Cyklus Zrcadlo 2 - Vorpalový meč – Ringo John (2010)

Commander Lieutenant William Weaver, Ph.D. ('Call me Bill...') and SEAL Petty Officer Miller - the heroes who saved Earth from an alien threat in the book Beyond the Mirror - are back... and this time Bill got a ship! The nuclear submarine Nebraska has mostly been transformed into a warp ship with the help of remarkable mechanics and emergency solutions, naval construction contract number 4144, and is ready to travel to places where no Adar, SEAL, or academic has ever set foot! Glory to the heroes! But who cares about the poor guys from the security unit - the Marines who basically know nothing and have to toil all day? That is, until they land on an alien planet, where some of them fall in battle... Space infantry has a tough life - all day they have to save academics and the universe. At the cost of terrible sacrifices. Vorpal Sword tells a whole range of crucial topics, from what weapon is best for killing an alien monster, through particle physics, to cosmology, and is a return to the 'good old days' of science fiction novels, when scientific problems were entertaining, women were smart, tough, and beautiful, and monsters were ugly. The Marines head into battle and humanity conquers space. Just make sure there's enough glue...