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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Science fiction writer Allen Steele specialises in near future space set stories, and has done several novels about the planet Coyote. The first human colony world outside the solar system.
There was a trilogy of works telling the story of the colonisation of the planet and what happened next, plus a couple of books set in the same future history that didn't actually take place solely on the planet. And then he returned to Coyote with Coyote Horizon: A Novel of Interstellar Discovery (Coyote Trilogy), which picked up the story of the planet once again, and told about the rise of a new religious leader there.
That book ended with the leader having seemingly been killed in an explosion that destroyed a starship and the starbridge that links Coyote to Earth. The latter being in a bad way and a place that people have been leaving in droves in order to get to Coyote.
This novel picks up the story right from where that one ended. Basically they are one long book split into two, and although there is a prologue with enough exposition to fill in what happened before, you are better off starting with the previous book.
If you've read that, read on.
This one has the prologue, then two long parts. Those are divided into four shorter sections of varying lengths, and each of those have plenty of breaks in the middle thus acting as chapter dividers.
The first part picks the story up a few years after the destruction of starbridge, and centres on Jorge. A member of a group of explorers who is suffering unrequited love for a new lady recruit. The latter hasn't told him everything about her upbringing, though.
Then in comes Sawyer, a regular character in the earlier book, and news from Earth. That sends Jorge and his lady colleague back to the homeworld of humanity looking for someone thought dead. Whilst Sawyer scours Coyote in the hunt for a man who may have escaped justice.
A couple of the parts are told in the first person by Sawyer and record the hunt of his.
This does take a while to get going, and the second part is stronger than the first, as the first is really all about setting up the manhunt and the return to Earth stories.
In the second part though you get a very vivid description of a future Earth where things have gone bad, and people have different ideas about what to be done. There is some great character development of the Jorge love story here.
And Sawyers manhunt comes to an interesting end that raises thought provoking questions about justice and if people can ever pay for the sins of their past.
The final section of the second part does provide a good amount of closure, and would seem to be the end of the Coyote story. But it does allow room for required if needs be. And that's a fine way to do it.
The book opens with a cast of characters, and end with a chronology giving the timeline of this future history.
As a single book this isn't quite as good as Coyote Horizon, but viewed with it as a whole they're a very good work and fine future drama.
There's also an excerpt at the end from the writer's forthcoming novel Hex, which picks up on a throwaway line in Coyote Destiny, and is set in the same future history.
There was a trilogy of works telling the story of the colonisation of the planet and what happened next, plus a couple of books set in the same future history that didn't actually take place solely on the planet. And then he returned to Coyote with Coyote Horizon: A Novel of Interstellar Discovery (Coyote Trilogy), which picked up the story of the planet once again, and told about the rise of a new religious leader there.
That book ended with the leader having seemingly been killed in an explosion that destroyed a starship and the starbridge that links Coyote to Earth. The latter being in a bad way and a place that people have been leaving in droves in order to get to Coyote.
This novel picks up the story right from where that one ended. Basically they are one long book split into two, and although there is a prologue with enough exposition to fill in what happened before, you are better off starting with the previous book.
If you've read that, read on.
This one has the prologue, then two long parts. Those are divided into four shorter sections of varying lengths, and each of those have plenty of breaks in the middle thus acting as chapter dividers.
The first part picks the story up a few years after the destruction of starbridge, and centres on Jorge. A member of a group of explorers who is suffering unrequited love for a new lady recruit. The latter hasn't told him everything about her upbringing, though.
Then in comes Sawyer, a regular character in the earlier book, and news from Earth. That sends Jorge and his lady colleague back to the homeworld of humanity looking for someone thought dead. Whilst Sawyer scours Coyote in the hunt for a man who may have escaped justice.
A couple of the parts are told in the first person by Sawyer and record the hunt of his.
This does take a while to get going, and the second part is stronger than the first, as the first is really all about setting up the manhunt and the return to Earth stories.
In the second part though you get a very vivid description of a future Earth where things have gone bad, and people have different ideas about what to be done. There is some great character development of the Jorge love story here.
And Sawyers manhunt comes to an interesting end that raises thought provoking questions about justice and if people can ever pay for the sins of their past.
The final section of the second part does provide a good amount of closure, and would seem to be the end of the Coyote story. But it does allow room for required if needs be. And that's a fine way to do it.
The book opens with a cast of characters, and end with a chronology giving the timeline of this future history.
As a single book this isn't quite as good as Coyote Horizon, but viewed with it as a whole they're a very good work and fine future drama.
There's also an excerpt at the end from the writer's forthcoming novel Hex, which picks up on a throwaway line in Coyote Destiny, and is set in the same future history.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Time flies on Destiny's wings
10 Mar 2010
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To appreciate Coyote Destiny, it is important that the reader should have read Coyote Horizon at the very least. The book can be read without doing so, but the significance of some events is lessened. Read the whole series for maximum effect.
Almost two decades (Earth years, not Coyote years) have elapsed since the end of Coyote Horizon. Coyote has been out of contact with Earth for all that time. Before that, refugees from an Earth that was suffering political and environmental collapse were flooding into Coyote.
Coyote, in the meantime, has prospered, and resumed trade with the alien worlds revealed in previous books. There are now only a few people alive who came on the first starship. Gleaming cities built with the help of alien technology are arising from the villages of the early settlers.
A prelude takes up where Coyote Horizon left off. An explosion aboard the Coyote Confederation starship Robert E. Lee destroys the ship and the stargate that it is in the act of passing through. But a lifeboat carrying Hawk Thompson, who is the human spiritual leader of a philosophy embraced by most of the alien worlds. Hawk received a gift from an alien emissary of these teachings, the Sa'Tong-tas and was transformed spiritually. Further mental transformation came later, which gave him extraordinary powers, but those powers are not part of the Sa'Tong-tas. Hawk was going to Earth to help Coyote's former president deal with the refugee problem.
