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Originally Posted by Dave Berk
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I concur. I loved the first two Blackcollar novels, but was disappointed in the third. _The Judas Solution_ felt like a book written in a hurry to fulfill a contractual commitment and tie up loose ends, when the author really wanted to get on and tackle other products. It was a brisk read, but lacking in the depth and resonance it should have had.
The Blackcollar series and the Cobra series explore two different aspects of soldiers at war.
The Blackcollars are commandos created in a losing war against the alien Ryquil.They've been treated with drugs that retard aging and speed up their reflexes to enable them to go one on one against the Ryq who are naturally that fast. The protagonists of the books are stationed on the planet Plinry, still conducting guerrilla warfare, even though Earth has been conquered and occupied by the Ryquil.
The Cobra series features a different take. The Cobra are cyborgs created for a war against the alien Trofts. They have powered skeletal enhancements for greater speed and strength, implanted laser weaponry, and a built-in tactical computer to control it. The focus of the series isn't the war, it's the peace afterward. What do you do with a class of soldiers engineered to be faster, stronger, and more powerful than anyone else, with built-in weapons that can't be removed, when you no longer have a war for them to fight? They're heroes during the war, and objects of fear and distrust afterward.
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Dennis