The Guns of Freedom by Daniel ArensonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
A reborn Freedom has portaled back to the Solar System and to the ongoing Rah invasion led by The Atrocity along with thousands of Rah and Arachtaur warships. The combined Alliance, Desert Thorns and Red Dawn fleets along with numerous vessels from other nations are bathed in blood as they attempt to protect Earth but for the first time in its history every soul is reaching for one goal, the survival of humanity. Admiral King soon realises that a defensive stance will never protect Earth, the Rah fleet is simply too large even if spread across this part of the galaxy, it's only a matter of time before another five thousands ships could be sent to destroy Earth. The only long term solution is to hit the Arakavish Empire at its heart, they know where it is, the have stealth recon ability and now the means to portal directly there. Operation Gaia's Flame is given the green light.
The Guns Of Freedom was pretty much none stop action with theatres of war in the solar system and the Achernar system. The description of the alien star system was very well done, it made me think of what we saw in Star Trek with a Borg system but more fluid and dynamic. We are getting some good character set pieces (something Daniel has always done) but they seem more important now as life and death is figuratively at times a flip of a coin. We're nearing the end of this grand adventure, still lots to do but this novel lays down the groundwork.
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