This is another in the recent crop of military science fiction reads where an Earth at peace for a long time is thrown into a conflict where they are out gunned and in trouble. Now it discovers that the colonies survived, and even prospered. There is also the inexplicable glossing over of momentous events on Earth such as the murder in one night of 67 of the world's 'leaders'. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. The interaction between Sparhawk and his crew is entertaining especially the embasador who turns out to be his aunt. And, most puzzling of all, what's happening out at the isolated laboratory complex on Phobos, Mars' lopsided moon? He came across as arrogant. First person perspective by itself isn't abnormal, but the archaic customs and behaviors of every character is just too much.
The adventure and intrigue kept me glued to its pages. Larson has written over 50 science-fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance books, and they sold over two million copies all around the world. I suppose I should be glad none were so bad as to make me hurl them away. The books within each series are listed in reading order, with the date of publication written after each book. He writes college textbooks in addition to fiction, and his three-book series on computer science is currently in its sixth edition. What makes this book better is that the story starts to look beneath the surface of his society.
They say no and you never hear about the investigation again. The most important question is whether the trilogy is worth the money to buy and the effort to read. I will say you've also seen it before. The tactics, military command structure, politics, and personal behavior are completely unbelievable. Sparhawk must decide whether to hunt down enemy scouts to keep Earth's new starship a secret or to head home to warn Star Guard of the danger.
None of which was touched on more deeply than a surface graze. What is their exact mission? From the mind of a 17 year old comes a book perfect for high school boys. Quite a complete future society built on many different factors like hereditary noble houses, cloneing, routine space travel, nerve implants, life extending medical procedures, and solar system wide almost instantaneous communication. The Battle Cruiser Defiant has been retrofitted with the best of Earth and Beta technology. Larson is a military science fiction space opera which will leave you breathless every time you put it down. The lost colonies have survived - but the reunion isn't going to be a happy one.
He wrote so far over 50 books. And there are many other series in between. He writes the , , , Hyborean Dragons and Unspeakable Things series. And their interaction is truly cringe-worthy. The plot mentions a sibling with so many loose ends perhaps the story is hopefully not yet finished mr larson. . I randomly chose this book on the basis of the story outline.
I also understand that the rise of the unofficial royalties of Earth have left a lot of security matters in the hands of private groups. The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. All of them were favored staffers of his, I had no doubt. The characters are not complex but the plot and pacing are still great. No one decides to scour the ships systems for information of anything other than how to fly her. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, Humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the Solar System.
Long considered a primitive people on a backwater planet, humanity finds itself in the middle of a war, and faced with extinction. Brian is married with three kids. That's all I can say without spoiling the book. Like Heinlein, Larson uses the story to start challenging accepted social notions like social class, sexual relationships, dynasties, power, and corruption. On this crucial mission, William is taking the Defiant on a historic voyage of discovery to colonies that were cut off over one hundred and fifty years ago. They have even explored further into the galaxy, and as it turns out, have been among us for some time. The character of William Sparhawk is three dimensional - a character I'm looking forward to learning more about in the next two volumes of the trilogy which I will definitely read.
Larson became a self-published author in May 2010, when he published three titles — Lost Shores, Creatures and Real Life. William Sparhawk is an interesting protagonist. Worse, there are other beings undreamed of beyond the human frontier: strange, unfathomable…alien. Also, this series seems to be a bit more humorous than Star Force. After all, most sci-fi authors are also fantasy authors, and vice-versa. Unlike many other authors who grew up wanting to be writers from the first time they laid their eyes on a book, B.
There are still wormholes to Earth. Either way, he's ignited an interstellar war. Below is a list of B. This was not a audio book I purchased so the things that made this a three star book did not bother me as much as This story was full of recycled tropes and it had scenes that were contrived. I recommend starting this series from the first book, Battle Cruiser, as this book assumes that the reader is already familiar with the world and characters from that book. I found it bombastic and artificial with dialogue that sounded like it was written by a stiff-backed Victorian! The moment they made it back to earth and this dude had to explain why there was a giant chick with him and what was happening for the 100th time to really shitty people I was out. In the intervening years unofficial monarchies have risen on earth as the rich and powerful have grown even more rich and powerful.