pilot girlfriend, but as warfare consumes entire planets and conditions on Earth deteriorate, he wonders if there will be anywhere left for them to go.

After surviving a disastrous spaceborne assault, Grayson is reassigned to a ship bound for a distant colony - and packed with malcontents and troublemakers. His most dangerous battle has just begun.

In this sequel to the best-selling Terms of Enlistment, a weary soldier must fight to prevent the downfall of his species...or bear witness to humanity’s last fleeting breaths.

©2014 Marko Kloos (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Fine light entertainment

This is a fine light Military Sci-Fi book with some good characters. It has a couple of flaws, but none of them were glaring enough to throw me out of the experience. The narration for the main characters is good, bordering on great, even if the supporting cast tends to get a bit samey.

If you're expecting something profound, hard science or military, trope-less, or containing enough gun porn to satisfy a Texan you probably won't be happy. But it has a little of everything, and enough light humor to make it an easy listen to relax to. I enjoyed it and will be getting the rest of the next book as well.

So much fun. Great book

The narrator is excellent!! Mr. Kloos knows how to write stories. Looking forward to Book 3 coming in April 2015.

Can't keep genders straight.

I am not sure if it was the author or narrator but throughout the entire story the narrator kept jumping between saying he and she to describe the master sergeant. Other than this distraction I enjoyed the book and can't wait for the next one to come out.

From a bad situation to a worse one

Continuing a solid series. The storyline flashes forward 5 years to the re-enlistment of Andrew and his Girlfriend. The fight against the against the aliens is going not so well. Andrew has shifted from being a regular swabbie (after converting from being a regular grunt in the first book) to becoming a Combat Controller (basically a JTAC from my military experience. Still part of the space service but down in the mud coordinating air and space support). The best part of this was the humanizing of his relationship with Mother when he is down on leave, taking her out of the PRC and letting her experience some of the world around her). And after getting engaged to his girlfriend (and promising to be back in 6 months) he heads off to fight... not the aliens but the other part of humanity that has colonized deep space (Russian/China coalition). And then things get worse. Finally he is basically exiled (with a whole bunch of other people) onto some ice world. And then things get worse again.

enjoyed book thoroughly moving to 3rd installment

solid military sci-fi. I wish there was more detail when describing the environment and alien species.

Excellent Sequel

I finished this book tonight and know that the next book comes out this spring. It can't come out fast enough! I hope that Audible releases it as well. Don't hesitate to get this book.

Bought this after finishing book 1 - Good Decision

A great story and performance continues from a rockin book one.

Just Bought book three can't wait to start listening

Not bad

I wonder if there is another book in the works. Great story, I would like more from this author in this series.

Outstanding Military SF

These books are easily some of the best Military SF I have read. Certainly they are different than Starship Troopers (although I believe that the series first novel, “Terms of Enlistment”, compares very favorably with it) or the Dorsai novels which were written in a different time. I refuse to use examples which might be spoilers except for one warning. If you are bothered by bad language, these books are not for you. I can tell you that the language used is exactly accurate in it’s reflection of how soldiers in combat roles talk. As they say, I’ve been there, done that and have the t-shirt. I hope you don’t let that stop you from enjoying a really great series. Oh, by the way, I’m reading them for the 3rd time now! Nuff said.

Another astounding narrative from the 22nd century

Loved this book and am now chomping at the bit to get the next one. I fell in love with how the narration depicts all the characters through Grayson's pov. Definitely a recommendation.