The Clone Republic

by Steven L. Kent

ACE, $7.99, 384 pg.

Private Wayson Harris was a clone. But like all of the other clones that make up the Unified Authority's military he has been programmed to think that he is an orphan who was brought up in a military orphanage. Now out in the real world his first assignment is to a backwoods, or I should say a back sand dune, planet assigned to a unit of misfits and has bens. His confusion only deepens when people start trying to kill him. But when a full fleet admiral stats taking a hand in his career he Knows that he is in REALLY DEEP DOO DOO. Stir in the beginnings of a civil war and you have a very interesting adventure story. Of course with all the loose ends that the author leaves it is obvious that he has a sequel planed.

While I liked this book I am really not ready to start another series. I hate waiting a year to three years for the next book. Unless Mr. Kent has already written the whole series and convinced the publisher to release them at, say 2 month intervals this is not a series that I am going to be looking forward to. Sorry Mr. Kent, you are a good writer but I have to just say NO to another series. - William B. Whitmore