Fleet Action (Wing Commander 3)

What is it about this book that makes you read it over and over. Well the action,humour, a little romance, and the emotion combined with a desperate battle for survival make this book a worth while read. If they only made them like this.

When I read Fleet Action a few months ago I was relatively new to Wing Commander, having only been familiar with WCIII and WCIV and Colonel Christopher Blair. I wasn't too sure I'd like this Jason Bondarevsky guy since I was used to Blair. But I found this book to be one of the best in the series, sticking close to real military facts yet maintaining that brand of science-fiction. And there were some familiar characters from the game like Thrakhath, Tolwyn, and Paladin, so I wasn't totally lost within all these new guys. But in conclusion Fleet Action had all of the action, suspense, drama, etc. I'd expect with the Wing Commander series.

The best of the Wing Commander books. Emotional and exciting, two qualities that i find are missing from books based on previeously created series, like Star Trek or Star Wars. Hunter's death moved me to the point of tears. It didn't take me there entirely but when Admiral Tolwyn cried when they found his nephew, that part drives me over the edge every time I read it. The decriptions of the Battle of Earth are absolutely perfect. Especially when Mike Powolski rams the Kilrathi super carrier with his destroyer. When I read that to my girlfriend, she started sobbing. I recomend this book to anyone who likes a good read. The next Wing Commander movie should be based on this book.

Forstchen does it again!To put it simply, this is an extremely powerful, emotional book, disguised as your run-of-the-mill action adventure etc. It may possibly be dismissed too easily at it's face value, but if you were to actually consider the events of the book and how you would feel if they had really taken place... I don't want to spoil the story for anyone, so I can't reveal any more. Needless to say, putting this book down is a crime.

Very Impressed, if you've played the games the story line was plausible. If not its just as good. The story takes place between WC2 and 3 as the Concordias still around. A couple of the old regulars are there including Paladin and Hunter. Brilliant read - edge of the seat stuff, highly recommended to WC fans and everyone into Sci-fi