Rich Man's War

Written by Elliott Kay

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

No one walks away from business with the three biggest corporations in the Union of Humanity. Cutthroat trade deals and bloody covert operations make that clear as the star system of Archangel tries to break free. Yet despite all their power, the Big Three are more vulnerable than anyone knows—leaving them desperate to make an example of Archangel.

Tanner Malone would gladly avoid such struggles. He’d rather run out the clock on his enlistment in the Archangel Navy. Instead, he’s been ordered back into the front lines of a cold war that quickly grows hot. He doesn’t know about his government’s shady deals, or about the old enemies lurking in the shadows. All he knows is that the sky is falling—and he’ll have to fight harder than ever if he doesn’t want to be crushed beneath it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Jun 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781491588703

Elliott Kay

Elliott Kay grew up in Los Angeles and currently resides in Seattle, Washington. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and is a former member of the US Coast Guard. Kay has survived a motorcycle crash, severe seasickness, summers in Phoenix, and winters in Seattle.

Reviews for Rich Man's War

[davidr1958 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Really good mil-SF novel with nice socio-economic depth. Fair characterization, lots of excellent action, mostly troop combat at individual or squad level, although there is one major space battle. Fast pace, very well told story, this second book in the series adds layers of intelligence fencing, political intrigue, strategic military scheming, corporate oppression (and dirty tricks), occasional personal grudges, and while Tanner Malone is still a national hero, and still lucky, he now needs some help to survive. The gore level is still quite high. The language and military slang is sometimes 20th/21st century American. An outstanding military SF slugfest, which I suggest is comparable to [author:David Weber10517]'s Honorverse books (Honor Harrington series), or [author:Bruno Goncalves8629492], for well written action and entertainment.

[abycats_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This two-volume series is a very nicely done story of a young man who reluctantly joins the military but has an incredible flair for being in the wrong place at the right time. If you like adventure stories, read away -- plus it rides the current distrust (dislike, hatred) of large corporations. The women warriors and leaders are tough/tougher than the men. Enjoy!

[rivkat_2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I discovered that Kay’s unofficial title for this series is Well, That Escalated Quickly: The Tanner Malone Story, which is just about right. Tanner remains my favorite space Boy Scout of recent years, as his enlistment continues, his home system of Archangel’s troubles grow, and his battles on the ground and in space multiply. The space battles are bigger now as the bad corporation choking Tanner and his fellows with debt sends a large force to take down Archangel; also, the pirate Tanner captured in the first book is now working for Archangel, but he’s still carrying a grudge. Good times!

[richard.fox · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Rich Man's War, one of the rare times the sequel is better than the original. Elliot Kay ratchets up the action and drama with the inevitable escalation between the world's of Archangel and the debt holding mega corporations that have a stranglehold on humanity.

With all the world building out of the way, Rich Man's War holds plenty of action and space battles for the connoisseur and plenty of intrigue and plot twists to keep me flipping the pages. Well done, Mr. Kay.

Lovers of space opera and military science fiction will enjoy this book, and the other novel in the series, Poor Man's Fight.

This book has a definite conclusion, and sets the state for the next novel. Which I hope comes out sooner than later.