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    Fortress Frontier
    Fortress Frontier
    Fortress Frontier
    Audiobook13 hours

    Fortress Frontier

    Written by Myke Cole

    Narrated by Korey Jackson

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Myke Cole's riveting Shadow Ops series presents a new take on military fantasy. In this second novel, army bureaucrat Alan Bookbinder is drafted by the Supernational Operations Corps after he develops magical powers. Stationed at FOB Frontier, Alan must survive by calling on the help of the notorious Oscar Britton.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 29, 2013
    ISBN9781470335823
    Fortress Frontier
    Author

    Myke Cole

    Following a long career in the military, intelligence, and law enforcement, Myke Cole is a fire/rescue responder in NY's Hudson Valley. He is a freelance historian and writer, and has published ten novels with publishers including Penguin Random House and Macmillan in addition to his history books for Osprey. Myke's short work has appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, McSweeney's, and Slate. He's starred on TV shows on CBS and Discovery, and has featured on NPR.

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    • 4/5
      I liked the first one, and this one was better. Bookbinder is a great addition to the cast, and it's nice to see his side of the army too (that of paper pushers). Myke Cole really gets what makes the human world tick, and I love how he can be both appreciative and critical of the system (and the army in particular).
    • 4/5
      This series is getting really good. Myke Cole really took the story off and made it incredibly interesting. The first book was good, but this book is so much better. The writing is better, the relationships among characters are better, and the action is better. I'm really glad he put in a second main protagonist as it really opened up the story and let you see a different angle on how magic in the military would be perceived. This book really sets it up for the last book and it seems like the series should have a very exciting ending.
    • 3/5
      Pretty good. Coulda used more Britton through the whole thing, but this book wasn't really his story. I thought there was more when I reached the last page. I was sad it was over.

    • 4/5
      **** Also posted as Guest review over at Paranormalhaven.com ****

      In a rare instance, social media (don’t snicker now) will induce me to try an author I might not normally pick up on my own. Such was the case with Myke Cole’s Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier. I’ve read and enjoyed his blog and Twitter feed, and generally have liked what he has to say. So when I was offered the chance to review the book, I promptly picked it up thinking that what I’ve read online thus far could translate into a really good book.

      Colonel Alan Bookbinder is a paper pusher who has never seen combat. At the beginning of the novel, he discovers that he is a “Latent”, that is, someone who possesses magical abilities. The Colonel is whisked away from his family and the life he’s known to a strange realm where he lands at the Forward Operating Base Frontier. Myke Cole does an incredible job with conveying Colonel Alan Bookbinder’s confusion and fear regarding his status as a “Latent.” You really get the sense of his frustration at the non-answers that come from his doctors and the various military personnel he comes into contact with. In addition to his new status as a Latent, he keeps coming up against Camp Commandant Taylor, a man who makes it abundantly clear that he thinks Bookbinder is pretty much worthless. When all hell breaks loose and the Forward Operating Base Frontier is attacked, Alan Bookbinder has to step up and lead the soldiers at the Forward Operating Base Frontier.

      One of the most satisfying parts of the novel was watching the transformation of Colonel Alan Bookbinder. He starts off as a pretty ordinary man who is very well aware of his limitations and simply does what he’s told. You see him gain the confidence as he goes through the battles, but he still is plagued with self-doubt and it makes you feel for the guy. The author does a remarkable job with communicating Bookbinder’s fears, his pride, not to mention the crippling self-doubt.

      While this is a military fantasy, the jargon is kept to a minimum and there is a very handy glossary at the end of the book, which I referenced several times. The language choice is economical and smooth, and because of this, makes for a very easy read. Nothing ever feels extraneous in the book. Every word choice has a purpose and serves the narrative extremely well. My only big caveat to this novel is that I felt a little unclear as to Oscar Britton’s motivations. Because I haven’t read Control Point, the first book in the series, I was missing out on the character development of Britton, and he does take up a sizable chunk of text within Fortress Frontier. On the whole, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier was a fantastic adventure that had me rooting for Colonel Alan Bookbinder all throughout the book. This was my first book by Myke Cole, but it won’t be my last.
    • 4/5
      Loved it and loved Control Point as well. I read both of them fairly quickly and now I am at a loss as to when the next one will appear. Myke Cole joins a list of authors I know haven't quite "hit it big" yet (big being in the George R.R. Martin class) but are the future of sci-fi/ fantasy; the guys who have me checking for their new stuff at Amazon every time I log on: Richard Kadrey, James Tuck, Wesley Chu, Chuck Wendig, Justin Cronin, Joe Nassise, Marion G. Harmon...

      I highly recommend this series, and when you're done, grab a few from the guys I mentioned and you won't regret a thing.