Incursion: Merkiaari Wars 5

Mark E. Cooper

Dec 2016 · Merkiaari Wars Book 5 · Impulse Books UK

About this eBook

The war games are on, but the real battle has just begun…

The Alliance is ready for the war games. The spectacular show of innovation and strength may change the way war is waged, but on far-flung worlds devastating incursions have already begun. The Merkiaari are back, but news can only travel as fast as a foldspace drone.

Captain Eric Penleigh of the 501st Infantry Regiment looks forward to an easy assignment. All he needs to do is evaluate the best cutting-edge tech the Alliance has to offer and make nice with new alien allies. But when preparation for the games turns into a deadly war, nobody will be ready for what comes next.

Ratings and reviews

Seriously, 5 books and that's the climax. Going back and changing all my 5 stars with 1. The constant repetitiveness, all the characters and this is it. Hey why don't we remake Titanic to where the iceberg is seen on the horizon on a bright day and then fast foward to where 2000 people are dead. Don't want to read another book by this author ever!

I read “Incursion” as an advanced reader copy of Mark E. Cooper’s latest book in the Merkiaari Wars series and was very impressed. His engineering background gives him a good technical entree into the scientific aspects of science fiction and his vivid imagination supplies the rest. He creates a very good picture of technologically-enhanced humans (such as “vipers”) and various races of aliens (particularly the Shan and Merkiaari) and battles involving all of them. He continues the theme of having very strong female characters and I found myself wanting to read more about them, in particular. I would certainly recommend “Incursion” for lovers of science fiction or general fantasy novels.

Lots of build up. Kind of an anti climatic ending. A bit more details of the space battles would have been a great addition. Hopefully the next book doesn't take so long to come out that we don't need a refresher course or to re-read the series in order to figure out what came before.

About the author

 Mark E. Cooper lives in a small town in the south of England, where he writes most mornings and evenings. His background is in mechanical engineering where he spent over thirty years working for Ford. He loves reading science fiction, epic fantasy, or urban fantasy and particularly likes strong female characters overcoming dire situations and tough obstacles. He can often be found laughing to himself as he listens to an audiobook on his iPod while typing like a fiend.

His hobbies include Shelby Cobras—he built a Dax replica of the famous car with his best friend in the early 90s—reading, and maintaining his blog. He is now the author of over ten titles written in the genres he loves to read.