The second entry in the best-selling Troy Rising saga and follow-up to Live Free or Die from multiple New York Times and USA Today bestseller John Ringo.
When the orbital gates first materialized in the outer solar system, all seemed well. And, lo, peaceful traders made first contact–so whatever came next couldn’t be so bad, could it? Yeah, it could. Very bad. Now humans have battled back from a Trojan-horse-like conquest by a tyrannical alien species to become a force to reckon with in the galaxy. On a crash-building course, we’ve built a near-impregnable battlestation of Deathstar proportions to prove it. But the enemy is remorseless and to survive we must take the fight to our attackers and prevail. Unfortunatley, the bones and burnt hulks of those who have tried litter the star-ways. But these galactic imperialists have never contended with humans, a foe who is their match in sheer ferocity and desire to win.
About Citadel:
“Ringo is back with a rousing tale of derring-do in space…[He] is as good as ever, giving the reader an epic space opera complete with grand vistas and large-scale numbers and keeping it humming with…pungent writing, snappy characters, and gallows humor.”—Booklist
About previous series entry Live Free or Die:
“[I]nfused with plenty of old-fashioned two-fisted can-do attitude. . .”—Publishers Weekly
About John Ringo:“If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo.”—Philadelphia Weekly Press
“. . .Ringo’s lively action scenes and thorough knowledge of military subculture dynamics make enjoyable reading.”—Publishers Weekly
The John Ringo military sci-fi epic that began with Live Free or Die (9781439133972) continues in high style with this installment about a gigantic galactic battlestation's desperate fight for survival. Hard science; hard fought alien invasion battle scenes. Hailed in hardcover as "a rousing tale of derring-do in space," now in mass market paperback.
shadomanfl
Posted January 15, 2012
worth the time and money
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Posted November 7, 2010
If you haven't read Live Free or Die, the first book of the Troy series, you should go read that one first. Citadel isn't as good as Kildar (Ghost series 2nd) however the book is a great read. The book is a very good connector book between Live Free Or Die and #3 which Ringo indicates is in progress, while providing worthwhile entertainment. Any Ringo fan won't be disappointed. One last thing, the book is worth buying just to read the Eulogy, it's unbelievable.
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Posted May 31, 2012
I was spell-bound from the 1st chapter to the last chapter! I had read the first book," Live free or Die", so naturally I had to wait to get my hands on the next book, and now I am in the process of reading the final book,"The Hot Gate" which came out in May 2012, and it is not dissapointing me in the least,, very much the opposit, I whish he would come out with the fourth book,( if there will be a fourth in this series) becasue I am afraid I will be devestated at the end of this book, if there is no closer to it!!!
I have read many many of John Ringo Books, and I have always finished them wanting more to read, he is so darn clever and great as a tecknical writer, with such details that explain all that you need to comprehend the storyline, without being ovrloaded with a bunch of hiperbole, to make it so boring that you would stop reading, and go look at tv comercials, just to break the monotony of it, so I dearly hope and pray that Mr Ringo will find it in his heart, for all us proud to be "John Ringo fans", to try to come up with a plot for the next book on "Vernon Tyler" and " Coxswain's Mate(now "Lieutenant") Mate Second Class Dana Parker" about what they are going to do about "after the "Rangora" surrendered" and the "Eridani System"!!!!
In the meantime, I will find another one of his "series" to start on and be satisfied with that for the time being, but not real happy about it,, uggh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tycoon Tyler Vernon converted the large asteroid Troy into a tremendous battle station that along with the Solar Array Pumped Laser humans was used to drive away the invading octopi-like Horvath (see Live Free or Die) from the Sol System. However, an even more dangerous threat has entered the solar system as the reptilian Rangora Empire invades with plans to occupy Earth after it has destroyed the only human ally in a deadly serpentine blitzkrieg.
Vernon realizes quickly that the Troy battle station will be overwhelmed by this brutal enemy like the Nazis did the Maginot Line; if it falls Vernon knows no Homer will write the epic of the Citadel that saved earthlings. He proposes an offensive assault rather than a defensive line. His plan is to take the war to the heart of the Empire forcing the Rangora to divert troops to homeland defense. The Spiral Arm Wars are just beginning to heat up with the First Battle of E Eridani.
The Troy Rising second outer space tale (see Live Free or Die) is an exciting military science fiction thriller, which starts very slow action wise yet insightful as the reader meets numerous cast members (mostly humans) who provide their viewpoint to the upcoming hostilities. Once the combat ignites, the plot soars into hyperspeed as John Ringo once again salutes American ingenuity and creative capitalists (must have been in the Asteroid Belt during the economic meltdown) climaxed with a great outer space battle.
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Overview
The second entry in the best-selling Troy Rising saga and follow-up to Live Free or Die from multiple New York Times and USA Today bestseller John Ringo.
When the orbital gates first materialized in the outer solar system, all seemed well. And, lo, peaceful traders made first contact–so whatever came next couldn’t be so bad, could it? Yeah, it could. Very bad. Now humans have battled back from a Trojan-horse-like conquest by a tyrannical alien species to become a force to reckon...