Star Strike: Book One of the Inheritance Trilogy

Ian Douglas

Oct 2009 · Inheritance Trilogy Book 1 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul.

Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination: the warriors of a resilient race the world-devourers nearly annihilated centuries ago . . .

A power vast, ancient, and terrifying, the mighty Xul have lost track of the insignificant humans hundreds of years after devastating their home world—which has enabled the United Star Marines to operate unnoticed and unhindered. A near-autonomous intergalactic policing force, they battle in defense of an Earth they may not live to see again. Now, following the trail of a vanished twenty-fourth-century transport, they are journeying through an unexplored stargate to the edge of an unknown galaxy many light years from their sun. For the last, best, and only chance to defeat the tyrants of the universe may at long last be at hand . . .

Ratings and reviews

The story line and plot are very good. I like that part very much. The problem is the author tends to talk to much about a situation that can be cut in half. He does put in a lot of marine history in. For some that might be a little much. Me I'm retired Army, and I'm not about to tell a marine not to be proud to be a marine. Just as I'm proud to be Army Infantry.

About the author

Ian Douglas is one of the many pseudonyms for writer William H. Keith, the New York Times bestselling author of the popular military science fiction series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, The Inheritance Trilogy, The Star Corpsman series, The Andromedan Dark series, and The Star Carrier series. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.