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mburnamfink's review
3.0
Unlike fellow Baen superstar John Ringo, David Weber is fundamentally a nice person, and if he isn't the most adept writer, he's good enough for the beach. The Dahak setting plays to the strengths of Weber's 'war of spreadsheets' style, with truly gonzo weapons (That's no moon, that's a battlestation! And there are thousands of them!) In this book, the action calms down as a plot to destroy the reborn Empire of Man strands the heirs of Empire on a planet ruled by anti-technology fundamentalists. To get back, these smart, decent, (and superhuman) kids will have to launch a holy crusade. Pike and musket battles are interspersed with some fun intrigue, but where this book shines is the simple decency of all the main characters. Reading it, you almost believe that if we just worked together, and got along, we could fix the problems of this planet. Religious fundamentalists are depicted as credulous, ambitious, evil fools, and that's just fine by me.
alesia_charles's review
1.0
Holy sloppy retreads of Seventies space opera, Batman! I'm not even taking the $1.00 sticker off before it goes back to Ye Shoppe of Used Bookes.
fbone's review
1.0
This was the silliest space opera book I've ever read. Very little made sense. Oh so many conveniences and inconveniences all to explain/unexplain the character's actions. All those needless deaths! Not sure what Weber's intentions were but a Dahak series this was not.
nakedsteve's review
5.0
As with the rest of Weber's Space Military novels, this one was a blast. The narritive is split, however, between Colin McIntyre's "typical" problems of people trying to usurp his power, and his children's inspired military campaign on a primitive world. This almost makes the story feel like two separate novels, as the effects of the storylines have no impact on each other. (This would be a bad book to read in parallel with other novels! You're already reading two with just this one!)
Despite that, however, the book is great fun, and I found myself racing to the end, wondering how things were going to be resolved. I love books that do that to me.
Despite that, however, the book is great fun, and I found myself racing to the end, wondering how things were going to be resolved. I love books that do that to me.
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