To a Highland Nation

I have read all three of Rowley's books in this series numerous times. Rowley uses great imagination in creating this possible future and the Vang remain one of the most frightening alien life forms in science fiction - much more lethal than the 'Alien' type in my opinion. While remaining in a brief time period for his story line Rowley can casually allude to events stretching over vast aeons or relatively recently which tie in to the current action and make it so much more interesting in that context. An example is the reference to the Laowan Grotto of Bones in the Battlemaster story. It is a great pity that he didn't develop the theme into further books and it is surprising that he is not better known in this field. I think that if any or all of these three books were adapted for cinema and taken up by the major studios with the best special effects they would be great hits.

I think that the story of this book is every bit as good as the previous two. I only gave it four stars because there were little things here and there that irked me; Nothing that ruined my enjoyment of the book, but they were like little burrs on an otherwise smooth surface. Like others have said, you should read the first two books first. Then, you can get that old familiar feeling when you read this one. It won't ruin your enjoyment if you don't read them, but it will heighten your enjoyment if you do!

Genre of hardcore horror/SF is Rowley's strongest point, although others prefer BattleDragons books. The Battlemaster make you think about scale of Universe, about ancient wars between stars and planets whose distant echo now threaten Humanity by mortal danger. All because of the Vang, protoevil alien species, battle demigods once created huge space empire, but now dethroned and dispersed.Chris, are you sure that there're no more The Vang beings left around? I don't think so... Oh, god...

I read it and the other 2 in the series. I thought it was a good book with a interesting ending and believeable characters and the aliens were very interesting.

Make sure you start with Starhammer and The Vang:The military Form. It's an excellent series in my opinion. Hey Mr. Rowley, do you have another one for us?