I was excited to get to read 'Planet Fall' because I thoroughly enjoy future military novels. This was very disappointing. I have not read the previous two books in the series so there was probably much that I missed in the story line. However, the author should provide a synopsis of the stories universe in the first sections of the book to catch readers up to what is going on but that did not happen. Brothers does seem to have a slight working knowledge of military terminology but strangely mixes current hardware and action with future. His future fighting force has not fought a human on human war in centuries so who have they fought? Why are there large formations of Army Rangers and Marine Commandos along with space-going warships? Why do the warships have interstellar flight but have weapons that need to be hand loaded? Why do these warriors still rely on hand grenades and bayonets when the current US Army is doing away with them? I could go on.