Starport series by John Bowers (#1-5)
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Overview: John Bowers has written an impressively constructed, gritty sci-fi that blends several genres: military novel, political allegory, and Bildungsroman. His writing is sharp and clear, with natural-sounding dialogue and snappy, economical phrasing.
Genre: Science Fiction
Starport (#1)
Starport is a complete story, no cliffhangers, as are all books in the series.
Askelon, the most advanced world in the Trimary System, is facing unprecedented economic disaster.
It’s election year; President Muriel Enza is challenged by Barry Boyd, a hugely popular member of the Senate. Boyd’s campaign platform is simple—the office of President is just too stressful for a woman to handle.
Enza faces an uphill battle; with only eight weeks until the election, the economy is in a nosedive and the cost of energy is skyrocketing. The nearby world of Environ, Askelon’s primary energy supplier, is under siege by insurgents who have captured Environ’s hydroleum conversion facility, reducing exports by 70%. Unless the insurgents can be overthrown, Askelon will face unprecedented economic disaster.
To make matters worse, a terrorist bomb destroys the hydroleum storage tanks on Starport 1, further depleting Askelon’s fuel reserves; and the Orbital Dock Workers Union threatens to strike, freezing all cargo shipments leaving the planet. Unless Enza can turn things around quickly, Askeloni civilization will slip into decline…but certain men in high places will do anything to stop her. What do they care if the economy collapses?—it’s only politics.
Guerrilla Girl (#2)
Two years after Carlene Vargas boarded a starship to avoid prosecution for murder, the drama continues. Guerilla Girl, the sequel to Starport, takes place on the neighboring planet of Tropicon.
Terra Lafirma, a native girl from the hill country of Casamanilla Province, wants to join the local regiment to fight the evil Askelonis. She has been taught all her life that Askelon, the most powerful world in the Trimary System, is responsible for exploiting her planet and stealing its resources.
Back on Askelon, Tyler Unruh has graduated high school and joined the army. Two years of hard training have qualified him to join 14th Star Infantry, the “elitest outfit in the whole damned army”.
And trillionaire Jorge Sorres, the richest man in the galaxy, orchestrates the next move in his favorite game—pulling the strings of power to bring Askelon to its knees.
Don’t miss this thrilling sequel to Starport.
Famine Planet (#3)
As President Enza gears up for her third election run, forces beyond her control are conspiring to bring Askelon down once and for all. Five years ago the crisis was oil—this year it’s food. A grassroots revolution on the farm planet of Agricor threatens the food supply of the entire Trimary System, as well as sixteen worlds beyond the nebula. If the rebels seize control of Agricor, literally billions of people could starve. Once again, Enza is forced to rely on Askelon’s military power, even though half her citizens oppose her.
Carlene Vargas, now working for the Askelon Intelligence Agency, is sent straight into the lion’s den, penetrating the heart of the revolution in the hope of subverting it. As she suspects, Jorge Sorres is funding the rebellion, but it’s even more complicated than that—one of the worlds beyond the nebula, Eroak, sees the revolution as an opportunity for expansion, and if Eroak gets control of Agricor they will have the entire system by the throat.
Back on Askelon, Cpl. Tyler Unruh trains for his third combat mission, which promises to be hotter than anything he’s ever experienced before. But he isn’t alone—Terra Lafirma, the Guerrilla Girl, has joined the Army and will be fighting by his side. Together they face not only hostile forces on Agricor, but a personal crisis that could rip their love apart.
If you enjoyed Starport and Guerrilla Girl, you don’t want to miss the third and most critical entry in the Starport series. The fate of the Trimary hangs on the outcome.
Prisoners of Eroak (#4)
The war on Agricor is over and lost and thousands of captive Askeloni have been transported to prisons on cold, gloomy Eroak. Carlene Vargas is also a captive, enslaved to Sho’ho as a concubine.
With the traitor, Marco, now president of Askelon, the outlook for everyone is dim.
But there is hope. Ex-president Enza has wrangled an appointment as ambassador to Eroak and is trying to free the prisoners and repatriate them. In the meantime, the soldiers have hatched an escape plan.
Naturally, something is bound to go wrong.
Don’t miss the fourth volume of the Starport series, as war and politics spiral toward a dark age for the people of Askelon.
Occupy Eroak! (#5)
Twenty light years from home, fifty thousand soldiers of Askelon are prisoners of war on the enemy planet Eroak. Betrayed by their President and abandoned by their government, their only hope of repatriation is to take matters into their own hands.
Fifteen thousand have already escaped captivity, but their survival depends on the benevolence of rebel tribes who oppose the ruling class; if they can rescue their officers and free the remaining POWs, they just might have a shot at getting home…but only if they can take down the local government.
Meanwhile, back home on Askelon…revolution is brewing.
Occupy Eroak! is the final volume of the Starport series. If you thought things were crazy before, they just got a whole lot worse.
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