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Territory Wars #2
Hades
The galaxy is thrown into chaos as each side makes its alliances. The lines have been drawn.
As the slow machine of war starts to turn, allies and enemies alike move their pieces in a bid for victory. Territories are claimed and lost. Skirmishes in deep space determine ownership of the jump lanes that crisscross the galaxy.
As Barton battles his way through selection for the Special Operations Group, his old friends from Odin Nine-Five are outside the wire, protecting a politician.
As the slow machine of war starts to turn, allies and enemies alike move their pieces in a bid for victory. Territories are claimed and lost. Skirmishes in deep space determine ownership of the jump lanes that crisscross the galaxy.
As Barton battles his way through selection for the Special Operations Group, his old friends from Odin Nine-Five are outside the wire, protecting a politician.
- GenresScience Fiction
369 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2021
43 people are currently reading
28 people want to read
About the author
Devon C. Ford
80 books433 followersDevon is from the UK, having lived in many places until finally settling in the Midlands. His career in public services started in his teens and has provided a wealth of experiences, both good and some very bad, which form the basis of the book ideas that cause regular insomnia.
He first started reading for fun as an adult, having tried his hardest to avoid anything resembling academia growing up, and at that point the world became a far bigger place. He has been reading, at least one book at a time, ever since.
His debut works, the After It Happened series, (Survival, Humanity, Society) were published in April 2016 followed by Hope (July 2016) and Sanctuary (December 2016). The first part of the series concluded with the release of Rebellion which was published in June 2017.
Storming high into the charts with the first books of the After It Happened series, Devon launched into the top 10 sellers listings in the UK, Australia, Canada and the US, and he made the decision to write full time shortly after the launch of Hope.
Devon’s self-published beginnings caused a stir in the publishing world, and resulted in contracts with Podium Publishing for Audible, narrated by R.C. Bray (The Martian, Expeditionary Force, Arisen), before a publishing deal for kindle and paperbacks with Vulpine Press.
Further works have seen the start of a multi-author series, sci-fi/post-apocalyptic cross genre, futuristic dystopian and alternative history zombie apocalypse. Spin-off books from the After It Happened world have been announced for 2018.
He first started reading for fun as an adult, having tried his hardest to avoid anything resembling academia growing up, and at that point the world became a far bigger place. He has been reading, at least one book at a time, ever since.
His debut works, the After It Happened series, (Survival, Humanity, Society) were published in April 2016 followed by Hope (July 2016) and Sanctuary (December 2016). The first part of the series concluded with the release of Rebellion which was published in June 2017.
Storming high into the charts with the first books of the After It Happened series, Devon launched into the top 10 sellers listings in the UK, Australia, Canada and the US, and he made the decision to write full time shortly after the launch of Hope.
Devon’s self-published beginnings caused a stir in the publishing world, and resulted in contracts with Podium Publishing for Audible, narrated by R.C. Bray (The Martian, Expeditionary Force, Arisen), before a publishing deal for kindle and paperbacks with Vulpine Press.
Further works have seen the start of a multi-author series, sci-fi/post-apocalyptic cross genre, futuristic dystopian and alternative history zombie apocalypse. Spin-off books from the After It Happened world have been announced for 2018.
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May 12, 2022
Love the pacing in this story and how the main character feels like a real Marine in space. This story was harder to follow overall I was a little bit less clear. Definitely enjoyed the story. I think I liked the first book better there was more alien exploration around it this one seems a lot more just politics and action (not bad just not quite to my taste)
Going into this series I did not realize there was such a US versus Russia theme to it. Just happens to be a funny coincidence given the war in Ukraine.
All in all the skill in the author is evident I just don't know if I'm quite the target audience. (Aside from my gripes with some of the science in the first book I think it's primarily a matter of taste for me).
Going into this series I did not realize there was such a US versus Russia theme to it. Just happens to be a funny coincidence given the war in Ukraine.
All in all the skill in the author is evident I just don't know if I'm quite the target audience. (Aside from my gripes with some of the science in the first book I think it's primarily a matter of taste for me).
December 15, 2021
Enjoy the story especially the secondary characters.
Barton‘s adventures continue through SOG training and beyond.
Still not sure how I feel about his character. I enjoyed The supporting characters especially West who I find a more compelling character than Barton as well as the deep cover agent on the weapon platform. Still very interesting story will go on to read the next book when it comes out. This is worth your time.
Barton‘s adventures continue through SOG training and beyond.
Still not sure how I feel about his character. I enjoyed The supporting characters especially West who I find a more compelling character than Barton as well as the deep cover agent on the weapon platform. Still very interesting story will go on to read the next book when it comes out. This is worth your time.
February 7, 2022
lots of fun to read.
I have always enjoyed reading Mr. Ford’s stories and this one is no exception. It’s a great story well told. The narrative itself—salty but still fun—reminds me of my days in an infantry platoon, but it’s more grammatically correct. I don’t know where he gets it’s, but I hope Mr. Ford keeps getting it so I’ll have stories to keep me smiling and distracted while the rest of the world fades away.
I have always enjoyed reading Mr. Ford’s stories and this one is no exception. It’s a great story well told. The narrative itself—salty but still fun—reminds me of my days in an infantry platoon, but it’s more grammatically correct. I don’t know where he gets it’s, but I hope Mr. Ford keeps getting it so I’ll have stories to keep me smiling and distracted while the rest of the world fades away.
