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Summary: A Little Too Powerful
Review: A bit of turn from his earlier Draka series, this is a great book so long as you don't really ponder the plot too deeply. Gwen is just too much the superwoman to be believed and the plot is simply turgid. After awhile, it really starts to drag a bit. Nice beach reading, though
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Summary: Will somebody please stop the Draka????
Review: A really, really good book, I recommend you read all the DRAKA novels, the snakes won't wait, your reality may be next to be put under the Yoke
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Summary: Lost touch with the former novels
Review: After loving the former Domination novels, I found this one disappointing, an obvious answer to the question "Just how would a Draka do in today's society?" While that question is good for discussion, it made a poor book. It read entirely too much like the script for Predator II and too little like Marching Through Georgia.
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Summary: Stirlings grasp of gentic engineering is fasinating/exciting
Review: As this series of books have progressed I have become more and more interested in the characters especially the ingolfssons and their bodyguards/warrior breed apemen. I am always left wanting more. Can't wait for the next one. Come on SM it's been awhile now.
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Summary: Good guys win? Come on!
Review: Did Mr. Stirling's publisher told him that happy endings sell better than dark, brooding ones? Then the guy (or lady) should be fired. As far as complaints go, this was the only one I had when it came to Drakon. Gwendolyn is just too awesome to lose, too beyond the unaltered humanity's ability to handle. Even though the plot is fairly predictable - the book reads like a combination of Predator II, Terminator, and Omen - the author implements enough elements from the original trilogy to keep the old fans interested and newbies intrigued. However, I still would have been disappointed with the ending if Stirling did not leave enough room in the end for the possibility of a sequel, and I have a feeling that it is going to be better than the original.
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Summary: Aside from an accuracy problem, nice.
Review: Drakon is deffinatly a different novel from the three making up The Domination. Generic dimestore sci-fi on it's own, but its connection to The Domination and its steady pace will keep you reading. Drakon is a much faster read than the other books without the abundance of slow moving chapters but at the same time does not hold the same rich characters and moods. A good quick read if there's nothing else in the house.
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Summary: not quite the same
Review: Drakon is deffinatly a different novel from the three making up The Domination. Generic dimestore sci-fi on it's own, but its connection to The Domination and its steady pace will keep you reading. Drakon is a much faster read than the other books without the abundance of slow moving chapters but at the same time does not hold the same rich characters and moods. A good quick read if there's nothing else in the house.
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Summary: The story that almost did... but not quite
Review: Fourth in the 'Draka' series of AH books, Drakon was disappointing. First- it is set in a world nearly our own- Point of Divergence about the time of the Vietnam (in Drakon, the Cambodian) War; half the fun of the Draka trilogy was the exceptionally well fleshed out alternate history. The future evolution of that history- the 'Final Society' is hardly touched on at all. Second- the format is one hundred eighty degrees opposite of the first trillogy. Each chapter of the previous books had short entrys that set the tone for that chapter. And each book had extensive appendices of supplemental explanatory information. These features fleshed out and expanded the world of the Draka established in the text alone. On its own, Drakon is merely a war of the Gods (Draka superman and American Cyborg) with humans along for comic relief. Standard, really, with none of the distinguishing features that made the first three stand out. It can't stand on its own. Next to the first three Draka novels, Drakon is... bland.
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Summary: Gwen: Love her, hate her, you can't stop reading about her.
Review: I found "Drakon" to be the best of Stirling's four Draka novels. It spoilt me for the first three books, "Marching Through Georgia", "Under the Yoke" and "The Stone Dogs". The premise of these books is that a society based on slavery can remain stable without emancipating the children of slaves and without allowing slaves some form of political voice. Through brutality more reminiscent of Golden Horde, the Draka maintain their terrifying grip on their subserviant population. I find it a spurious assumption that a minority could use violent repression to ever permanently bring about the destruction of a people's spirit. The fourth book is a refreshing change from this dismal scenario. Gwendolyn, a lone Homo Drakensis, is the beast supreme. In an "alien" world, she takes ordinary humans in under her wing and ruthlessly secures her territory. Her life is a journey into the darker recesses of the human psyche. But the Draka are more animals of instinct than humans. They live forever, they lack intuition (that's their servants' realm) and are empassioned with intense materialistic desires. Through genetic engineering, they have recreated themselves as creatures without soul. Elemental. Pure. Evil? Ah... but what is evil? That's the true point of Stirling's series. I'd be frightened to meet someone who could read these books and not question their own inner nature. Lastly, don't read Drakon first. Its no fun knowing with absolute certainty that the bad guys are going to win.
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Summary: This may surprise you
Review: I purchased this book based on the interesting 1st page and book back. I had not read anything by this writter let alone the 1st 3 Draka books. This book gave me all the back ground I needed to know and though i bought it for a plane trip read from Korea i read it before the day for my trip came. I through it arcoss the room on next to the last page out of anger on who won but eventualy i picked it back up finished the read and was pleased. Later i discovered the original 3 books and read them I LOVE these books. Dark or not this sicko likes the Draka. I pass these books on to everyone i think will read them and all of them have enjoyed it. Took 3 months to get one of them back, guy read it 3 times. Service to the State...
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