In Fury Born Author:David Weber Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking pirates were invincible. But they made a big mistake when they raided ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home work, tortured and murdered her family, and then left her for dead. Alicia decid... more »ed to turn "pirate" herself, and stole a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her fellow veterans think she's gone crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's most ancient legends. And this trio of furies won't rest until vengeance is served.
In Fury Born is a greatly expanded new version of David Weber's popular novel Path of the Fury, which has gone through six large printings in its original mass market edition. David Weber has added considerable new material, revealing the earlier life of Alicia DeVries before she embarked on her mission of vengeance, and illuminating the universe of the original story. The result is a novel with almost twice the wordage of the original, and a must-buy for all David Weber fans.« less
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This is a stand-alone novel by the author of the Honor Harrington series. Alicia DeVries is a heroine in the tradition of Honor, self-reliant, strong and capable. She needs those qualities, as she will have to deal with frightening losses, but she has help from some surprising allies . . .
IN FURY BORN is a re-written and much expanded version of Weber's earlier novel, THE FURY.
Wierd book! At the outset, it's all about a young girl's impressions of the world and her feelings. (I thought, "Oh brother -- chick-lit in space!") Then she enters the imperial military academy and becomes a space marine, learning to take care of herself and her people in dicey situations. Picked to become an elite imperial cadre (sort of a modern-day Seal or Green Beret, squared), she becomes a killing machine -- though with a heart!
Suddenly, she resigns and goes with her extended family to homestead a frontier planet, where everyone is massacred by space pirates except her. Wanna know how she survives despite extensive wounds? A Fury possesses her and protects her until medical help arrives. That's right, one of the implacable Furies from ancient Greek literature!! Now she's talking to herself (actually to the Fury inside) and they put her into protective custody. The Fury can read and manipulate minds and computers, however, so they escape, steal the most advanced warship in the galaxy and meld with the AI who controls it.
This bickering, lethal triad then fly off to avenge the deaths of the woman's family (and millions of other innocents), evading pursuers and beating the imperial intelligence service to the solution of the pirates' identity. Now she really goes mad with pent-up rage, and it's all the Fury can do to keep her on-task. Will she boil over and become a mass murderer? Come on, would the marketing department allow an ending like that?
Mostly great military sci-fi, with good character development. Too bad it goes off the rails and tries to out-Heinlein Heinlein with six impossible things before breakfast. Still, all in all it's a good read.
