Article 23

Written as a book for juvenile SF readers, I still enjoyed it at age 50. This is the kind of book I'll give to my daughter when she's a couple of years older.Similar to many coming of age stories, the characters have to work their way through lots of hurdles from their own personal inadequacies, the societies' problems and action/peronal danger.I just finished re-reading Star Voyager Academy, I'm about to go through this one again. I'm hoping it's true that there's a third in the series.Excellent for kids. Relaxing and pleasant for adults.

This story harkens to the "Horatio Hornblower" novels as much as Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers." A well-executed read that should be a good introduction to the genre for young readers. If you want to give the gift of science fiction to a young reader, this book or "Star Voyager Academy" is an excellent start. I enjoyed this book for no other reason than it was not a dark and depressing future. That vision, unfortunately, comes in the third book of this series.

Article 23 is the sequal to Star Voyager Academy. Justin and Matt have finished their first year at the Academy. This book is about their "Test of Fire", an idea you may be familiar with from Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Jerry Pournelle's Birth by Fire, or Rick Shelley's DMC series.The characters end up serving as "Third Lieutenants" under an insane tyrant. The Captain's wife left him years before and joined the colonial movement, in revenge he abuses and punishes anyone not born on Earth. The inevitable conflict forces them to choose between duty and honor. It is an entertaining, original story. I know that the concepts are not new, but Mr. Forstchen's telling of them is. The story flowed and the plot was NOT predictable.This novel is an enjoyable, quick, smooth read. It is the kind of thing that I have come to expect from this author and I consider buying this book money well spent.

Fortchen's second installment in the "Star Voyager Academy" series is a good one!This isn't high art, but this relatively short book will certainly entertain the reader.I look forward to the next volume.