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The book starts out with an excellent premise but does not carry through very well. Everybody likes the IX Legion and clearly Mr. Weston knows a lot about Roman war technologies. It turns out, though, that the rest of the troops are just there for color. The Native American warriors, in particular, are given nothing to do. The idiot US Cavalryman with the famous family name (an unneeded touch) is a stereotype we see far too often. There is no need for him to be an idiot to fill the role he plays. A good guy might even have been more effective. The SAS guys are cool and I can easily believe that they get on well with the Romans because everybody likes the IX Legion and most serious military types have studied Roman warfare. Hell, I am a desk jockey and I know about Roman warfare.

The behavior of the bad guys, THE HORDE, is inexplicable. They are intelligent beings who have been destroying huge galactic empires for ages and then, just when this story takes place, suddenly decide to communicate with the rag tag human survivors. Nonsense.

Yet again, science goes out the window.

But the most unforgivable sin is the pun.

I received a review copy of "The IX" by Andrew P. Weston (Perseid Press) through NetGalley.com.

PS Technically what Mr. Weston does isn't a pun but a heteronym, in that it is not a joke, but it is so horribly bad that it is surely some kind of joke. Besides, if I wrote "heteronym" who would know what I mean?

PPS, this is an add-on. People have been asking me what I am talking about with the heteronym and the more I think about it telling you what Weston does isn't really a spoiler because it doesn't have anything particular to do with the fighting, which is all anyone here seems to be looking at.

So the story is that as a last ditch effort to save themselves, the remnants of the dying civilization use a supercomputer AI to reach back in time to the Earth and snatch various warriors from the different Earth ages. They get the IX (ninth) legion and the Caledonians who fought them, some cavalry guys and some Indians who are dying on the plains of the North American west, and some SAS guys being blown up by terrorists. This is a great idea and for the SAS and the IX he does a good job. But he has nothing for the other guys to do EXCEPT... The idiot head of the Calvary division gets himself possessed by the spirit of a member of THE HORDE but he does nothing really significant but kill off someone we like (no tactical gains, just revenge). The rest of the time he cowers in the infirmary, which is boring.

The Blackfoot Cree warriors (see note in comments below) hardly figure in the text but their leader is a shaman and he discovers that one of the other people on the planet (from an earlier Earth raid) is ... wait for it ... a descendent of the Blackfoot Cree!!!! and despite the fact that she lived ??? centuries later, SHE IS A SHAMAN TOO!!! but untrained. So he trains her and they together go into a trance and guess what? They can walk the same mystical pathway as THE HORDE and this mystical pathway is called THE IX (presumably "icks"). Unforgivable.


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The IX The IX Series Book 1 eBook Andrew P Weston Janet Morris Reviews

With its superb and vivid writing, this novel is one that readers can certainly sink their teeth into. It's obvious from the get-go that the author is not only gifted with an extraordinary imagination but also with the ability to bring to life a strangely compelling cast of characters in an equally strangely compelling atmosphere of danger and suspense, starting with the clever premise of bringing together warriors from different periods in time and assembling them in a tense struggle for survival in an alien world. How these people of such diverse cultures and attitudes are able to engage in a fierce combat with an obviously powerful and inhuman enemy makes up the bulk of the storyline. While a sense of impending danger is always present in chapter after chapter, one is frequently struck not only by the increasing momentum of events being described, but also (for example) by such striking descriptive passages like the one early on in the novel, describing an Indian warrior with "tomahawk in hand, long flowing locks streaming behind him in the gale,...a vision of the very land itself come to life."
This would surely translate into a tremendous theatrical film. The absorbing, action-packed storyline, and the vividly etched characterizations are already present in the writing in an incredibly visual way. One of the best-written science-fiction sagas to come my way in a long time!
The IX is definitely one of the more unusual books I’ve read this year. Iconic groups of fighters from different periods in history are brought together in the far future on an alien world, in the hopes that their combined skills can defeat a seemingly unstoppable invasion. The cast includes soldiers from the lost Roman 9th Legion and a number of their Pictish adversaries, Native American warriors, cavalrymen from the pre-Civil War United States, a team of the United Kingdom’s Special Forces and members of the terrorist group they were in the midst of trying disarm– all plucked from the brink of death and revived to protect a nearly-extinct alien race.

