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Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: With the first book of the Conqueror's trilogy, Zahn sets the mood for a gripping and exciting saga. When a fleet of human ships encounters a previously unknown species, they transmit a standard 'first contact' communication package. The aliens instantly open fire and destroy the entire task force in six minutes. As the human government moves towards war the saga focuses on the Cavanaugh family and thier involvement in the war. Zahn's development of specific technologies was facinating and unique. It is rare to find anyone in the SF field who can truely come up with anything new. If you are a SF fan I highly recommend that you read this book.
Rating: 
Summary: Great and easy to read book
Review: Words cannot say how great this book was for me. I have always been a person that hated to read books, not that I have not tried. I have read two-thirds of all the greats. I always lose interest in any of the books that I read. This is the first book that I can say that I have enjoyed reading, all the way to the last page. In this book there is always something that keeps you turning to the next page. Note: If you start to read this book, the story does not end with this book. You will need to read the Conquerors' Heritage and Conquerors' Legacy. You might as well order them all at the same time. This book (writer) ignited a fire in me; the fire of reading. Due to the fact that I am 22 years, that is saying something. A love for reading, I am told, is something that has to start young. If you read this, Mr. Zhan, thank you. I will forever buy you books.
Rating:
Summary: Great and easy to read book
Review: Words cannot say how great this book was for me. I have always been a person that hated to read books, not that I have not tried. I have read two-thirds of all the greats. I always lose interest in any of the books that I read. This is the first book that I can say that I have enjoyed reading, all the way to the last page. In this book there is always something that keeps you turning to the next page. Note: If you start to read this book, the story does not end with this book. You will need to read the Conquerors' Heritage and Conquerors' Legacy. You might as well order them all at the same time. This book (writer) ignited a fire in me; the fire of reading. Due to the fact that I am 22 years, that is saying something. A love for reading, I am told, is something that has to start young. If you read this, Mr. Zhan, thank you. I will forever buy you books.
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Summary: Battle of the Planets
Review: Zahn can write action, and Zahn can write aliens. What more do you need for a great space action adventure story? If Hollywood did half as well as Zahn, then Sci-Fi would not be relegated to mostly bad 'B' movies. I could almost hear the battles as I read the pages.
The only place this book is in any way lacking is in human character development. It in no way takes away from the book, but it is always better to have some feeling of knowing and understanding the characters you are reading about. The aliens are fleshed out more, mainly, I think, to give a better understanding to the reader about their unusual culture/existence.
I look forward to Zahn's next book.
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Summary: Review (duh)
Review: Zahn has showed his readers what he can do, and now he's pushing it to the limits. Zahn did a commendable job on the Star Wars Trilogy and the Hand of Thrawn trilogy and not to mention all his other books, but in Conquerers' Series, he pushes it to the limits, and it all starts in this little book: In Conquerers' Pride, the humans come across an alien race of unkown origin. The battle ends within six minutes and it turns out to be a slaughtering. The authorities calim there were no survivors of this terrible loss. Yet Lord Stewart Cavanagh finds out one may have survived, his son: Commander Pheylan Cavanagh. Invasion is on the Peacekeeper's mind as they push secuirty to it's highest. Lord Cavanagh recruits Adam Quinn to help rescue Pheylan. Quinn assembles a force of Copperheads and steals the fighters out of Commonwealth secuirty zones to rush to Pheylan's rescue. But Pheylan has a plan of his own. Outside his glass cell he hears a Mrach ship landing and he plays sick. Once Pheylan got outside his plan went on from there . . . As for the person who fell asleep while reading this book, don't read it at 11:00 and you won't fall asleep :-)
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Summary: Great book.
Review: Zahn is a masterful writer. This book contains action as well as suspense to keep you read for hours on end. I literally couldn't put the book down. The monent I had free time I was reading this book. One of the best books I've read.
Rating:
Summary: Read it !
Review: Zahn knows how to develop characters, how to keep more than one plot in the same novell, he is one of my favorites (Asimov, Clark, Bradbury). I hope Zahn continue with this kind of novells.
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