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4.5 to 5.0 stars. One of those rare "quick read" books that knows exactly what it is and doesn't try to be anything different. An excellent, enjoyable read with a great main character and a plot that moves along and is never boring.
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The Man Who Never Missed
is a 4 Star bowl of hot, buttered popcorn at the Saturday afternoon matinee. Just perfect. This Scifi adventure, written in the mid-80’s, still holds up well. It is a cross between Kung Fu the TV show and the Sten novels. In this case, “Kwai Chang Caine” is now Emile Khadaji, a soldier who deserts in the middle of a bloody massacre. Khadaji is on a mission to fight the Confed(eration) and show people they can take on the ruling elites. The Confed is not so much evil
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is a 4 Star bowl of hot, buttered popcorn at the Saturday afternoon matinee. Just perfect. This Scifi adventure, written in the mid-80’s, still holds up well. It is a cross between Kung Fu the TV show and the Sten novels. In this case, “Kwai Chang Caine” is now Emile Khadaji, a soldier who deserts in the middle of a bloody massacre. Khadaji is on a mission to fight the Confed(eration) and show people they can take on the ruling elites. The Confed is not so much evil
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I love this book; it is one of my all time favorites. I have read it numerous times.
Emile was a soldier for the confederacy until he realized that this massive intergalactic governmental system was brutal and corrupt to the core. But what can one man do against such a massive system? He starts a movement on the planet Greaves to fight for freedom and inspire revolution in the rest of the galaxy.
Btw, this ends in such a way that you will want to have the other 2 of the series on hand when you fin ...more
Emile was a soldier for the confederacy until he realized that this massive intergalactic governmental system was brutal and corrupt to the core. But what can one man do against such a massive system? He starts a movement on the planet Greaves to fight for freedom and inspire revolution in the rest of the galaxy.
Btw, this ends in such a way that you will want to have the other 2 of the series on hand when you fin ...more
Sep 30, 2008
Megan
marked it as to-read
Sep 17, 2017
JM
marked it as to-read
