Another early book which myke cole published is fortress frontier. Lieutenant oscar britton of the supernatural operations corps has been trained to hunt down and take out people. Control point is amazing accomplished first novel and well worth a look for fantasy fans looking for something very different. A thrilling military fantasy to set your pulse racing shadow ops by cole, myke isbn. Intent on embroiling the us in a quagmire that will sap its economy and drain its legitimacy, russia passes a potential weapon of mass destruction to boko haram, an extreme islamic sect in nigeria. Control point lays the groundwork for a fascinating new setting. If you happen to stumble upon any of them pesky little wangs let us know. Control point shadow ops series book 1 kindle edition by cole, myke. As aforementioned, the first one is raid on somalia. Across the united states and other nations too there are. Critical ops cheats no recoil, spread and wall hack show. See more ideas about book of shadows, book making and handmade books. Control point, the main protagonist is oscar britton.
Shadow ops novel series discussion thread spacebattles. Best black ops books the first three books are the best ones out of the nine books in the black ops series. Untrained and panicked, they summon storms, raise the dead, and. This book has about ten editions and the first one was originally published in 20. There are different protagonists in both control point and fortress frontier. At first it felt a little like an xmen kind of thing but showed itself to be more than that. Days of rage by brad taylor pike logan and the taskforce are used to being the hunters, but this time theyre the hunted. Control point is the first novel in the shadow ops series by myke cole that was released in the year 2012. Lieutenant oscar britton of the supernatural operations corps has been trained to hunt down and take out people possessing magical powers. Shadow ops is a novel that attempts to explore how the insanity of the american military complex might react to people suddenly gaining the power of myth and then realizing they had the capacity to try and control that power for themselves. The russian fsb believes the weapon, a relic of the cold war, has. Control point is military science fiction, but definitely not the kind i had been expecting. Breach zone series by myke cole best fantasy books. Control point excerpt and couldnt be arsed to go further.
His work takes you to battlefields, real and imagined. Cole mixes supernatural powers with military experience, giving us a world in which magic. The setpiece battle scenes are amazing, his magic system is very interesting and probably the most consistent part of his setting, the concept of the source is cool, and even some of his characters are interesting and engaging. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Across the country and in every nation, people are waking up with magical talents. In addition to writing, he serves in the united states coast guard reserve and works for the nypd. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Myke cole is the author of the shadow ops series, including breach zone, fortress frontier, and control point. I bought myke coles debut novel the day it came out, on the strength of the reading i saw him do at last summers readercon.
Myke cole takes you down range where the bullets fly and the magic burns with precisionguided fericity thatll put you on the edge of your seat before blowing you right out of it. Chris evans, author of the iron elves series hands down, the best military fantasy ive ever read. I started it on the train ride from trenton to philadelphia, read a bit before class, more while waiting for the train home, and finished it just as we pulled into my station. Red mercury is a 2004 video game that is available on the xbox and microsoft windows platforms. He manifests a dangerous and banned magical ability, and is. His work has been published in the united kingdom, germany, poland, and the czech republic as well as north america. And honestly, if id known earlier just what kind of excitement i was going to be in for, i probably wouldnt have let this one hang out so long on my toread list. In truth, the novel the bears closer resemblence to military scifi like haldemans forever war or heinleins starship troopers than it does to anything by tolkein. The shadow ops series is a collection of novels within a contemporary fantasy that blends a strong military style with that of fantastic magical powers, written by mike cole.
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