Book Review:: Maximum Offense by David Gunn

Book Review-- Death's Head-Maximum Offense--David Gunn

Maximum Offense is the second book in the Death's Head series and brings back the fearsome Sven Tveskoeg with his Aux of soldiers who are now sent to the remote planet of Hekati to look for a missing person. Is this really the case? We do not get to know till the middle of the book and by then it is a mad pot purri of violence, bad ass attitude, a smattering of politics, ice cold humor and a level of maddening morals that make you wonder about what kind of person the author is. David Gunn is an ex-soldier in case you are wondering.

Lt. Sven Tveskoeg and his unit battle through the planet's hostile natives, the strange geography (Hekati is a manufactured planet and also one which is also alive and has a conscience), to a conclusion that none of them had known about except their commanding officer Vijay, who himself harbors a secret that carries it's manifestations to the end of the novel.

Maximum Offense sets a fast and gritty pace from the get go, with the no bullshit team of the Aux, the amazing technology like the intelligent gun SIG which has an attitude that would put a rock star to shame. The constant banter between the SIG and Tveskoeg makes for interesting read in the novel, providing comic relief as well as a healthy dosage of cynicism about the events in the novel.

The action in the novel is close quarters when it comes to hand to hand fights, and stellar scale when Sven Tveskoeg is blowing up enemy motherships.

Maximum Offense is a worthy follow up to Death's Head and a brilliant build up to the next novel in line, Day of the Damned. Day of the Damned is releasing on July 21, 2009.

We'll be waiting to read!