The main story opens with the two members of an expedition to Coyote's northern extremes being recalled to the capital. It seems that a stolen starship has finally come from Earth, revealing that Hawk Thompson has been instrumental in recalling to earth people from the colonies in the solar system. The pilot of the starship is the same person who picked up Thompson from the lifeboat earlier. He is vehement in his accusations against Thompson.
Because of Thompson's importance to Coyote, an expedition to Earth is set up. But first permission from the confederation of aliens who ultimately control passage through the star gates is needed. They had closed off Earth because they felt people there were too violent.
Then they have to get to Earth and find Thompson. Oh, and their guide is hostile to the idea.
And on Coyote, the hunt is belatedly on for the maker of the bomb that destroyed the Robert E. Lee.
While other readers should decide for themselves as to whether this book follows up on Coyote Horizon, I think that it does. It is not what I expected to read, but that did not matter in the end. The previous book introduced the philosophy of the Sa'Tong-tas, and this book shows what could happen with the passage of time.
All in all a good read. For those who thought that Coyote Horizon spent too much time on the philosophy, there is a lot more action in this book. I think there will be some people who will feel that the later events are a little rushed, but it seems to me that the pace is appropriate.
Almost two decades (Earth years, not Coyote years) have elapsed since the end of Coyote Horizon. Coyote has been out of contact with Earth for all that time. Before that, refugees from an Earth that was suffering political and environmental collapse were flooding into Coyote.
Coyote, in the meantime, has prospered, and resumed trade with the alien worlds revealed in previous books. There are now only a few people alive who came on the first starship. Gleaming cities built with the help of alien technology are arising from the villages of the early settlers.
A prelude takes up where Coyote Horizon left off. An explosion aboard the Coyote Confederation starship Robert E. Lee destroys the ship and the stargate that it is in the act of passing through. But a lifeboat carrying Hawk Thompson, who is the human spiritual leader of a philosophy embraced by most of the alien worlds. Hawk received a gift from an alien emissary of these teachings, the Sa'Tong-tas and was transformed spiritually. Further mental transformation came later, which gave him extraordinary powers, but those powers are not part of the Sa'Tong-tas. Hawk was going to Earth to help Coyote's former president deal with the refugee problem.
The main story opens with the two members of an expedition to Coyote's northern extremes being recalled to the capital. It seems that a stolen starship has finally come from Earth, revealing that Hawk Thompson has been instrumental in recalling to earth people from the colonies in the solar system. The pilot of the starship is the same person who picked up Thompson from the lifeboat earlier. He is vehement in his accusations against Thompson.
Because of Thompson's importance to Coyote, an expedition to Earth is set up. But first permission from the confederation of aliens who ultimately control passage through the star gates is needed. They had closed off Earth because they felt people there were too violent.
Then they have to get to Earth and find Thompson. Oh, and their guide is hostile to the idea.
And on Coyote, the hunt is belatedly on for the maker of the bomb that destroyed the Robert E. Lee.
While other readers should decide for themselves as to whether this book follows up on Coyote Horizon, I think that it does. It is not what I expected to read, but that did not matter in the end. The previous book introduced the philosophy of the Sa'Tong-tas, and this book shows what could happen with the passage of time.
All in all a good read. For those who thought that Coyote Horizon spent too much time on the philosophy, there is a lot more action in this book. I think there will be some people who will feel that the later events are a little rushed, but it seems to me that the pace is appropriate.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Great Science Fiction
18 Mar 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is science fiction at its very best. The story line is fast-paced and filled with non stop action. If you are a fan of Allen Steele's books, you won't be disappointed with this one. This is the conclusion of Coyote Saga, so be sure to read up on the series!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
superb finish to Coyote Horizon
4 Mar 2010
Format:Hardcover
With the disaster that devastated the governments of the Western hemisphere, those Americans, Europeans and Asians who can flee the Earth do. Their destination is the 47 Ursae Majoris system where they plan to rebuild the world.
Captain Sergio Vargas transports thirty-four earthlings to Coyote. However, as they are about to cross the star traversing gateway from Starbridge Earth, an explosion occurs on the receiving side. Apparently the Robert E. Lee had exploded with communication down except for an SOS from a lifeboat. Vargas calmly switches mission to rescue the survivor and hopefully more from the Robert E. Lee disaster, but only finds one person; a monk amidst the ruins of Boston claiming he is God.
The second half of the latest Coyote interstellar outer space colonization is a superb finish to Coyote Horizon. The story line is fast-paced and filled with non stop action as Vargas believes the cause of the calamity is a member of his crew. Fans of the Coyote saga already know Allen Steele consistently provides thought provoking tales of interstellar exploration while newcomers need to read at least the first half of this duology Coyote Horizon to understand what led to the escapades in Coyote Destiny.
Harriet Klausner
Captain Sergio Vargas transports thirty-four earthlings to Coyote. However, as they are about to cross the star traversing gateway from Starbridge Earth, an explosion occurs on the receiving side. Apparently the Robert E. Lee had exploded with communication down except for an SOS from a lifeboat. Vargas calmly switches mission to rescue the survivor and hopefully more from the Robert E. Lee disaster, but only finds one person; a monk amidst the ruins of Boston claiming he is God.
The second half of the latest Coyote interstellar outer space colonization is a superb finish to Coyote Horizon. The story line is fast-paced and filled with non stop action as Vargas believes the cause of the calamity is a member of his crew. Fans of the Coyote saga already know Allen Steele consistently provides thought provoking tales of interstellar exploration while newcomers need to read at least the first half of this duology Coyote Horizon to understand what led to the escapades in Coyote Destiny.
Harriet Klausner
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