I'm lucky enough to have gotten an advanced peek at "Off Midway Station". If you are a fan of Marc Edelheit and are familiar with the Stigerverse/Karusverse; then you expect some intense action, blood, sweat, and maybe some tears. This story has all that... in space.

Midway Station is a vast shipyard and fleet staging area, our Captain Garrett is stationed here as a "Job" Captain, meaning the Job is the construction and commissioning of a new warship. His latest project is known as a Mothership. Designed to carry both military and science personnel, while operating deep in hostile territory, and she's nearing completion.

The action begins on the first page, and while it tapers off enough to catch a breath, it doesn't let up for long. There's a point where I realized that I wasn't going to get any sleep (just one more page... just one more page).

As a sailor in the USN, and an Airedale, there was plenty to love here too. The Mothership has her own recently assigned air (space?) contingent, and they will be needing to earn their keep (even though the ship isn't really complete). When describing the Mothership's interior, the hangar spaces, the sights and sounds of the flight deck, I'm not just reading words on a page... I'm there. Watching flight ops. Watching the Marine Detachment jog. Bumping my shoulder on a frame of the ship as I move by someone in the passageway.

This is some great military science fiction. If you are a fan of the genre, then there's something here for you. It's a hell of a ride.

This is an exciting start to a new series by one of my favorite all-time authors!! What sets Marc's books apart from others is how relatable the characters are and how detailed and realistic the action is.

In "Off Midway Station", we meet the main character who perseveres through a military career on the sidelines in an era where an unstoppable enemy returns periodically to chip away at his home territory. Through a series of assignments that others would have turned down, he may now be the only one who can actually stop the enemy advance and save his people from this galactic juggernaut!

I love a good military Science Fiction novel and Off Midway Station seemed as if was going to tick all of the boxes for me. The book opens brilliantly with our main character third in command of a spaceship which has been despatched to deal with a mutiny on a space station. It’s an action packed beginning which sets the scene of space warfare brilliantly.
Then we skip forward 12 years and the author just gets bogged in providing far more detail than anyone could possibly need. There is a whole POV chapter for one of the secondary characters where all she does is check that her ship is working correctly. I understand the need for world building but this just felt excessive and although we were given lots of detail about ship procedures, the author didn’t actually give the reader that much information about the wider situation.
About half way through, everything changed again and we are catapulted into an emergency situation for Garrett and his ship and then the story really takes off. I really enjoyed the second half of the book and was intrigued by the situation between humanity and the enemy that they were fighting.
I will look out for the next in the series and hope that the author resists the temptation to over describe things that really don’t add to the story.
My thanks as always to Net Galley and the publishers, Second Sky, for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

It appears I'm in the minority here in not feeling the love for Off Midway Station by Marc Alan Edelheit. Which is disappointing, because it's a great premise and where there's action, the story and writing really deliver. But overall, it suffers from over-explanation of details that don't seem to matter to the overall story.

Although there's some build up and tension, the action doesn't really start until the 50% mark. Before that there's a lot of set up and world building, except... I still don't feel like I know a lot about the world! The science and the station, sure, but beyond that? I'm just not invested because I have no idea what's going on in the broader sense of what happened to humanity and Earth. I think this would benefit from some serious editing to keep the story engaging and properly set up for future books. (Chapter 8 for example, which I would title 'Garrett rides a train.' There's no purpose to this that I can find.)

Stars for the action in. the last half of the book and the twist at the end, but it's not a series I'll continue.

I thought this book was very exciting. It had great pacing. Started with great suspense and tension. The beginning got me hooked and kept me interested until the end. The author explained technical aspects well but didn’t let the story get bogged down by them. I am a fan of science fiction and huge fan of authors like David Webber and his Honor Harrington series and I hazard to say Marc’s writing and story telling is at that level!

This looks like the start of a awesome space opera! As a long time fan of Marc Edelheit's work I didn't expect anything else and this did not disappoint The MC is very interesting and goes through some extreme difficulties which only build character. He is not OP'ed, but does make the best of his opportunities and becomes even more interesting along the way. The story line will allow for a lot of development and should keep the reader interested through the entire story arc. If you are new to this author, and you enjoyed this story, then you should definitely consider starting on his Tiger series with Steiger's Tigers, a fantasy series based on Roman Legions.

Exciting space drama, book one series starter. They say you can’t hear screams in space - but beginning and end there’s a lot of screaming going on. Might be yours off course, as the action is full on at these points. You can read this as a stand alone, but it does lead you into book two.Thank you to Marc Alan Edelheit, Second Sky and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine.

Certainly lives up to the subtitle of “A Gripping and Action Action Packed Military Science Fiction Adventure.” We jump right in to a battle and the story line builds from there. The regimen of flight and equipment checks rings true. Bonds that are established early on play an important role throughout the book. Will be reading more of this author’s writings!

Non stop action from the very start , different points of view, felt like I could actually be a movie or TV show if done right , and the description of the people , places, and ships made them seem real .

This book needed a more ruthless editor. The story is good, but it is buried beneath too many adjectives and overly descriptive sentences.

This is the authors first foray into science fiction, being best known for his Stiger and Karus chronicles. This book lives up to the reputatìon established by both those series. The characters are filled out and the story line follows excellently. I cannot wait for book 2 to be released

If you like hard sci-fi this is for you. Lots of detail. Point of view from several different characters. All a set up for the action at the end. This is book one of a new series. Looks to be interesting. Quite a few surprises to keep action coming

Having just concluded my read of Marc Alan Edelheit's "Off Midway Station," published by Second Sky (who graciously provided me with the ARC from which I am working), I am pleased to join those of you who have already discovered this author's formidable talent. Weber and Campbell have nothing on this author in his mastery of the conventions of military science fiction. Edelheit belongs amongst the elite of authors in this genre. "Off Midway Station" is the first volume of a series entitled the "Guardians of the Dark," and I, for one, can hardly wait to read the next volume in this series. In this first volume, the author sets the scene for those to come and gives the reader a lot of room for thought. The book begins with character development which introduces us to the protagonist and those forces which have shaped his character. However, by the middle of the book, the action really begins to takeoff, and from that point on, it is difficult to put the book down. The protagonist's career and experiences exist to prepare him for the numerous challeges he will face in intergalactic warfare., and by the end of the book, it is nearly impossible to put down. If you enjoy well-written and carefully crafted science fiction, you need to pick up a copy of this; you won't regret it!