Re: "Into the Light (Out of the Dark, 2)" by David Weber and Chris Kennedy

On 5/18/2022 2:59 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 5/18/2022 3:51 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 5/18/2022 1:29 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 5/18/2022 9:44 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 5/17/2022 10:36 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> On 5/17/2022 11:40 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/17/2022 8:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/17/2022 6:23 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 5/17/2022 2:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "Into the Light (Out of the Dark, 2)" by David Weber and Chris 
>>>>>>>>> Kennedy
>>>>>>>>>     https://www.amazon.com/Into-Light-Out-Dark-2/dp/0765366924/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Book number two of a two book series of an alien invasion 
>>>>>>>>> science fiction series.  I read the well printed and well bound 
>>>>>>>>> MMPB published by Tor in 2021.  I suspect that there will be a 
>>>>>>>>> third book in the series as the book ends on a cliffhanger, 
>>>>>>>>> which, I plan to purchase and read.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've got vampires in my alien invasion science fiction book !
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The first book in the series detailed an invasion by the 
>>>>>>>>> Shongairi in which they used multiple kinetic weapons on every 
>>>>>>>>> city on Earth of 100,000+ people and all military bases.  Three 
>>>>>>>>> quarters of the human population of Earth died in a matter of 
>>>>>>>>> minutes.  Due to the fact that the Shongairi space ships could 
>>>>>>>>> only attain six times the speed of light, their understanding 
>>>>>>>>> of Earth technology was very outdated and they did not know 
>>>>>>>>> that we had progressed from an agrarian society into a very 
>>>>>>>>> industrialized society.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As the first Shongairi troop ships were landing on the Earth, 
>>>>>>>>> they were destroyed by F-22 stealth fighter jets.  As soon as 
>>>>>>>>> the F-22 jets landed at their hidden airfields, those were also 
>>>>>>>>> destroyed using kinetic weapons.  After the Shongairi troops 
>>>>>>>>> rampaged through the Earth population remnants, the vampires 
>>>>>>>>> appeared out of Eastern Europe.  The vampires were virtually 
>>>>>>>>> indestructible and rode back up on the outside of their landers 
>>>>>>>>> to the Shongairi space ships in Earth orbit.  They then boarded 
>>>>>>>>> the space ships and proceed to kill all the Shongairi in orbit.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now the horribly damaged human population on Earth has to 
>>>>>>>>> rebuild, both the population and the facilities.  But they have 
>>>>>>>>> an advantage, the now empty Shongairi space ships and several 
>>>>>>>>> Galactic Hegemony neural educators.  Vlad Dracula has taken one 
>>>>>>>>> of the interstellar space ships with a crew of several hundred 
>>>>>>>>> and is headed 200+ light years to the Shongairi home planet to 
>>>>>>>>> pay back some of the damage that they did to Earth.  And one of 
>>>>>>>>> the few remaining state governors of the USA has become the USA 
>>>>>>>>> President and is planning on creating a one world government to 
>>>>>>>>> fight the Galactic Hegemony.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> David Weber has an excellent website at:
>>>>>>>>>     http://www.davidweber.net/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chris Kennedy has a website at:
>>>>>>>>>     https://chriskennedypublishing.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars
>>>>>>>>> Amazon rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars (1,733 reviews)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It really was VERY weird the way he brought vampires into the 
>>>>>>>> first book.  <starts singing>I have a theory, it could be 
>>>>>>>> bunnies....<stops singing>  Um, no vampires!  It was almost like 
>>>>>>>> he realized he'd written humanity into too tiny of a corner and 
>>>>>>>> needed as deus ex machina to save them.  So, No One Expect the 
>>>>>>>> Vampire Inquisition!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Or the bunnies.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you read the second book and explained the technology behind 
>>>>>>> the vampires ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not yet.  Bought it just recently because my finances have 
>>>>>> improved but haven't gotten to it.  Did read the first some time 
>>>>>> back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (And I'm betting you don't get the bunnies.)
>>>>>
>>>>> You know, I cannot even write a clear sentence tonight so, no way I 
>>>>> got the bunnies.
>>>>>
>>>> Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode Once More With Feeling.
>>>
>>> Ugh.  Not my favorite Buffy episode.  Giles singing was not the best. 
>>> And I still don't get the bunnies so I guess that I am not 
>>> remembering something about that particular episode.
>>>
>> A former vengeance demon's contribution to the discussion about what 
>> was the source of the latest problem.
> 
> That is right, Anya was deadly scared of bunnies.
> 
She knew things mortals didn't.  ;)


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