We Few

by David Weber, John Ringo, David Weber & John Ringo

Book Overview

Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man-and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat . . . until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded on Marduk with only... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416520848
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 559 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.3" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Watch out Ray Kroc,here comes Prince Roger

We Few (2005) by John Ringo and David Weber is the fourth book in the Empire Of Man series which includes: 1) March Upcountry 2) March To The Sea 3) March To The Stars, and 4) We Few It is my understanding that David Weber writes the outline and then John Ringo fills in everything else,i.e. dialogue, etc. The only real fault I have with this series is that, according to Ringo's website, it'll be two years after he gets the outline from Weber until the next book cones out and he doesn't have an outline, yet. For an excellent summary of the book, see Arthur W. Jordin's review below. Meanwhile I'll just summarize my thoughts. As Poertena would say, stop reading the pocking reviews and buy the pocking book. After of course you vote "yes" for my review. Gunner ( February ,2007 )

Dining With Roger

We Few (2005) is the fourth novel in the Empire of Man series, following March to the Stars. In the previous volume, the few survivors of the Bronze Barbarians, the Basik's Own and Roger himself captured the Marduk starport and then the Caravazan Special Operation ship in orbit around the planet. Unfortunately, Captain Pahner was lost in the assault. They also discovered that the Empire has been taken over in a coup; the Imperials believed Roger to be part of the takeover and were hunting for all of them as traitors. In this novel, Roger and his people are faced with the daunting task of undermining the Adoula coup. After stripping the starport of every movable object, they nuke it to conceal their tracks and ship out to visit the Alphanes. There they exchange information and plan a special operation to retake the Empress from the conspirators. The Saint ship contains almost everything they need to infiltrate Old Earth. The Alphanes supply them with funds and Marduk provides animals and material. So Roger proceeds to open a Mardukan restaurant in Imperial City. This novel is even stranger in some aspects than the previous volumes. The Alphanes are quite civilized in their own way, but they do have some barbaric practices. The other allies acquired by Roger on his way to Old Earth are a mixed lot, including Portena's second cousin. Roger arrives on Old Earth with a new image and a very unusual entourage. This novel is a romping frolic. While the premise is taken seriously, the methodology is often quite humorous. For example, Despreaux complains rather bitterly about her overly voluptuous figure, but Roger doesn't see that as a problem. And there is also the title itself. Other small jokes are scattered throughout the book. Highly recommended to Weber and Ringo fans and to anyone else who enjoys SF special ops stories with elements of romance and humor. -Arthur W. Jordin

Fantastic, I want more!

I've loved the "Roger" books since the first few pages of March Upcountry. The story is deep the charaters are well fleshed out. I read the book in just a few hours almost non-stop. The book never drags on and keeps things interesting and moving forward. Even though the book is around 400 pages, it feels much shorter. The book is a must for any fan of the series, and its made in such a way that although its great for fans, its also very easy for non fans to pick it up and get enjoyment from it. If I had to give any gripes its that the last few pages feel a little rushed, I thought that it could have been expanded just a bit, the ending as it is feels a little ackward almost rushed. But its a very minor consideration when its compared to overall quality of the book. I don't want to give away any of the plot, by going into details, but needless to say that with the richness of the characters and storyline it would be easy to see this series continue on for a very long time. Kudos to Weber and Ringo! Great work guys.

Here comes Roger!!

This is the 4th book in the Empire of Man series with as many as 3 more yet to come. (see John Ringo's site) In the previous three books Roger MacClintock has been packed off by his mother the Empress on a diplomatic tour of several small & unimportant, and very out of the way places. Only problem is Roger and crew never show up, so when his brother and sister and nieces and nephews are all killed and the Empresses condition is questionable, everyone points the finger at Roger. Roger on the other hand is getting a 9 month long trial by fire on the planet Marduk. The constant running combat, death and slaughter mix to burn away the gloss on his personality. No longer is Roger MacClintock worried about cloths, public opinion and what the current style is. Now Roger just wants to get home to old Earth and serve up a big dish of pain and suffering on those that so richly deserve it. In this book. Roger with help from friends and new allies smuggles himself and his marines onto new Earth where they setup a restaurant that serves Mardukian food minus pink basik of course. (basik being the Mardukian rabbit, which humans seem to resemble in some fashion.) Roger is about to show the galaxy why you never pock with a MacClintock. I could not put this book down. John Ringo & David Weber have revitalized the series with this fast placed-action packed fourth book in the series! I definitely recommend that if you've read even one of the first 3 books, that you start turning pages cause you gonna love this book!!