Emerald Sea

Written by John Ringo

Narrated by Tim Fannon

The Battle Against Those Determined to Rule the World—or Destroy It—Continues

In the future the world was a paradise—and then, in a moment, it ended. The council that controlled the
Net fell out and went to war, while people who had never known a moment of want or pain were left wondering how
to survive.

Duke Edmund Talbot has been assigned a simple mission: Go to the Southern Isles and make contact with the
scattered mer-folk—those who, before the worldwide collapse of technology, had altered their bodies in the shape of
mythical sea-dwelling creatures. He must convince them to side with the Freedom Coalition in the battles against the
fascist dictators of New Destiny. Just a simple diplomatic mission. That requires the service of a dragon-carrier and
Lieutenant Herzer Herrick, the most blooded of the Blood Lords—because New Destiny has plans of its own.

The fast-paced sequel to There Will Be Dragons is a rollicking adventure above and below the high seas with
dragons, orcas, beautiful mermaids—and the irrepressible Bast the Wood Elf, a cross between Legolas and Mae West.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980049227

John Ringo

John Ringo is author of the New York Times best-selling Legacy of Aldenata (Posleen War) series, which so far includes A Hymn Before Battle and nine sequels, the technothriller series starting with Ghost, a dark fantasy titled Princess of Wands, and many other novels for Baen. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

[hjjugovic · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This series is an imaginative page-turner marred by some not-even-thinly-veiled politics and a weirdly adolescent take on sex. Nevertheless, Ringo has a great grasp on military techniques, culture, and history that makes me forgive him. I still think men would probably enjoy this more than I did, since they wouldn't have to keep overlooking his, I have to say, offensiveness.

[sunnysd_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Herzer, Duke Edmund, Bast, Daneh and Rachel are back and ready roll - literally. On the waves, not wheels. The UFS has a new weapon - dragon carriers - and if all goes well, a new ally against New Destiny. The merfolk who inhabit the coastal waters of Flora are not particularly open to allying themselves with either side, but unlike the UFS, New Destiny comes prepared NOT to take no for an answer.

Not so riddled with typos as There will be dragons, the action is fast enough to keep sleepy eyes reading long past what should be lights out.

[worldsedge · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I hate how a series will start off so promising and immediately take a detour to the Land of Fantasy Cliches. Not that this is necessarily a bad work, it is just that there's nothing unique or uniquely interesting about this book. Bit of it were entertaining enough to keep me turning the pages, but you knew who was going to win, who was going to die, and pretty much when all this was going to happen. The work also screams out for hardcore editing. The dialogue, yeecch. Would've made Robert E. Howard embarassed.

The question: will I pick up the fourth book in this series? Dunno. Just dunno at this point.