- Mass Market Paperback: 247 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group (Sep 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440220599
- ISBN-13: 978-0440220596
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,783,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When a ruthless ambassador is assassinated, Security Chief Garibaldi and Commander Susan Ivanova join the victim's enraged assistant Na'Toth in a search for the killer, only to find themselves the targets of a blood oath.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The plot relates to the Then'Ta'Makur assasin that failed to kill G'kar. Now the late senders dauther Mi'ra decides to swore Shon'Kar (Bood Oath) herself to get revence for her family.
This continues where the TV episode ended, but it continues it well unlike B5 book #8.
The plot ends a little too nice in my taste,but the settings in Narn prime as well as description of Narn society are good.
Good part is when G'kar after spending time with humans realises the unequality of the Narm society and how priviledged he's been in it.
This book add's nothing to the great plot, but I like the backround it gives both for G'kar and Narn in general.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Good story grafted into B5 universe
8 Mar 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As I type this there have been about 15 novels published that are set in the B5 universe. This is one of the first nine, a series initially released by Dell but now being rolled out, one by one, in rerelease by Del Rey's Ballantine series.
"Blood Oath" takes place mostly on the Narn homeworld, a place not often seen during the TV series. It is set somewhere around the end of season 1, during which time the show had focused on the species' recent history of war with the Centauri and the hatred between the two worlds. The author can therefore be forgiven for painting the Narns as barbarians rather than the sophisticated spiritual culture we see from them later on as the primary Narn character G'Kar developed and grew.
And the story told here is really a good one. The images painted by the author are often vivid and memorable, and the story believable and easy to follow. He seems to fall down in the action sequences, though, to me, as I often didn't feel the intensity of such scenes.
But the real problem with this book is the characterizations of familiar B5 characters. Again, it was early in production of the show, so we now know these individuals far better than anyone but series creator J. Michael Straczynski did at the time, but it's really jarring to see known and beloved characters saying things that are totally out of voice from what we would expect, in terms of phrases, relationships, idioms, etc.
Ultimately it feels like the author had a great story and, when given a contract to write a B5 book, slotted the series characters into a general outline he already had, adapting his outline somewhat to fit a vision that otherwise works well. He is clearly not as familiar with the characters as one would like.
It's worth reading because it truly is well written as a novel, but falls far short as a part of the B5 universe otherwise.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Good Read
12 Mar 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
although this book is no where "Legions Of Fire" or "To Dream in The City of Sorrows". Blood Oath is one of the better books in this series. Slow at time but a great ending. I liked the stuff about the Narn Homeworld. This book takes place when in 2258 (season 1). It was a great side read until "Armies Of Light and Dark" comes out. So I would highly reccomend this book, You have nothing to loose
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I liked it...
21 July 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For a small book written for a TV show I think it was not bad. I enjoyed reading about how G'Kar got where he is. It's not all action but that's B5 and that's how I like it.
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