Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy
by Ian Douglas

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Book Review: Grade A++ page turner!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book was well written with a plot that I found extremely interesting. The characters seemed human to me and in fact almost all of the Marines reminded me of one or another of the real Marines that I know! Douglas manages to make the reader care about the characters and what happens to them. Even the villains seemed to have reasonable motives if you accept their basic philosophy. Of course that basic philosophy isn't much to MY liking or many other peoples either I expect. Still it is nice to see villains that ,while you do want them to lose, aren't just the scheming, evil, totally despicable characters that are sometimes used in! fictional works. I was quite entranced by the setting and applaud what I found to be a quite believable and logical chain of events in the book. I think Douglas makes fairly reasonable speculations about technology and life in 2040 and I can't say I've thought that about many of the Sci-Fi books I've read! I enjoyed Doulgas's use of the Cydonian Face (a real life mystery) in the book, it gives a more of a feel of realism that i enjoyed. I also liked the patriotic feel to the book (admittedly I am a fan of the Marine Corps as well) and enjoyed it as a solid work of Science Fiction.

In closing I'll say that I feel this was an exceptional book and that I can't wait for Douglas to finish the next book in the trilogy. Keep up the good work Mr. Douglas, I'll be waiting!!!!

Summary of Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy

The Year is 2040.

The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves.

Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war. The USMC -- a branch of a military considered, until just recently, to be obsolete -- has dispatched the Marine Mars Expeditionary Force, a thirty-man weapons platoon, to the Red Planet to protect American civilians and interest with lethal force if necessary.

Because great powers are willing to devastate a world in order to keep an ancient secret buried. Because something that was hidden in the Martian dust for half a million years has just been unearthed . . . something that calls into question every belief that forms the delicate foundation of civilization . . .

Something inexplicably human.

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