The story could perhaps be best described as military science fiction, with lots of detailed descriptions of fortifications, weapons systems, troop movements, and battle commands. This procedural fare is broken up with bursts of feverish action and glimpses of interpersonal conflict and comradery. Dashes of European mythology and a heavy dose of Indigenous mysticism come to light as the story progresses, adding an unexpected dimension to the tale. The IX is an unusual novel, and all is definitely not as it first seems.

The narrative can be a little hard to follow at times; the perspective shifts frequently and is split not only between the factions but also between a number of different characters within each faction. I think this is the most characters I’ve ever seen given the spotlight in one book. But the author pulls it off fairly well and I was rarely confused about whose viewpoint the story was being told from.

Overall I enjoyed this book. The IX is a cautionary tale the things we consider our greatest achievements may in fact turn out to be our downfall. Combined with its unique blend of science fiction influences, this story has a bit of something for everyone.
The book starts out with an excellent premise but does not carry through very well. Everybody likes the IX Legion and clearly Mr. Weston knows a lot about Roman war technologies. It turns out, though, that the rest of the troops are just there for color. The Native American warriors, in particular, are given nothing to do. The idiot US Cavalryman with the famous family name (an unneeded touch) is a stereotype we see far too often. There is no need for him to be an idiot to fill the role he plays. A good guy might even have been more effective. The SAS guys are cool and I can easily believe that they get on well with the Romans because everybody likes the IX Legion and most serious military types have studied Roman warfare. Hell, I am a desk jockey and I know about Roman warfare.

The behavior of the bad guys, THE HORDE, is inexplicable. They are intelligent beings who have been destroying huge galactic empires for ages and then, just when this story takes place, suddenly decide to communicate with the rag tag human survivors. Nonsense.

Yet again, science goes out the window.

But the most unforgivable sin is the pun.

I received a review copy of "The IX" by Andrew P. Weston (Perseid Press) through NetGalley.com.

PS Technically what Mr. Weston does isn't a pun but a heteronym, in that it is not a joke, but it is so horribly bad that it is surely some kind of joke. Besides, if I wrote "heteronym" who would know what I mean?

PPS, this is an add-on. People have been asking me what I am talking about with the heteronym and the more I think about it telling you what Weston does isn't really a spoiler because it doesn't have anything particular to do with the fighting, which is all anyone here seems to be looking at.

So the story is that as a last ditch effort to save themselves, the remnants of the dying civilization use a supercomputer AI to reach back in time to the Earth and snatch various warriors from the different Earth ages. They get the IX (ninth) legion and the Caledonians who fought them, some cavalry guys and some Indians who are dying on the plains of the North American west, and some SAS guys being blown up by terrorists. This is a great idea and for the SAS and the IX he does a good job. But he has nothing for the other guys to do EXCEPT... The idiot head of the Calvary division gets himself possessed by the spirit of a member of THE HORDE but he does nothing really significant but kill off someone we like (no tactical gains, just revenge). The rest of the time he cowers in the infirmary, which is boring.

The Blackfoot Cree warriors (see note in comments below) hardly figure in the text but their leader is a shaman and he discovers that one of the other people on the planet (from an earlier Earth raid) is ... wait for it ... a descendent of the Blackfoot Cree!!!! and despite the fact that she lived ??? centuries later, SHE IS A SHAMAN TOO!!! but untrained. So he trains her and they together go into a trance and guess what? They can walk the same mystical pathway as THE HORDE and this mystical pathway is called THE IX (presumably "icks"). Unforgivable.