I really wish Ms. Palmer would write more books for this series. This and [b:True Colors|959087|True Colors|Diana Palmer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266682640s/959087.jpg|943997] are the only books she's written that are remotely worth reading. I'm sorry to say I've read all her books and I have to wonder how many long-haired, naive virgins there are left in that stupid little Texas town.
But Morcai Battalion was a pleasant change from her regular formula books. I'm not big on sci-fi, but I like variety now and then and this was a good story. ( )

Very simplistick storyline, had the style of a book written in the 1930s. Enjoyable read. ( )

Light years from Palmer's fluffy romances, this is a space opera complete with Amazonian medics, alien lifeforms, clones, politics, intrigue, interstellar battles, torture, comrades in arms, and forbidden love. All in all, a pleasant surprise. ( )

I gave up after reading about 20% of this book. I just could not process all the terms and names author keeps throwing at us. We have names of different races, planets, equipment... and most of the things are not explained what are they. I don't like sci-fi novels like that. Because it is happening on another planet, it does not mean that you have to invent new name for everything. Tolkien even did not go that far. ( )

Picked this one up at random from the library. Forget Ursula le Guin and Doris Lessing: this book is old-fashioned space opera with laser beams and naval camaraderie. I wasn't far in before I realized that it reminded me of the one book I have read from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan sequence. It even incorporates the same scenario: Terran woman at the mercy of alien bad-ass general finds him not as bad as the propaganda painted him. If I had ever heard of the author I might have been expecting the romance element, which I didn't find a problem. MB 20-iii-2012 ( )