Subject: "Echoes of Silence: A Frontlines Novella" by Marko Kloos and Robin Kloos

"Echoes of Silence: A Frontlines Novella" by Marko Kloos and Robin Kloos

https://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Silence-Frontlines-Marko-Kloos/dp/B0FHJNLC5J/

A singular novella (219 pages) of military science fiction set in the Frontlines Universe of ten books. I read the well printed and well
bound POD (print on demand) trade paperback self published by the author
in 2025 that I bought from Amazon in 2025. There are eight plus two
books in the main Frontlines series of military science fiction, I will
read any of the new books in the series.

"Author's Note: Echoes of Silence is told in epistolary format. This is
a collection of Halley's diary entries that cover the timespan of the Frontlines novels Orders of Battle and Centers of Gravity. To understand
the references in this novella and to avoid spoilers, it's recommended
to have read Orders of Battle (Frontlines #7) and Centers of Gravity (Frontlines #8) first."

"As of 10/25/25, the paperback's print size and chapter headings have
been corrected, and paperback copies ordered after that date will be in
the new format. This should resolve the common complaint about the
excessive margins and text that was too small for some readers in the
old version." The text is somewhat small but still very readable using
my +2.00 nighttime reading glasses.
https://www.markokloos.com/?p=3941

The book starts in year 2121 and ends in 2124. The author has
previously noted that the Earth is home to 100 billion humans in 2120,
most eating flavored soy to stay alive. All burials are now cremations
with the results either scattered or temporarily buried in a 10 cm (4
inch) by 20 cm (8 inch) plot.

Humans are in a desperate battle against the Lankies, 120+ ton advanced
space going dinosaurs. When the Lankies found our distant colonies,
they took them one by one, terraforming them to their hot CO2
atmospheres. When the Lankies invaded and took Mars, the Russians
joined the North American Commonwealth to expel them from Mars.
Meanwhile, the Lankies started invading Earth to the receipt of crew
served weapons on top of the PRCs (Public Residential Complexes) where
most of the NAC residents live. This is the story of the battle to
retake the colonies back from the Lankies.

The book is the contents of a journal by Lieutenant Colonel Halley
Grayson whose husband Major Andrew Grayson space ship, the "Washington",
has disappeared in the Capella Star System. There are no fragments of a possibly destroyed ship nor lifeboats on the planets. There are some
very strange readings by observation platforms in the system. The
scientists are very perplexed and do not understand why the Lankies
space ships FTL star drive is so much faster than our FTL star drive.

The author has a website at:
https://www.markokloos.com/

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (467 reviews)

Lynn


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