February 9, 2022
Book two
Mistakes: I found a few and listed those I was sure about on Goodreads. Couple maybes I left alone. They all seemed to me to be autocorrect errors.
Plot: Pure military science fiction. From selection training for special ops team to combat in space and on planet.
Characters: Decent enough. As with any war story you never know who will get dropped, however in this one you can make some good guesses.
6/10
Mistakes: I found a few and listed those I was sure about on Goodreads. Couple maybes I left alone. They all seemed to me to be autocorrect errors.
Plot: Pure military science fiction. From selection training for special ops team to combat in space and on planet.
Characters: Decent enough. As with any war story you never know who will get dropped, however in this one you can make some good guesses.
6/10
October 14, 2022
More please!
Continuing flawlessly from book one, Hades continues following Barton in all his sarcastic glory. I've never laughed so hard at commentary on military training in my life!
The plot progession is smooth and well timed, the characters are well developemd and unique, and the descriptions are spot on without weighing down the story.
Honestly, I'm downloading the next one because I can't wait for my migraine to go away before finding out what happens next!
Continuing flawlessly from book one, Hades continues following Barton in all his sarcastic glory. I've never laughed so hard at commentary on military training in my life!
The plot progession is smooth and well timed, the characters are well developemd and unique, and the descriptions are spot on without weighing down the story.
Honestly, I'm downloading the next one because I can't wait for my migraine to go away before finding out what happens next!
November 29, 2021
I am enjoying the series w/ some plausibility issues
I enjoy the energy in the series. Things move along well. The way training is introduced to the series is different from the standard approach, which is nice. The plausibility issues are few and so I am continuing with the series as a pre-pay for the next book.
I enjoy the energy in the series. Things move along well. The way training is introduced to the series is different from the standard approach, which is nice. The plausibility issues are few and so I am continuing with the series as a pre-pay for the next book.
April 18, 2022
Good but not as good as the first book
Its interesting, although at times convoluted and on one occasion just too coincidental
Barton goes off to train for SOG, team nine-five go off to a job and kamarov is out for vengeance and no real surprise, but a real stretch in believability, all 3 storylines converge
Its interesting, although at times convoluted and on one occasion just too coincidental
Barton goes off to train for SOG, team nine-five go off to a job and kamarov is out for vengeance and no real surprise, but a real stretch in believability, all 3 storylines converge
September 11, 2022
I enjoyed this book as much as the first - the action was well paced and kept me listening and the characters kept me listening. I enjoyed the mix of humour in there as well as it made it real, rather than constantly getting dragged down to the 'serious people doing serious things' type approach that can plague this type of book.
December 15, 2021
Audiobook:
Worse than the 1st one - too much of the standard training description plus constant confusion with Russian last names and sayings. Mr. Cronin's narration was pretty good but his Russian requires a bit more training :)
Worse than the 1st one - too much of the standard training description plus constant confusion with Russian last names and sayings. Mr. Cronin's narration was pretty good but his Russian requires a bit more training :)
January 13, 2022
Intrigue
I have to say book 2 was a lot of training for one of our m.cs. This took away from what I really wanted a continuation of the world building and main story until near the end
I have to say book 2 was a lot of training for one of our m.cs. This took away from what I really wanted a continuation of the world building and main story until near the end
August 22, 2025
Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, read with the Alexa audio assist application. Military space opera. Political methods fail, time to stop training and start fighting. Battle gets hot on planet and in orbit. Own three box set.
November 25, 2021
Good book.
I’m a sucker for a good training montage and this books delivers. I am looking forward to following Barton’s progress with the Odin team.
I’m a sucker for a good training montage and this books delivers. I am looking forward to following Barton’s progress with the Odin team.
December 12, 2021
Hades: Territory wars book 2
This was a good sequel to book one. Lots of action with impossible action sequences like in Die Hard the movie.
This was a good sequel to book one. Lots of action with impossible action sequences like in Die Hard the movie.
December 16, 2021
Great story
Another great storyline with plenty of action and blood and guts lol. Totally looking forward to book 3 Odin. Hopefully won't be too long
Another great storyline with plenty of action and blood and guts lol. Totally looking forward to book 3 Odin. Hopefully won't be too long
December 29, 2021
An excellent follow-up to his first book. I look forward to the next one.
June 12, 2022
Hades training
Ok this is the second time my review got lost and my 'copy' didn't work so short and sweet it was good. Looking forward to the next book.
Ok this is the second time my review got lost and my 'copy' didn't work so short and sweet it was good. Looking forward to the next book.
October 31, 2022
About the same level as the first book but without an ending of the same caliber. That's enough for me.
April 9, 2022
Great second book in this series. Michael Barton is our hero and he's so funny sometimes. In the first book he killed Aleksander Komarov and in this one, beside all the killing going on in space, Aleksander's brother, Viktor, is out for revenge. He doesn't get it but that doesn't mean he'll forget about what Barton did.
No romance and the F-bomb was used 155 times.
As for the narration: James Patrick Cronin continues to do a fantastic job narrating this series. Can't wait for book 3, due out December 21st.
No romance and the F-bomb was used 155 times.
As for the narration: James Patrick Cronin continues to do a fantastic job narrating this series. Can't wait for book 3, due out December 21st.
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