The Heart of Valor (Torin Kerr: Confederation Series #3) by Tanya Huff
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reprint)
- Pub. Date: June 2008
- 432pp
- Sales Rank: 41,100
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 432pp
- Sales Rank: 41,100
- Series: Torin Kerr: Confederation Series, #3
- ISBN-13: 9780756404819
- ISBN: 0756404819
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
Described as "fast-paced" by Publishers Weekly, The Heart of Valor is the third novel in the Confederation series, action-packed military science fiction from Tanya Huff.
Publishers Weekly
The fast-paced third military SF novel in Huff's Confederation series (after Valor's Choice and The Better Part of Valor) examines how an interplanetary confederation might unite several distinctive species into an effective military organization despite widely differing physiologies, customs and mores. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Torin Kerr, recovering from injuries suffered in a first contact situation, accompanies a recruit platoon into the Crucible, a training planet where they apply their lessons in a realistic live-fire exercise against robotic drones. While the exercise is underway, the drones begin acting aggressively, without regard to fail-safes or their programming. Has the platoon come under attack by the mysterious Others, or is this related to the alien escape pod that everybody has forgotten exists except for Torin, her lover and an obnoxious reporter? The intriguing and well-designed aliens and intricate plotting keep the reader guessing. (June)
Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography
Tanya Huff Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tanya Huff was raised in Kingston, Ontario, where she also attended high school. After graduating high school, Huff spent three years in the Canadian Naval Reserve, from 1975 to 1979 as a cook. She received a degree in Radio and Television Arts (B.A.A.) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.
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Third Entry Lives up to Series Standardby Anonymous
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October 18, 2007: I have waited a long time for this book. Tanya Huff does the storyline proud with this offering. Great characters and action sequences all tied together in a riveting story. I just hope we don't have to wait as long for the next book about the Gunny.
A fantastic military science fiction thrillerby harstan
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April 06, 2007: In the very far distant future, the Confederation consisted of the elder races whconvinced other species to join them in the fight with the Others by making them space-faring species. The military consisted of various races who coexisted in harmony with one another. The heroine of the hour is Guunnery sergeant Torin Kerr, who single-handedly brought in the Silviss, a fighting sentient race into the Confederation, defeated an alien space ship and brought her squad home safely.-------------- Tired of the scrutiny, Torin agrees to go to Crucible where the newly enlisted marines will have their last stop in their training. Accompanying Torin is Major Svension recently released from the regeneration vat and his doctor to see if he has returned to his full fighting capacity. From the time they land nothing goes right as Torin?s unit comes under attack from the Others. They destroy the Operations Unit and hacked into the computers that simulate the marines fighting the others. Torin has to use all her units and all the experiences that she gained to get them out of what looks like a hopeless predicament.--------------- Tanya Huff uses a different voice when she writes pure fantasy than when she writes urban fantasy and military science fiction. Readers who like the Honor Harrington series will thoroughly enjoy the Confederation novels. The protagonist is a strong and peaceful commander easily able to relate to men and women of different species because they know if the chips are down she will be for them. There is plenty of battle scenes and some shocking surprises in this fantastic military science fiction thriller.-------------- Harriet Klausner
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