books about: operas (invincible ascension skywalker)

books about: operas

books:

Relentless (The Lost Fleet, Book 5)
Jack Campbell

Ace, 2009

After successfully freeing Alliance POWs, ?Black Jack? Geary discovers that the Syndics plan to ambush the fleet with their powerful reserve flotilla in an attempt to annihilate it once and for all. And as Geary has the fleet jump from one star system to the next, hoping to avoid the inevitable confrontation, saboteurs contribute to the chaos.

The Last Colony

69 reviews
John Scalzi

Tor Science Fiction, 2008

Amazingly human
I'd like to add my own 5 stars to this amazing series that started in Old Man's War. I have to say I didn't expect the story to work it's magic on me the way it had. I thought it would be like the space operas of Peter F. Hamilton (who, btw, also writes great space operas and is one of my long favorites). I was wrong. It was profoundly more human - the plot is truly driven by the characters. ...

Star Trek: Destiny: Mere Mortals

9 reviews
David Mack

Star Trek, 2008

Great reading. David Mack does it again.
There are several good ST authors, but I think David Mack is the best. This book starts off with the Enterprise battling three Borg cubes in a real page-turning style. I would recommend getting all three books BEFORE you start reading. Gods of night (book 1), Mere Mortals (book 2), and Lost Souls (book 3). The problem with David Mack books is that, if you don't read them congruently it's hard ...

Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)

20 reviews
James Luceno

Del Rey, 2008

Not a bad book...just vanilla
Millenium Falcon is what it is, a filler book between two series. It was vanilla -- there were some parts that really kept my attention, but several more that didn't. More specifically, the book comes to its ending and culmination rather abruptly, leaving the reader with a feeling of emptiness. One thing I did appreciate, was Luceno's attempt to segway into the forthcoming Star Wars series by ...

Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, Book 2)

57 reviews
Drew Karpyshyn

Del Rey, 2008

Fantastic Book!
This was a Christmas present for my son. I did not read the book.

Invincible (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 9)

96 reviews
Troy Denning

Del Rey, 2008

A pleasing end
Ok so they basically re-surrected Fett and his cronies and drug us through all that 'baggage', then when Jaina, trained by Fett no less finally confronts big, bad Jason...we get absolutely no reference to the style of hit/fight/stance really and no, none, zippo, confrontation of sorts. A simple, this is why I have to kill you ________ fill in the blank would have been appreciated. I guess Jason ...

Wild Space (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

6 reviews
Karen Miller

Del Rey, 2008

Obi-Wan's book
A great Star Wars book that really delves into the characters and makes them come alive. This is really a Kenobi story and it rocks.

Gears of War Aspho Fields

15 reviews
Karen Traviss

Del Rey, 2008

Good Novel - Provides Background
Without delving too much into the plot of this book, I have to say that it is an essential read for any GoW fan. The background to the storyline is very interesting, and provides context to understand the characters as they are in the games. The book uses flashbacks to accomplish this, and anyone with the reading ability of a high school senior should be able to understand it. In addition, those ...

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (Star Wars)

3 reviews
Matthew Stover

Del Rey, 2008

Arguing with a Jedi? Don't bother. . .
I must admit that when I started this book I was a little concerned. Uncharacteristically for a Matthew Stover novel, it didn't grab me from page one. In fact, the first few chapters were, while certainly readable, not terribly compelling. And then I got to chapter four and was reminded why, whenever Stover releases a new novel, I drop everything else and read it immediately: because it is ...

Star Trek: Destiny: Lost Souls

21 reviews
David Mack

Star Trek, 2008

Star Trek at its absolute best!
The Destiny trilogy is the pinnacle of ST novels, combining a suspenful storyline including a REAL Federation-wide threat(for the first time ever in ST literature, no character is safe!) with fantastic characterization for established and new characters. Ever since the Star Trek novel line re-alligned in 2000-2001, the novels have kept a consistant continuity (which still allows readers to ...

