Orphan's Triumph (Jason Wander, 5)

by Robert Buettner

Book Overview

Jason Wander is ready to lead the final charge into battle. After forty years of fighting the Slugs, mankind's reunited planets control the vital crossroad that secures their uneasy union. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316001759
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Orbit
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

I interviewed Robert Buettner

I asked bestselling science fiction author Robert Buettner about his latest book, Orphan's Triumph, and he had all kinds of fascinating things to say about being compared to Heinlein, getting published overseas and scrubbing the Death Star with a toothbrush. You can read the interview for free at [..]

In at the Finish

Orphan's Triumph (2009) is the fifth SF novel in the Orphanage series, following Orphan's Alliance. In the previous volume, the Slugs landed on Mousetrap and blocked attempts to land more human troops. The remaining defenders were still fighting within the planetoid. The Emerald Green was inserted into the central tunnel and started evacuating survivors. After everybody was taken off, the outer doors were opened to space and the Slug died of explosive decompression. But Jason and Munchkin remained in the control room. In this novel, Lieutenant General Jason Wander is now Commander in Chief of Offworld Forces. He lost an arm during the evacuation, but it was replaced. He also lost Munchkin and Jude blames him for her death. DeArthur Ord is Jason's Command Sergeant Major. Luckily for the general, Ord knows everything about military strategy, tactics, weapons and logistics. They work well as a team. Howard Hibble is a Colonel and is still THE top expert on Slugs. He leads a group studying the Slug habits and artifacts. His team is designing a new approach toward winning the war with the Red Moon. Jason Udey Metzger is Jason's godson. Jude was born on Ganymede and has abnormally fast reactions; in fact, sometimes he seems to react before the stimulus occurs. Mow he is an air vice marshal within the Tressen forces. Audance Planck was a Brigadier General in the Tressen Army. Aud is now one of three chancellors ruling the Republican Socialist government of Tressen. This government has a bad reputation on Earth. In this story, Jason is called back from Bren to Mousetrap for a meeting with Hibble. The Pseudocephalopods have retaken Weichsel with only four Firewitches and a force of fifty thousand Warriors. It is probably a trap, but Hibble wants to take the bait. The Ganglion could give them the location of its home planet. Jason drops with Hibble and two infantry companies onto Weichsel. They take the Ganglion, but Slug Warriors and the weather are closing in. Jason sends away the surviving Scorpions with the remaining troops and then assists Hibble in dragging the Ganglion from the trap. After retrieval from Weichsel, Hibble takes the Ganglion back to his Spook lab. Jason goes back to Earth, where he meets his new boss. Then he is handed his retirement papers. They take effect ninety days after signature and submission to Personnel. But the retirement is postponed when the Slugs snatch away the Red Moon. Jason is given a new assignment. He goes to Tressel to get another source of Cavorite. This tale reunites Jason with Jude. He also renews his acquaintance with Aud. But his first meeting on Tressel is with Chancellor Zeit, a neo-Nazi to the core. The author was an Army Intelligence officer during the Vietnam War Era. Other than his rank and reserve duty, little else is known about his military service. But that service and his geology background seem to permeate the Orphanage series. However, the series is notab

Outstanding....

What a great way to finish up this amazing five-book series. Robert Buettner's characters are easy to get attached to. Its unfortunate that this series has reached its conclusion but I am really looking forward to Buettner's next project, whatever it may be! This book was a great read and almost impossible to put down once you pick it up! The title Triumph is fitting and the ending is worth waiting for! Long live Jason Wander!

Orphans Triumph is an excellent end to the series

If you are a Fan Of Heinlein's Star Ship Troopers or John Ringo's ( Posleen War - Legacy of the Aldenata ) You will enjoy Robert Buettener Jason Wanders adventures.

Everybody Was Somebody Else Before the War

True to form, Robert Buettner delivers in the finale of the Jason Wander series. Picking up at the conclusion of ORPHAN'S ALLIANCE, the United Human forces are ready to launch the ultimate counter stroke in the battle against the slugs that has raged on for four decades. At the heart of the novel is Jason Wander, the orphan who has stumbled his way to the position of Lieutenant General, much to the dismay of everyone. Wander was the first to encounter a slug and is determined to be the last one to see them alive. Along the way, through the entire series, he has sacrificed much, and lost even more. ORPHAN'S TRIUMPH explores the price of command and the price of a life long service to the military as Wander comes to terms with what is necessary to win at all costs. As expected, the personal commentary by Wander in this first person account is raw and genuine. The voice is unmatched and deeply personal. As in ORPHAN'S ALLIANCE, there were times of true emotional responses from me while reading some of the passages, which proves the depth of this military science fiction installment. The cast of characters includes those that readers of the series have come to appreciate (and love) including Ord, Mimi, Jude, Howard Hibble and his merry band of "Spooks," and Aud. Forty years of war has certainly had an effect on these people and as the end of the Slugs or the end of Humanity looms they will have to reconcile with each other and show the worth of their friendship/relationship. Buettner excels in casting his believable characters in situations that are, at times, excruciating and elegant to read, all at the same time. ORPHAN'S TRIUMPH, as well as the entire series, is not to be missed. In the spirit of Robert Heinlein, ORPHAN'S TRIUMPH is today's commentary on war, exploration, and personal sacrifice. Good reading, J.Stoner