Anthony Jackson wrote:
Roger Burton West wrote:
The problem to my mind was not the real-world references but the
polarisation. The only humans of any significance are:
- the politicians, who are wimpy and weak and knuckle under to the enemy
up to the point where they get eaten;
- the modern soldiers, who have been emasculated by the politicians but
can be redeemed by...
Note that these two things are general themes of the entire series.
Possibly that is how it looks in the rest of the Posleen War series, but
I don't think that is Ringo's idea of how things are.
If you notice in the very first book, the Darhel are quite busy hiring
assassins to take out troublesome, honest politicians and effective
military leaders. In fact, they've been softening up Earth for quite a
while.
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