Striking the Balance by Harry Turtledove

Turtledove's grand tetralogy of an alternate WWII interrupted by an alien invasion draws to a satisfactory conclusion in this follow-up to Upsetting the Balance, and with a few surprises to boot. The Chinese woman Liu Han, for example, is seen climbing the hierarchy of the Chinese Communist Party as it comes under the control of Mao Zedong. Moishe Russie helps negotiate the final armed truce between the alien Lizards and the humans, with the Lizards withdrawing from most hum...

Von Neumann's War

This book is clearly the first in a series. The overall structure has a theme of humans facing extermination by an overwhelmingly numerous alien enemy. Clear similarities to Ringo's Posleen series. It could seem like Ringo is recycling too much of that series. There, however, we at least get some glimpses into the enemy's mindset, no matter how superficial. Here, there is absolutely no such analog. The enemy is depicted as robots, with no insight into even the CPU of a master controller. In terms of character definition, this is even more awkward than David Weber's In Death Ground...

We Few

We Few is the fourth novel in the science fiction Empire of Man series by David Weber and John Ringo. It tells the story of Prince Roger MacClintock and his remaining bodyguards of the Empress' Own Regiment have finally made their way off the alien planet of Marduk and must now try to retake the Empire from a usurper. This book appeared on the New York Times best seller list.

Beyond Star Trek: Physics From Alien Invasions To The End Of Time

The Physics of Star Trek was a genuine publishing phenomenon and, for a science text, elicited an enormous and unprecedented positive response from mainstream poplar culture. Now the author of that bestselling book takes readers on another intergalactic voyage, this time to examine whether today's science fiction might be tomorrow's science fact.

A Hymn Before BattleWITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...

With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans -- for a price. Humanity now has three worlds to defend.
As Earth's armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.