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Review Date: 10/25/2006
Set in far post-nuclear North America. Stel must enter the very capital of an enemy people's lands to rescue his daughter from slavers.
Review Date: 11/25/2006
Scientists "raise" an Artificial intelligence from babyhood of sorts. Very interesting.
Review Date: 12/11/2006
Helpful Score: 2
Great ground based battle book. One man against an entire planet. It isn't the way he planned it, it is just the way it turned out. Too bad the author hasn't written anything else like this.
The only irritation about this book is the author interleaved two different story lines that only come to gether at the end of the book. My suggestion is to read the chapters about the Ants first - these stand quite well on their own - then if you want go back and read the skipped chapters.
The only irritation about this book is the author interleaved two different story lines that only come to gether at the end of the book. My suggestion is to read the chapters about the Ants first - these stand quite well on their own - then if you want go back and read the skipped chapters.
Review Date: 11/12/2006
This book could easliy have been titled: A Brief History of Dune because in the short 20 year subjective time period covered in the book many of the unique elements of the original Dune series come into being: Reverend Mothers, the Voice, Sand Worm riders, instantaneous star travel, the beginnings of the Trade Guild, the Swordmasters and House Corrino. We also see the apparent end of the Titans and Omnius. I didn't find the battle sequences to be nearly as interesting to read as Weber's or Card's in Ender's Game.
Review Date: 12/2/2006
A buried human body discovered on Mars triggers a basic disease survival reaction in a co-habiting alien species called the Disty. In their culture anyone that has had contact with the body, or with anyone who has had contact with anyone who has had conact with the body, or with anyone who has had contact with anyone who has had contact with anyone who has had contact with the body ... is considered to be a potentially disease carrying person that has to be decontaminated -- even it the decontamination process itself kills them.
The description of revenge killings practiced by the Disty strongly reminds me of the sacrifices described by Card in _Speaker For the Dead_.
The description of revenge killings practiced by the Disty strongly reminds me of the sacrifices described by Card in _Speaker For the Dead_.
Review Date: 11/25/2006
A galactic Alexander the Great.
Review Date: 10/25/2006
War in ancient Rome directed by an alien intelligence from the future. A real page turner.
Review Date: 10/22/2006
Earth sends a team to fight the Shiva ship that is coming to destroy the planet. The story includes an Enderesque character and an interesting mob-knowledge concept for determining the best way to achieve various tasks while fighting the ship.
Review Date: 10/25/2006
Set in far post-nuclear North America. My favorite of the series. The people of the Shell begin to abandon their ancient laws and bring about the end of their way of life.
Review Date: 10/24/2006
Helpful Score: 1
Space Marine adventure. Great futuristic battle and tactics descriptions.
Review Date: 10/25/2006
Earth is being invaded by a relentless alien species. Her power grid and miliary bases destroyed man must find a way to fight back against this implacable foe.
Review Date: 10/25/2006
War in ancient Rome directed by an alien intelligence from the future. A real page turner.
Review Date: 11/25/2006
A boy whose mental powers are so strong that his body becomes unnecesary.
Review Date: 10/24/2006
Space Marines fight an alien intelligence. The second of three books that cover the 34th's adventures on the planet Kingdom.
Review Date: 10/24/2006
Space Marines fight an alien intelligence. The first of three books that cover the 34th's adventures on the planet Kingdom.
Review Date: 10/30/2006
Back home on Thorfinni's world the 34th FIST lets off some steam after their war with the Skinks. Charlie Bass, far from dead, is left for dead by the Skinks after weeks of interrogation. Despite amnesia brought on by his interrogation, Charlie helps a small band of City of God survivors to prepare to unwelcome visitors. De Tomas, meanwhile, is busy building a new government and enacting reforms very reminiscent of pre-WWII Germany.
Review Date: 10/24/2006
A real page turner. Follow the action in a race to decipher clues left by an ancient society of magi.
Review Date: 10/24/2006
Four adventurers have an adventure in 6-dimensional space time.
Review Date: 10/22/2006
The Morguhn leader is dying and Bili the Axe has been summoned to claim his inheritance but enemies of the Confederation may make it impossible for him to do so.
Review Date: 10/25/2006
World War II pilot Roger Two Hawks bails out of his plane over war time germany and lands in a parallel Earth.
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