The book I have chosen to read is titled Warhammer 40,000: Rynn’s World. Even though I am not to far into the story because I flipped in between a couple different books trying to find one i'd both enjoy and be able to write a decent amount about I am VERY impressed so far. Right now in the novel a space marine FOB or Forward Operating Base is under siege by the orc army known as the Greenskins, they were unprepared for the blind sided attack.They hit the base with a salvo of repeated artillery strikes on the compound's most valuable buildings crippling its defenses and killing its ranking commanding officers. The marines only have one option, to send a distress call to the nearby space marine division that go by the name the Crimson Fist based out of New Rynn City, the signal they send to the marines is to tell them that what's left of the bases occupants is to retreat to a series of caves under the mountain range and attempt to make a final stand against the pushing orc forces and to send a dispatch unit to help the marines, and that if they don't hold them here they will keep moving forward and overrun New Rynn City….The transmission never reached the Crimson Fist.
Many people i'm sure have many different opinions on how they would handle the situation the marines were tasked with...surviving, whether it be to immediately pull back and join the Crimson Fist and take the Orcs out together in one foul swoop or to fight back and hope you can out last the Orc troops. Personally if i was the commanding officer of the Forward operating base I would combine the two methods of survival. I would have sent some form of a runner to the Crimson Fist who in the story they say are only a 2 days march from the base, while me and the other men hold the Orcs until then, instead of waiting until there is only a handful of men trying to hold off an army in hopes that a transmission gets to the house of the Crimson Fist but more than likely the Orcs would have taken out any communication tower so me and my men couldn't call for help and would be stranded. There truly are a variety of options a military leader would have in this situation but I assume it's more of a you'd have to be there type of thing.
I know some people may look at what I have written today and think “ Wow this kid is weird I mean who likes this stuff.” and I understand this style of writing and topic my only interest a select group of people. This novel may be more appealing to the person who maybe has a military background and understands these situations I mean outside of the Orcs and space themed battlegrounds of course, or maybe you have some dream of being a tactician in the military. Or maybe you just enjoy these types of novels like me. No matter why you like these novels and topics I strongly suggest this book and i can only think about what stories and adventures may be in the books ahead in the series.