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Joel Shepherd is an Australian science fiction author He moved to Perth Western Australia with his family when he was seven where he later studied film and television arts at Curtin University He now lives in Adelaide. Operation shield tx Part military SF part cyberpunk part grand scale space opera and part techno psychological thriller the Cassandra Kresnov novels transcend the recently narrow segmentation of the science fiction genre. Operation Shield bookkeeping In 23 Years on Fire Cassandra discovered that the technology that created her has been misused in her former home and now threatens all humanity with catastrophe Returning home to Callay she finds that Federation member worlds exhausted by the previous thirty year war against the League are unwilling to risk the confrontation that a solution may require Some of these forces will go to any lengths to avoid a new conflict including taking a sledgehammer to the Federation Constitution and threatening the removal by force of Cassandra s own branch of the Federal Security Agency. Operation shield atlanta More frighteningly for Sandy she has brought back to Callay three young children whom she met on the mean streets of Droze discovering maternal feelings she had not known she possessed Can she reconcile her duty as a soldier including what she must do as a tactician with the dangers that those decisions will place upon her family the one thing that has come to mean to her than any cause she now believes in Operation Shield Cassandra Kresnov 5 OUTSTANDING Joel Shepherd Operation Shield Pyr 16. Operation shieldbyte Maybe it s just the nature of a series with the same characters running through the same exercises albeit with somewhat different bad guys and twists in the plot but even so Operation Shield doesn t break enough new ground to really catch fire. Operation Shield bookkeeping First the setup Sandy Kresnov is a GI an android with almost superhuman physical powers strength speed endurance durability in the package of a very attractive blonde female She has all the human attributes including a sex drive but her potential wasn t fully grasped by those who made her the League The League used her as a soldier and soldier only and gave her no freedom which led her to eventually take her powers to the Federation the League s rival in a far future with human civilization spread over many stars. PDF Operation shielded Since the GIs are clearly superior to standard humans in many aspects they are usually viewed with fear and suspicion and Shepherd uses this opportunity to explore a humanity s tendency to discriminate against those who are different and b what it means to be human Over the five books Kresnov has continued to kill and maim with unparalleled efficiency but she has also steadily added emotional depth and this time it s love of children Shepherd s penchant for complex political plots is also still in evidence and though everything including the inevitable battle scenes is well done there s a little too much familiarity and not quite enough novelty. PDF Operation shield hero That said long series often have to take a book or sometimes two to gather momentum for a big finish and that may be the case here So those who ve been on board since book one Crossover shouldn t despair after all everything they enjoyed in the first four books is in this one as well Joel Shepherd Loved it Joel Shepherd I enjoyed it enormously as I have all the Cassandra Kresnov books Joel Shepherd Operation Mom is one of the best in the series Ending with many loose ends i. Operation Shield bookworm Joel Shepherd Review written for and published by Portland Book Review on September 8th The fifth book in the Cassandra Kresnov series Operation Shield starts off quickly and rarely slows down long enough for readers to catch a breath After discovering the true origin of the technology used to create the GIs Sandy returns to Tanusha to find that politics are about to turn deadly The Grand Council has split in two half of the members demanding peace with the League no matter what the long term costs may be In the name of peace a civil war begins between the various branches of the Tanushan government When the bullets start to fly Sandy must try to take down the usurpers and protect her people at the same time including the three children she has so recently adopted She stood now before the nine photographs of the CSA s fallen and knew that this was what the League has stolen from her and her kind Dignity Meaning Choice These men and women had made a choice to be here and in dying here gained dignity Their deaths had meaning because they d known for what they risked and fought If she stood for anything and fought for anything it was this signified by these slowly growing shrines against the morgue wall and the two SWAT troopers at hard attention weapons angled sharply at the ceiling Joel Shepherd has once again managed to create a fast paced page turner of a novel As usual things are complicated than they first seem and Sandy fluctuates between high octane combat mode and eloquent diplomat This book is definitely not the place to start for readers new to the Cassandra Kresnov series as so much is tied into knowledge of the previous titles A fantastic continuation of technology heavy science fiction with a touch of cyberpunk fans of Shepherd s previous work will love the new installment of this amazing series Joel Shepherd Cannot get enough of this series or this author I wasn t paying attention to publishing dates and usually don t read the reviews on GR until after I ve finished the book Was very happy that I came to this late currently 6 books in the series Really really glad I didn t start the first trilogy and have to wait almost ten years for the subsequent books The latest three stories seem to have the politics fine tuned or at least I m not getting lost in the details so much Is it me or the author But that only means that I ll read that much faster and have to find something else just as good to fill the void I see some cold turkey and a lot of laundry in my future Joel Shepherd A mix of kick ass military SF epic space opera and an intelligent political techno thriller with a bit of cyberpunk woven through It has a fully realized universe incredible fast paced action sequences slower well thought through socio political passages and a lot of grin inducing futuristic tech blowing stuff up But the best part is our synthetic protagonist Commander Cassandra Sandy Kresnov who kicks ass in ways than one. Operation shield evaluation I love this series Joel Shepherd Definitely not the highlight of the series We are back to the federation for this one and Sandy has now adopted the three street kids from the League world much perhaps too much was centered upon the new family Largely a political novel the pacing is much slower than the rest of the series although there are some good action sequences Cyberpunk quickly turning into opera I think I will finish the last in the series as I am invested but I hope it is better 2, Operation shieldback 95 461 pages is book five in Joel Shepherd s Cassandra Kresnov series and as much as I like all of Shepherd s work this one is a bit of a letdown, Operation Shield bookworm e people for Cassandra to kill Joel Shepherd Only downer is I have to wait for the next release.5 stars rounding to 3 for GR Joel Shepherd