Storm from the Shadows
David Weber

Baen, 2009

Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle. The odds were against the Star Kingdom forces, and they had to run. But Michelle?s ship was crippled, and had to be destroyed to prevent superior Manticoran technology from falling into Havenite hands, and she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner. Much to her surprise, she was repatriated to Manticore, carrying a ...

1635: The Dreeson Incident (The Ring of Fire)

19 reviews
Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce

Baen, 2008

An Airplane Flight
This book resembled an airplane flight. Moments of excitement followed by hours of boredom followed by moments of excitement. If you are looking for a taut thriller, this isn't it. It's not that it's poorly written. It's that the parts of the book that are exciting are buried in a blizzard of trivia. The first two books in this series are the best. The others have become increasingly hohum, ...

Death Star (Star Wars)

53 reviews
Michael Reaves, Steve Perry

Del Rey, 2008

Good story about the Death Star
Amazon customer reviews do not often steer me wrong but they did this time. The 3 out of 5 stars showing for this book put me off buying it for a while. However, when I did finally buy the book I found that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoy Star Wars books like "Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina" and "Tales of the Bounty Hunters" and I thought this was a similar vein to those. I ...

Hyperion

487 reviews
Dan Simmons

Spectra, 1990

The Hyperion Cantos, vol. 1
"Hyperion" is the first part of the Hyperion Cantos, followed by "The Fall of Hyperion". It would be difficult and illogical to try to review these two books separately, because they are clearly two halves of a single story and should be read as such. With "The Hyperion Cantos" Dan Simmons creates a layered and detailed civilization eight centuries in the future, one of the most stunning and ...

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

117 reviews
Douglas Adams

Del Rey, 2002

Amazing Book!!!
"Well you see, five million years ago the Galactic economy collapsed, and seeing that custom-made planets are something of a luxury commodity you see ..." He paused and looked at Arthur. "You know we built planets do you?" he asked solemnly. "Well yes," said Arthur, "I'd sort of gathered ..." "Fascinating trade," said the old man, and a wistful look came into his eyes, "doing the ...

Order 66 (Star Wars: Republic Commando, Book 4)

26 reviews
Karen Traviss

Del Rey, 2008

Absolutely Amazing! KANDOSII!!!
This whole series is fantastic. I laughed, cried, cheered, cursed and hoped. I found it to be a refreshing look at what the 'clones' actually did and how they contributed to the republic. Who would have thought that each clone had a different personality! SPECTACULAR! I pray there are more to come! I'd love to know the trials Kad'ika goes through! Kandosii Kar'ika! OYA! Ke nu'jurkadir sha ...

Honor of the Clan (The Posleen War)

4 reviews
John Ringo, Julie Cochrane

Baen, 2009

Retaliation and Counterstrike
Honor of the Clan (2009) is the fourth SF novel in the Legacy of the Aldenata series, following Sister Time. In the previous volume, Cally drove the Darhel Clan Chief of the Epetar Group into lintatai. Then the Bane Sidhe raided the Institute for the Advancement of Human Welfare. During the battle within the building, the platoon from Direct Action Group mutinied and went over to the Bane ...

Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows

Star Trek, 2009

Fractured history. Broken lives. Splintered souls. Since the alternate universe was first glimpsed in the classic episode "Mirror, Mirror," something about Star Trek's dark side has beckoned us, called to us, tempted us -- like forbidden fruit on the Tree of Knowledge. To taste it is to lose oneself in a world of startling familiarity and terrifying contradictions, where everything and everyone we knew is somehow disturbingly different, and ...

Star Trek: Destiny: Gods of Night

17 reviews
David Mack

Star Trek, 2008

Star Trek fiction at its best
Star Trek: Destiny; Lost Souls is an exelent start to the series, I look forward to reading the next two books. Wonderful storytelling, fascinating themes while managing to capture the Star Trek essence very well. Highly recommended.

Mass Effect: Ascension

25 reviews
Drew Karpyshyn

Del Rey, 2008

Amazing
Second book of the famous game, will resolve all the incognites appeared in the first?, you'll need it to know. It's easy and fast to read, makes you want to be more large!