Children No More (Jon & Lobo)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439134537 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Van Name is the creator of the popular Jon & Lobo”series of groundbreaking military and adventure SF thrillers and a renown short story writer whose works frequently appear in year’s best anthologies. He’s a former Executive Vice President for Ziff Davis Media and a national technology columnist. Mark L
suffer the children Baslim the Beggar Other reviews will give you a more detailed plot outline, so I will not do much of that here. This book will make a great deal more sense if you have read the previous books. I say that because there is implicit in the actions of several characters the knowledge of their characters which we learned about in the previous books. If you haven't read the earlier books, you will have to trust that Jon knows what he is doing. In any case, it is still a ripping good yarn as they used to say.In the previous book in the series, "Overthrowing Heaven", Jon helped Lobo to deal with something from Lobo's past. Now it is Jon's turn. Another must-read for Van Name fans (and anyone else who likes a good story) William Cawthon "Children No More" brings back characters from earlier books for a new adventure, this time on a planet riven by civil war. Brutal rebels conscript children into their efforts, drugging them with stimulants and turning them into juvenile killing machines. Alissa Lim, Jon's former comrade-in-arms, needs Jon and Lobo to help her liberate these young fanatics and give them a chance at a normal life as children, a chance Jon never had. Maggie Park, the woman Jon desperately wishes he could love, is back as the representative of the Children of Pinkelponker, a mysterious group of people descended from inhabitants of Jon's . A Different Direction for Our Hero(s) This book is slightly different than the rest of the Jon and Lobo. It typically happens something like this. Jon some way finds a conflict. He and Logo travel the galaxy discovering information and following leads while entertaining banter back and forth. He determines a battle plan that might involve him and friends he meets along the way. Shots are fired. There is a neat plot twist. Jon and Lobo go on vacation.This one novel leaves quite bit of the galaxy adventure part out for a different direction. In this novel, Jon emotionally connects with kids that are "soldiers". He wants to help them. Through his actions and
Van Name’s Slanted Jack“Many twists and turns…outstanding action.” –Midwest Book Review on Mark L. To learn more, visit fallingwhistles or childrennomore.About Mark Van Name: “Just when I was thinking science fiction might be over, Mark Van Name proves that there are still smart, exciting, emotional sci-fi stories to be told.” –Orson Scott Card on Mark Van Name’s One Jump Ahead.“He’s going to be the guy to beat in the race to the top of SFdom.” –John Ringo, best-selling creator of the Posleen War series.About the Jon and Lobo series: “…an undeniable page-turner…highly entertaining.” – Publishers Weekly on Mark L. #4 in the popular Jon and Lobo military science fiction series. A nanotechnology-enhanced space warrior must save an army of innocent children who have been brainwashed to serve as a deadly army for interplanetary military attacks. Milita
From Publishers Weekly The fourth installment of Van Name's SF series featuring nano-enhanced mercenary Jon Moore and sentient assault vehicle Lobo is deeper and more thought-provoking than its predecessors. . All rights reserved. (Aug.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Jon is reunited with an old love interest, and the planetary government makes some unethical resolutions. When a friend asks Jon and Lobo to help her in a mission to free abducted children that are being forcibly turned into soldiers, the heroic duo agrees – but the seemingly straightforward mission gets complicated quickly. While the Jon and Lobo series is still powered by breakneck pacing and military-nuanced action and adventure, this latest volume m