Rating: Summary: This and Mutineer's Moon is OUTSTANDING!!!! Review:
This book, along with its prequel is an intensive action and moving story.
I found a moral to this story. You will have to read them to see what it
means for you.
I sincerely hope that Mr. Weber will write the sequel to this one, because
I believe that it will be literally out of this world!
Rating: Summary:
Armageddon is too light a word! Review: Anu is down, life is good. Senior Fleet Captain Colin MacIntyre is the hero the world needed. Now his heroism is put to the test as age old enimies return, to smite Humankind once and for all. They've failed before and they plan not to do so again. As Colin sets off to search for help from the Forth Imperium , Earth preps for the threat of the Achuultani incursion that has been dreaded for tens of thousands of years. With the coming of the deadly Achuultani, it is time for Humanity to stand up and fight. The price of failure is Extinction of the Human Race. A battle of epic proportions, where you learn the true meaning of ARMAGEDDON... Join Humankind in a desperate battle against foes that have been enimies since before Earthlings were a twinkling in the Galactic Eye...
Rating: Summary: a good sequel Review: A good sequel to the Dahak series. There is a little bit of stretch required for some of the scenes, but overall a good book to continue the series.
Rating: Summary: Weber at his best. Review: A true space opera with characters that force the reader to scream for vengence.
Rating: Summary: This is one of the BEST Sci-Fi books ever written!! Review: Fast paced, imaginative and intense, this books is a page turner that never stops for you to catch your breath! Alien ships of immense size, technology thousands of years advanced..this book has it all!
Simply...the best.
Rating: Summary: Excellent continuatin of the series Review: Going off planet now, the hero tries to rebuild the old empire. Unfortunately, not all earthlings are friendly, and not all of Anu henchmen are defeated. Plus, whatever killed the Empire before is coming back.
Rating: Summary: Light weight fast-paced fun Review: I can't decide if it is a weakness that the computerized battle moon Dahak is the most interesting character or a strength. Here we have a David Weber who has matured slightly from his writing in Mutineer's Moon. The pacing and tension of this book are handled much more effectively. Thus the highs and lows of the story are felt more fully by the reader. Weber does not disappoint in his battles. Though I do not yet think they are approaching Honor Harrington levels of greatness, we have some massive battles with big, incredibly destructive weapons. Fleet actions on the order of 2 million to 48 in a lopsided hopeless defense. Technology though, as in Harrington, proves to be more important than numbers. The idea of the Achuultani horde and their masterminds isn't too bad, yet we only get to see one alien in anything more than a "Hmmmm, there is my enemy, I shall attack them, Oh no, now I shall die." presence. More could have been presented from the Achuultani side to make this book better. As it is, they manage to be one step above mindless ravening locust swarms to the reader, but perhaps not known well enough to the reader to have the reader care whether they get wiped out by humanity. The characters left behind to guard Earth while Colin goes searching for help get the best exposition. Their depression and exhaustion are felt as they suffer wave upon wave of attacks hanging on by their fingernails waiting for Colin's return. All in all a well done book with just a few things that could have been improved. Weber fans will know what they are getting here and enjoy the fast pace and the space battles.
Rating: Summary: Light weight fast-paced fun Review: I can't decide if it is a weakness that the computerized battle moon Dahak is the most interesting character or a strength. Here we have a David Weber who has matured slightly from his writing in Mutineer's Moon. The pacing and tension of this book are handled much more effectively. Thus the highs and lows of the story are felt more fully by the reader. Weber does not disappoint in his battles. Though I do not yet think they are approaching Honor Harrington levels of greatness, we have some massive battles with big, incredibly destructive weapons. Fleet actions on the order of 2 million to 48 in a lopsided hopeless defense. Technology though, as in Harrington, proves to be more important than numbers. The idea of the Achuultani horde and their masterminds isn't too bad, yet we only get to see one alien in anything more than a "Hmmmm, there is my enemy, I shall attack them, Oh no, now I shall die." presence. More could have been presented from the Achuultani side to make this book better. As it is, they manage to be one step above mindless ravening locust swarms to the reader, but perhaps not known well enough to the reader to have the reader care whether they get wiped out by humanity. The characters left behind to guard Earth while Colin goes searching for help get the best exposition. Their depression and exhaustion are felt as they suffer wave upon wave of attacks hanging on by their fingernails waiting for Colin's return. All in all a well done book with just a few things that could have been improved. Weber fans will know what they are getting here and enjoy the fast pace and the space battles.
Rating: Summary: Good story, but not up to all I have come to expect of Weber Review: I first discovered David Weber via "Path of the Fury." It was an amazing book, with excellent, well thought out technical writing along with more wonderful use of language than I have come across in most all of my reading (which is a lot!). My second book, "Mutineer's Moon" lived up to the same standards. However, Weber's use of language unfortunately doesn't stand up in "Armegadon". Excellent story, but had I not read "Moon" first, I would have been somewhat lost in characters and plot. I will definately read more Weber, hoping for more of the first two examples of his work.
Rating: Summary: Incredibly enjoyable Review: In this, the second book of the series, Colin MacIntyre has been given the unenviable job of finding help, if it still exists in the fourth imperium. Meanwhile the former mutineers turned patriots are trying to gear up for the invasion of earth by the Achuultani. What Colin finds is nothing he could imagine but the question is can he get back to Earth in time to save her?
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