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2/4 Cavalry: A New Hope Paperback – November 15, 2011

by Eric L Johnson (Author)
3.2 3.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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Based in the universe created by David Drake (with his permission) A New Hope chronicles, in anthology format the exploits of A Troop, 2/4 Cavalry. Designed to solely test out a new type (though of old ideas) of vehicles and tactics, the troopers are challenged by an insurgency campaign set in the mountainous Pollo Mountains.
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  1. Book 1 of 14
    2-4 Cavalry
  2. Print length
    370 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    November 15, 2011
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.84 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1467952141
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1467952149
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 15, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1467952141
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1467952149
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.09 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.84 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.2 3.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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Eric Johnson is a veteran who served in the US Army for fifteen years. He currently lives in Baltimore and spends his time to write stories based on his experiences as well as using current events to focus on counter-insurgency as well as other related topics. He has written his main series, the 2-4 Calvary series, which is military science fiction. I also have a fantasy series called the Tales of Baromir series as well. He has also written in other genres, such as steampunk, and now fantasy. Note that some links that brought you here are Amazon Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

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John Langan
3.0 out of 5 stars Editing...We don't need no stinkin' editing!
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2010
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As other reviewera have said, the copy-editing, proof-reading and grammer usage are bad, really, really bad. Still, the stories do have some merit. This is (I hope) a freshman effort in writing; we can only hope that the authors grammer and language skills improve with time. Nothing destroys the feeling of being "into" a story worse than a terrible (and easily fixed) grammer error. I especially cannot stand the authors use of "drug". It may be common usage but it has no place in a well-constructed sentence. I am going to purchase the remainder of the stories and will pray for improvement. The author has some good ideas, he just needs to acqure the tools to express them.
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Heretic
5.0 out of 5 stars Why all the hate for Eric Johnson?
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
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This book is basically a collection of short stories and it is my understanding that A New Hope is the author's first book. It's rather difficult to develop characters in a short story because there simply isn't the time. That said, I think Mr. Johnson has done a fine job of developing his characters within the David Drake universe, whom he emulates. Is it War and Peace? No, but it wasn't meant to be. It's a collection of good military sci fi stories that holds its own. I believe that most any fans of the genre will find Eric Johnson's first effort to be a good and entertaining one.
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Linda
1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry I bought this one.
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020
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Book seems to have been dashed off rather carelessly. Compared to David Drake (the author's stated idol) the characters are not well developed. Editing is poor, and for me the careless wordsmithing detracted from the storyline. Too much jargon, missing antecedents for pronouns, missing connective articles, overuse of terms like 'for all intents and purposes'- I will skip this author in the future.
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John
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014
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I loved Hammer Slammer's and these books follow and stay in line with them .If you love military sci-fi as I do then these are the books for you .
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Kenneth Stone
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2010
I really can't tell you if this is a collection of good stories or not. Between the horrific grammar and punctuation abuse, the author sandwiches attention deficit disorder addled writing. Not a single page is without a veritable litany of errors. The prose is such an editor's nightmare that it is obvious that any blue pencil nearing it broke down in terror and fled. Is English even the author's primary language? Parts of this book read as if it were translated from Chinese to English by a person fluent in neither. The selection's header on the Amazon.com page lists six editors. One of the editors listed is David Drake. "Say it ain't so, Joe." How is that possible?

The list of errors in this book is impressive. The author uses unclear antecedents, subject verb disagreements, and run on (and on and on) sentences, nay paragraphs. Tense conflicts, split infinitives, and incomplete sentences proliferate as if they were his only tools . His misuse of punctuation is truly remarkable. Each page looks as if he loaded a blunderbuss full of commas and periods and then blasted the words into oblivion.

In some realms, this level of grammatical execution (and I do mean execution) would be considered torture to the reader. It would demand punishment of the author by extensive prison terms and endless viewings of The Jerry Springer Show. Wait! That's it. That must be where the author learned to speak, read, and write English. Since that is obviously the case, I apologize for my critique. For if that is the source of his understanding of English, then this tome is comparable to the works of William Shakespeare in its poignant existence.

I would suggest the author complete a public school level grammar course, or hire an editor who has, before attempting further literary work.

I regret having purchased this entire series before reading a sample. I trusted the references to David Drake's works and to Mr. Drake being listed as an editor. In summation, while the author honors the milieu by his service and intent, he diminishes the universe of Hammer's Slammers with his poor writing.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Embarrassing
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2010
This review is based on the sample.

I consider David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series to be the best military science fiction available. This work is an embarrassment to that universe. It reads like a middle school effort - poor grammar and poor structure throughout. The description claims that Mr. Drake was one of the editors. If so, it is not evident; my guess is that it is untrue.
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Kopanoak
1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Time & Money
Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2017
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Absolutely horrid. The author's terrible grammar and abuse of proper punctuation caused me
to stop reading after only half a dozen pages and remove it from my device. Regardless of the
author's real life military experience, it's pretty obvious that this does not include any creative
writing.

I find it hard to believe that anyone edited, let alone proof-read the content. I am a huge David
Drake fan but the best thing that he could do with this material is stop sharing his universe.
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1.0 out of 5 stars dont bother
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2014
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just a bad book, takes on a good genre but miss`s the point, badly written and boring, no more please.
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