Battle Hymn

The Lost Regiment, Book 5

The veterans of the 35th Maine are back in action against their deadliest foe yet.

A regiment of American Civil War soldiers is swept from the battlefields of Earth to a distant alien world, where they face a wave of terror with only their ideals to save a fledgling human republic.

©1997 William R. Forstchen (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Excellent

Forstchen can maintain both suspense and frenetic action for longer than any other author I can recall. This book starts in a very dark place with the protagonist (Hans Schuder) and everyone around him under imminent threat of becoming a blood sacrifice. In many ways, this is a more personal story than the earlier books in the series.

And again, nobody comes out unscathed.

If you like grimdark fiction with a solid underpinning of military action, this series is among the very best.

Great story, excellent narrator

I’ve read this story numerous times. That is saying something coming from a Southern boy. This is a grand story where failure doesn’t mean slavery as much as it means extinction. So if you love a story where failure is NOT an option then give this one a try.

Make this a tv series!

my only real complaint at this time is the fact that each book plays out about the same. overwhelming odds, extreme loss of life, constant threat of annihilation, sudden miracle that saves the day. on the one hand, that's what makes it good, but on the other, it's about as predictable as a Saturday morning cartoon.

One of the best of the series!!

Great addition to the series! An interesting change in the sorry line as the story continues.

Good read

the book was a little slower to get into after the Merki war but still goes well with the story line