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Title: A Private Little War
Author: Jason Sheehan
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-11-13
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 17 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The pilots of Flyboy, Inc., landed on the alien planet of Iaxo with a mission: In one year, quash an insurrection; exploit the ancient enmities of an indigenous, tribal society; and kill the hell out of one group of natives to facilitate negotiations with the surviving group all over 110 million acres of mixed terrain.
At first, the double-hush, back-burner project went well. With a ten-century technological lead on the locals, the logistical support of a powerful private military company, and aid from other outfits on the ground, it was supposed to be an easy-in, easy-out mission that would make the pilots of Flyboy, Inc., very, very rich. But the natives of Iaxo had another plan and what was once a strategic slam-dunk has become a quagmire, leaving the pilots of Flyboy, Inc., on an embattled distant planet, waiting for support and a ride home that may never come
This dark debut novel tells the tale of a secret war and the struggle to stay sane in a world that makes no sense. A Catch-22 for a new generation, A Private Little War is sure to become a science fiction classic.
Members Reviews:
An Overlooked Masterpiece
Yes, those are big words. People throw words like this around much too lightly these days. But there, I've said it. And I plan to stick with it.
The first few chapters were difficult for me; this experience is exceedingly rare for me whilst reading. The setting had been described with great dilatoriness, and the general weariness of the early portion of the book required far more attention than used to giving modern novels.
In fact, I believe that the last book to give me such a challenge was Erich Maria Remarque's "The Night in Lisbon."
In that novel, as in this, I had to gird myself for a highly detailed entreaty. And, in both cases, this work on my park paid for itself handsomely. The characters we flawed and human, whose distinct amorality ate away at their being. Not soldiers fighting for cause or country, these mercenaries were the lowest form of killer for hire, barely able to mask their own self loathing.
And at the same time they led to soaring insights into that which makes us human. When does a wrong finally become a wrong, regardless of how well we couch it in profit or survival? What are we if not a part of a society - and how can we consider ourselves whole when that society passes us by?
A quick note: I do believe Sheehan can do better. His nonfiction is still his home court. Yet he's learning to bring forward a voice in his fiction which can assuage the most voracious appetites of those brought up on William Gibson and Phillip K. Dick. Thankfully as a young author he has the time to hone his skills and style. Will students find his works required reading thirty years hence? I'd like to say its possible, but only if Jason can find a way to bring the same lightness to his SCI-fi as he's done with his exposition and autobiography.
So this is my guidance: grab a seat by the fire, a bottle of your favorite something, and work through the first 50 pages or so. You'll thank me when you do - and you'll be hooked!
Good Read, Well Developed, Different Slant than Normal Mil-Sci-Fi
I liked it. I read quite a lot of science fiction and military science fiction. This would not a 'normal' future/space military science fiction work. I liked that. The characters were pretty well developed.
