Galactic Corps: Book Two of the Inheritance Trilogy Review

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(More customer reviews)This series is, by the way, the second-best thing to come out of Ancient Astronauts (the first being the Stargate series).
Galactic Corps is the second novel of the Inheritance trilogy, featuring the continued struggle of humanity, spearheaded by the Marine Corps, against the Xul, incredibly ancient aliens that slaughter any emerging sentients to avoid competition. This trilogy follows the exploits of the First Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Force (1MIEF) as it takes the fight to the Xul in a desperate attempt to keep them from attacking human worlds. This installment sees the 1MIEF and its allies (the mathematical octopi Eulers, primarily) fighting the Xul and hatching a daring plan to hit the Xul in the very center of their strength.
The fights are very vividly portrayed, and are quite enjoyable. Also enjoyable is the author's use of known astronomical phenomena into the plot, such as why the suspected supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy still can't be detected. The author includes a brief timeline at the start of this novel, to help the reader.
Some areas were problematic, though. Once again, we have more political maneuvering that seems set to destroy the Corps. This gets old after a while, and really should be left out for the next book. Also, the Xul are portrayed as a bit more hapless than you'd think they'd be. Granted, the portrayal has stayed roughly the same for the last three novels, and the humans really need to have a fighting chance...but you'd think a thousand mile-long warships would be more than able to deal with a human task force before it could run.
All in all, though, a quite enjoyable read for any mil-SF fan. If you haven't read the previous seven novels, you'll want to read those first.

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War is forever

The people on Earth no longer remember how the human race was nearly obliterated centuries earlier during the terror visited upon them by the merciless Xul. But the Star Marines, thirty thousand light years from home, know all too well the horror that still lives.

In the year 2886, in the midst of the intergalactic war that has been raging nonstop for nearly a decade, the unthinkable has occurred. Intelligence has located the gargantuan hidden homeworld of humankind's dedicated foe, the brutal, unstoppable Xul. The time has come for the courageous men and women of the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Force to strike the killing blow. But misguided politics on an Earth that no longer supports their mission could prove the Marine's greatest enemy—as they plunge bravely into the maelstrom of conflict . . . and into the heart of a million-year-old mystery.

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