Battle Earth II, III and IV by Nick S Thomas

Well, its been a busy time of late. I have found myself reading series of books which is why I haven't been reviewing much. My last review was OK Battle Earth I by Nick S Thomas, which was a highly enjoyable read, and because I was reading it on the Kindle, it made it easy to just keep on reading without really noticing that I had started a new book.

Then of course came the games. For those of you that know me, I have a deep passion for sport that I do not express to anyone, except when there is a big tournament on that particular sport. Then came the Olympics, the time in which titans walk amongst us and the hopes of millions across the globe rest on the shoulders of very few. So what does one do when the sports that you love such as fencing, hockey, athletics, rowing and cycling come along what is a man to do....

Get your arse to London is what that man does.

My travel to the games meant that I needed something to read and so in the space of a week I got the chance to read through the Hunger Games books which I will review shortly.

But back to Battle Earth, which because I read them over the course of three days I will review as if they are one book.

Battle Earth II, III and IV by Nick S Thomas.

 Just as the first book I will give the three books a 4/5.

The three books are very similar to the first book, with the only variation really being book IV.
Things seem dire at the beginning of book II with the human forces holding their alien foes in the ruins of Paris but losing many for every enemy they take down.

They then get pushed back and France falls beneath the boots of a different type of oppressor and it falls to the united nations of earth to rally in Germany and continue the fight.

You get told that the alien forces are attacking other places on the earth, but refreshingly the action always remains fixed on the characters you know. Even to the point that you also get to follow a resistance movement on the moon.

As you could expect from humans, we quickly learn from our enemies and develop technology that levels the playing field and we are able to take the fight back to them.

The books continue with great pace and the characters never seem indestructible and do remain very human. You also begin to learn more about the aliens, without it becoming bogged down in anything too unbelievable. To be honest with reading this, I got the feeling that the TV series Falling Skies pinched the idea for the aliens from these books.

Books 1-3 are very similar as if they are one story, then book 4 comes along and it shifts a little. It is still a great read but its as if its a new chapter in the story and I would say that if there is not another book in the series then do not read four, but if there is another then wait so that you can go through them as it left me wanting more as its seems like there should be more on the way.