Child gets the action rolling and doesn't let up. All the usual faults but Child keeps the pace so headlong you overlook the faults, except for the timing of one sex scene. Seriously, if it is so horrific that a women involuntarily vomits, she's not going to want to get it on anytime soon afterwards no matter how much she needs comfort. Just sayin'. 
 YMMV particularly if you are intolerant of the usual military thriller conventions since this novel is full of them.