"The Hero" by John Ringo & Michael Z. Williamson

"The Hero" by John Ringo and Michael Z. Williamson is a continuation of Ringo's popular Posleen War series.  This particular book is set about a millennium after the other main Posleen works--a time when the human race is divided between those who live around the core of planet Earth and those who live on the out fringes; the humans and the Darhel are attempting to come to terms with one another; the Posleen efforts are now more of a minor insurgency; and a new enemy, the Tslek, are on the horizon.

The storyline focuses on the Darhel member of a Deep Reconnaissance Team, one of two survivors of fratricide attack on his team, as he tries to prevent an artifact from falling into the traitor's hands.  This is a very simplification of the plotline, but don't want to spoil the story for others.

I must say "The Hero" is not an opus indicative of Ringo's storytelling talents.  It was almost like the two authors just threw something together in order to meet a publisher's deadline.  Most surprising was the lack of character depth of the protagonist, Tirdal San Rintai--not the norm for Ringo's previous characters.  Bottom line: a disappointment.