The Hot Gate

Troy Rising, Book Three

By: John Ringo

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

The fight to free the Earth from alien domination began in Live Free or Die, and continued in Citadel. Now Tyler Vernon and his troops aboard the gigantic battle station Troy face a desperate battle with the forces of galactic tyranny. And the very survival of the Earth and its people is not all that is at stake. The galaxy itself must choose to live free or die - and if the tyrants win this battle, darkness will fall across the galaxy for millennia to come.

Battle stations! Listen to another galactic adventure in the Troy Rising series.

©2011 John Ringo (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

“[Ringo’s SF is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.” ( Library Journal)

"Fans of strong military SF will appreciate Ringo’s lively narrative and flavorful characters.” ( Publishers Weekly)

“Ringo provides a textbook example of how a novel in the military SF subgenre should be written.... Crackerjack storytelling.” ( Starlog)

Great Hard SciFi

This series ranks right up there with Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" Series. Good character development, good plot and high adventure. John RIngo is a great story teller. Starting off with what appears at first to be a silly premise - Maple Syrup - it just rockets up from there with several alien species, mass destruction on Earth and the still formidable problem of trying to work together back on Earth. With the US rising from the ashes of almost total destruction of it's infrastructure to still be the dominant player on the world stage we witness the development of endearing and believable characters who are able to meet the challenge of saving the Earth from an implacable foe. And then there's Tyler Vernon, a billionaire like no other who turns his billions (maybe trillions) to the task of building an almost indestructible Death Star and a space mining and manufacturing infrastructure that is exactly the right thing at exactly the right time.

Much of this third book deals with trying to integrate diverse cultures including former enemies (the Taliban) and a South American class based, misogonistic and manana attitude into a working military alliance in space where no mistakes are allowed if you want to live. It's interesting how Ringo handles this and weaves it into the storyline. Definitely not PC.

Mark Boyett does just such an outstanding job as reader that you can't imagine any one else doing this story. His female voices are excellent and his ability to speak the almost un-pronounceable alien names is also great.

If you're looking for a great series to make your commute something to look forward to then look no further. Well worth the credits. I very much look forward to the next book in this series and knowing how prolific a writer Mr Ringo is, I doubt we'll have to wait long.

Facinating story..Great job by reader.

I found the story to be facinating because of the multiple view points..The reader did a great job.. Liked characters. Also liked explanations of science terms.

Another Epic Space Battle

This is a great book with tons on interpersonal relationship. It spans the gamut from diplomacy to a defense worthy of the name, Thermopylae. It is military SciFi at its best and well worth a listen.

great continuation of the story

you will love this book. you will laugh a little and cry a lot John has once again done a great job

I LOVE THIS SERIES

I am aging and waiting for the NEXT book in this series. This is a masterful , adventures, funny series. I have listened to this series three times. John Ringo must shoot out the next one soon, I know it is there, somewhere in his head. He can't leave me hanging. Is it good? DUH !! It's a 6 star.

so very far from maple syrup

Fascinating complicated characters you rapidly become invested in. Humanocentric and a bit tongue in cheek at moments this tale is vast in setting, story and scope. Shades of Ringos' Centurion with a younger voice.
Read it many times, listening was a hoot.

Great third act for this series

This story is a great third act to the troy rising series. Loosely based on an idea for the first contact period of the fantastic webcomic Schlock Mercenary, this story just gets better as it goes on. Like it's inspiration, the entire Troy rising series delivers a great story and well done action scenes while keeping itself mainly planted in real world physics. A must read for any hard scifi fans.

A great series!

I very much enjoyed the "Troy" series. A classic and lighthearted tale of space adventure.

Ringo plus narrator equals awesome

John Ringo writes great stories. Mark Boyet brings them to life.
With a 40 hour commute each month, books like this keep me sane.
I highly recommend this series.

fun book to listen to.

I enjoyed it a lot. 15 words woohoo why did I pay money to live my life like this afh