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being why I think things suck and/or rocken-usZ Through Struggle, the Stars, by John Lumpkin
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/reviews/id/lumpkin-through-struggle-the-stars
<iframe align="left" src="http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_top&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&npa=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=dasfrpr-21&o=2&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B005FGNLDM" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><p> - Good: 3/5 ... or, as I immediately thought, <em>Per ardua ad astra</em>. An apt title for this story, and the Latin version even shows up in the text, with the institution bearing it being a direct descendant of the Royal Flying Corps, who are congratulated on their far-sightedness.<p>It's a tale of a young man who enlists in the military with all kinds of gung-ho ideas about what he wants to do, but who ends up, sulkily and largely by accident, as an intelligence officer - and finds that he thoroughly enjoys it. The world-building is intriguing and largely consistent, but the characters are a little flat. But for less than two quid I can't complain. It was enjoyable, and even if it's a bit of fairly mindless cheese, it's good value for money. 2012-05-09T00:06:21Z