Some hundreds of years ago an alien survey mission visits Earth—though without actually landing on the planet—and observes a war between England and France. Repulsed by what they see, which they consider as mindless savagery, the aliens write us off as destined for self-destruction and leaves.
Fast forward to the present, an alien invasion force arrives. These are not the same aliens as before, but they belong to the same Galactic Hegemony: some kind of a United Nations of advanced races. Earth has been designated for colonization (thankfully they are not building an intergalactic superhighway). The aliens are surprised to find humans more advanced technologically than they expected. Apparently we progressed at a much faster rate than they have encountered in any other races. Usually, this would make Earth a protected planet, but the alien Fleet Commander decided to go ahead with the invasion nevertheless.
The first stage of the invasion goes on smoothly. They bombard the planet with kinetic energy weapons from space and destroy most of our major cities and practically all of our military forces. They think that we will then submit, which is the logical thing to do when you’re totally outclassed by a much superior race. To their bewilderment however, we fight back. The aliens have never fought anyone as advanced and as stubborn as us before. So while they have big spaceships that can travel across galaxies, they ground warfare capabilities are lagging.
I am enjoying the book so far. It’s classic military SF. But the reviews I read refer to a surprising twist with vampires at the end too. Now, that should be interesting! I can’t wait to see how that works out.
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