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Summary: Another fine book
Review: Changing viewpoints to that of a troubled and undisciplined teen-ager, Feintuch demonstrates his acute understanding of the guilt and bitterness a young person can build up to the point at which something has to give. The youngster's hatred of Nick Seafort, who, he believes, killed his father, is both logical and insane, and the reader is pulled into his dark maelstrom of revenge and despair. The Seafort books just get better and better.
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Summary: A GREAT return to a series I thought was over!
Review: For those fans of Feintuch who'll remember the last part of Patriarch's Hope, it looked like our hero Seafort was going to sail into the sunset never to return. But thankfully Feintuch saw things differently!Based from the first-person perspective of Randy Carr, Derek Carr's youngest and last child, this book brings back our hero Seafort. I don't want to give anything away, it is just too good, but I just know if you liked the first four books of the Seafort Saga you're going to love this one. It has all the attitude of the first four and opens the door for even more books in the GREAT Saga. I salute you Mr. Feintuch. I read this book in 2 days and I am thinking about reading it again very soon. Now get back to the typewriter and finish the next one! I can't wait to see what happens next!
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Summary: A Compelling, Intelligent and Gripping Saga !
Review: I picked up Midshipman's Hope 12 days ago and just could not stop reading the Seafort saga. From Midshipman's Hope to the most recent Children of Hope, it has been a most enjoyable and rewarding experience. The plot is intense and riveting, the characters vividly alive. I love the protagonist, Nick Seafort. I love the way Feintuch develops Seafort's character. From a young midshipman to captain to saviour of the human race to secretary-general to possibly saviour of both his kind and the alien, he is one of the most endearing, intriguing and complex hero I have encountered in Sci-fi/fantasy. He is a man of honor, courage and integrity. He is devoted to his God, despite his doubts, and haunted by his sense of duty. Yet he is compassionate, vulnerable and sensitive. My favorite in the series is Challenger's Hope which moves me to tears a few times, Prisoner's Hope a close second and Patriarch's Hope a close third. Voices of Hope is good but the narrations by two of the trannies characters is sheer torment as it was a struggle to make sense of the trannies' language or jargon Feintuch has created. I ended up skipping most of the trannies' narration. Please Feintuch, no more trannies' language or any such jargon in the future of the series. I also hope that Feintuch will stay with Seafort as the narrator in future as the story somewhat loses its intensity when the narration is by another character as is the case in Voices of Hope and Children of Hope. The ending section of each book has thus far been climatic and simply stunning. Children of Hope leaves me with a great sense of anticipation, crying for more from Seafort, his children and friends. Feintuch, I salute you for such an amazing saga. Keep it up!
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Summary: Just great
Review: IMO, this book is the best in the series, so far. Finally, some of our questions are answered, and very logical. In "Voices of hope", as much as I loved it, sometimes I missed Nick's voice, here, surprisingly never. Randy is an interesting character and a fascinating viewpoint. All in all, this book is like the others in the series: it makes you laugh, sometimes it keeps you breathless and it hurts. There is this scene, where ... No, I won't tell you. Read for yourself, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Seafort Forever!
Review: Just when we thought nothing more could be expected from the world and universe of Nicholas Seafort--along comes David Feintuch's next and obviously not last book in the Seafort series! What a great read! Impossible to put down! After having read many sci-fi/fantasy series and being disappointed with the authors' inability to sustain action, character development, etc., I can confidently say that Feintuch breaks the mold. This is a superb addition to the Seafort saga. Plot twists and turns, good character development, a rollicking good yarn all serve to make this book a fine success. The secret to such good writing doesn't rest in the story though--wonderful as it is. The secret is in Feintuch's ability to create characters we really care about--even the bad guys have some depth! Many reviewers have commented favorably on the fact that Feintuch does for sci-fi what C.S. Forester did for naval adventure with his Hornblower series. That's true, but this is no mere update of a swashbuckling hero. Seafort is one of the most intriguing fictional characters to come along in quite a while. Add to that, religion, politics, the place of humans in the universe, the importance of character and integrity--all these issues are tackled as well. Mr. Feintuch ought to be working on more books like this one. One can only hope!
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Summary: By far David Feintuch's best!
Review: My local library just got in the Seafort Saga, and without really knowing what I picked Midshipman's Hope up and started reading it. Wow! I was hit with an awesome look at the future and really felt like I knew and could relate to the book's main character, Nick Seafort. Since then I couldn't put the books down. Now, six books later, I think that Children of Hope is an awesome volume in the continuing saga, but it also stands out uniquely on it's own. With a new main character, fourteen-year-old Randy Carr who is in desperate need of a father, Nick Seafort and his cast of familiar characters are not put on the back-burner, but rather closely intigrated into this young boy's fresh persective to make for some interesting plot twists and very realistic characters. This is a must-read for any fan of science-fiction or military novels!
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Summary: By far David Feintuch's best!
Review: My local library just got in the Seafort Saga, and without really knowing what I picked Midshipman's Hope up and started reading it. Wow! I was hit with an awesome look at the future and really felt like I knew and could relate to the book's main character, Nick Seafort. Since then I couldn't put the books down. Now, six books later, I think that Children of Hope is an awesome volume in the continuing saga, but it also stands out uniquely on it's own. With a new main character, fourteen-year-old Randy Carr who is in desperate need of a father, Nick Seafort and his cast of familiar characters are not put on the back-burner, but rather closely intigrated into this young boy's fresh persective to make for some interesting plot twists and very realistic characters. This is a must-read for any fan of science-fiction or military novels!
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Summary: Return to Hope
Review: This is an excellant sequel in this particular series; I find it a return to the roots of the series and a distinct step up from the past couple of books. After leaving the world of Hope for the last few books in this series we return to there and to various colonial issues. Here too for the first time the role of the church as it plays in politics is brought into the main themes. We again see Seafort's rather particular sense of honor put to the test in various ways along with the newest of his child "projects" Randy Carr who provides the POV for most of this novel. This is a very busy book; plots and sub-plots abound. You need a scorecard to keep track of who is playing what roles as the story unfolds. It is also very fast paced, not an easy book to put down. For serious readers of this series elements (and characters) of the other novels are presented, and occasional loose ends tied up.
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Summary: Return to Hope
Review: This is an excellant sequel in this particular series; I find it a return to the roots of the series and a distinct step up from the past couple of books. After leaving the world of Hope for the last few books in this series we return to there and to various colonial issues. Here too for the first time the role of the church as it plays in politics is brought into the main themes. We again see Seafort's rather particular sense of honor put to the test in various ways along with the newest of his child "projects" Randy Carr who provides the POV for most of this novel. This is a very busy book; plots and sub-plots abound. You need a scorecard to keep track of who is playing what roles as the story unfolds. It is also very fast paced, not an easy book to put down. For serious readers of this series elements (and characters) of the other novels are presented, and occasional loose ends tied up.
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Summary: The lackluster end of the Seafort saga
Review: This is the seventh and latest installment in the Seafort series of books, a series that focuses on the moral struggles of a man raised in a strict religious home located in a theocratic future. Although the first several books contained elements of the parental relationship that Seafort seems to end up establishing with everyone around him, they were mainly focused on his intense desire to adhere to the impossible strictures of his conscience. Those books were eminently readable and even moving. This book, and Partiarch's Hope, the previous book, depart from that theme and concentrate almost entirely on the way that Seafort saves wayward youths from themselves through proper Victorian discipline and punishment. The author goes from examining the pressures inherent in such a system to simply promoting it as the proper cure for wanton behavior, mental anguish, and in this latest case, interstellar war. Like most science fiction "series", this one should have ended long ago.
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