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Summary: Who is the 1/2 Naked chick?
Review: The series is starting to get long. However,this book was still entertaining and the war between the Link and Rome has progressed pretty fast.This series is progressing faster than the Wheel of Time, so I guess we shouldn't complain. I enjoyed the plot twists and characters. I think this book will have enough surprises and continuity to satisfy fans of the series.But the major question is who is the woman on the cover? She resembles no character in the series that I can bring to mind. And the warrior women are all smart enough to wear armor.(Everything must sell better with beautiful scantily clad women on them) Well It will remain a mystery for the ages.
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Summary: Another smash hit for Flint and Drake
Review: This book is the continuance of Belisarius' battle against Link. The book does not finish the war but it is another campaign filled with action and interaction between characters. Well written but I think the series needs to end soon. It is starting to get a little too "Out There" to be considered possible. Torpedo's in 1533? Don't think so! Stick with the believable and these books will stay at the top. You will definitely enjoy this book.
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Summary: Great Series But...............
Review: This is an incredible series but it is also one whose time has come to end. This book leaves little doubt to the final outcome at the end of the novel and has very few suprises outside the death of two main characters. The book is well written but seems to almost have fallen into a pattern. The dialogue is starting to seem repetitious and the characters are almost beginning to act a little over the top. Quite a bit more occurs in this novel then in the previous installment in the series which is gratifying. Don't get me wrong, this is still an enjoyable book in a great series. The time has come for the series to end. I still recommend this as a buy and it is still one of my favorite series but it is beginning to seem a little stretched.
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Summary: Lets get the series over
Review: This is the 5th in the series. You almost need to read the first four to really know what's going on. The hero Belisarius (a Roman) has a jewel (computer from the future) that helps him and he is fighting the Malwa (from Indus valley) that also have a computer from the future to help them. So we have armies from the Roman times fighting with battle concepts from modern times and constantly esculating new (for Roman times) weapons. Although the book does repeat a lot from the past books, I thought this one was better than the previous and moving the plot along and had interesting characters. I was hoping that we would resolve things but we have at least one more sequal to go.
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Summary: Fifth of a series, all solid hits.
Review: With the publication of the fifth volume of the "Belisarius' War" hexalogy, there is very little doubt that Flint has forged a modern saga, full of sly (and wry) humor, courage, glory, love, hate treachery, honor, tragedy, and grief. Everything that makes life worth living. All of our friends are back to fight another round against the Great Evil (no, not Microsoft). If they lose, mankind will know an age of darkenss that will never lift. But they battle with courage and with their minds in this volume. It was a true pleasure to watch each and every one of the major characters not merely planning on how to fight, but also on how to "win the peace." In other words, to achive not just a military victory against the Great Enemy, but to build the foundation for a lasting and just peace for all involved, including the Malwa's victims. This is a lesson that our world lost in the last century, and paid for it in unnecessary warfare and too much spilled blood. All of our friends are here. Belisarius, his wife Antonina, Eon the nagusa nagast of Axum, his dawazz Ousanas, Irene Makrembolitassa spymistress supreme, Kungas the mask, and even the traitorous eunuch Narses all have major roles to play, plots to stage, trouble to stir up and trouble to end. You do not necessarily have to have read the earlier books in the series, although having done so will add depth to your appreciation of this one. I regret not one moment of the hours of pleasure I have taken in this book and the others, and when the sixth book is published, I plan to re-read them all, to appreciate a master saga about a great craftsman (Belisarius) which has been crafted by another (Flint).
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