- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; Hardback edition (25 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575090162
- ISBN-13: 978-0575090163
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 2.9 x 23.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 399,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Revenge on a Galactic scale - the stunning new novel from the EVE universe.
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The capsuleers are the immortal pilots that string together the vast Interglactic empire that makes up the universe of EVE. Remote from the mortal population they have come from they are cold and distant. They are needed but hated. Drem has reason to hate them - a capsuleer attack on the pirate space colony he worked in killed his family. Ralea hates them too. But her hatred is for herself as well. She worked as an agent for capsuleers acquiring missions for capsuleer agents and taking a cut from the profits. Missions that lead to countless people dying. Drem seeks revenge, Ralea, redemption. The key to their futures lies with the sisters of Eve, a philanthropic rescue organisation who span the known worlds. But how do you revenge yourself against an immortal? Where can you find redemption if you have killed thousands? Drem and Ralea will find that their quests are intertwined and that they will lead to an unexpected place. EVE: THE BURNING LIFE is a fast moving space opera: a tale of revenge and redemption that spans the Universe.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
People are too quick to judge a book, I found that this book gave me a complete different look on the pirate factions, a more in depth look and you see that they aren't just some pirate faction but civilizations. I was completely hooked to this book and I think even if you don't play the game its worth having a read because it really is a great book, I don't want to give away what the story is but this book deserves a lot better rating.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In a nutshell this book skims across the top of what is a deeply complex Intellectual Property and manages to give a shallow and unbelievable story line.
The story itself has little character development beyond the initial scene setting for the main characters and then tries to encapsulate all the different races and personalities within New Eden and introduce them all. You are lead on a tour around New Eden that is lacking in detail and never really conveys the differences of the races and factions to its fullest.
This then gives you a novel which is lacking in content, implausible with too many "major" players appearing it in and with an ending that I would expect to see in a ten years old first novel akin to the great Bobby Ewing shower moment in Dallas.
As a fan of New Eden this book was very disappointing but if you are new to the universe then this will give you an overview of the politics and factions within New Eden, just don't expect a great novel as well.
The story itself has little character development beyond the initial scene setting for the main characters and then tries to encapsulate all the different races and personalities within New Eden and introduce them all. You are lead on a tour around New Eden that is lacking in detail and never really conveys the differences of the races and factions to its fullest.
This then gives you a novel which is lacking in content, implausible with too many "major" players appearing it in and with an ending that I would expect to see in a ten years old first novel akin to the great Bobby Ewing shower moment in Dallas.
As a fan of New Eden this book was very disappointing but if you are new to the universe then this will give you an overview of the politics and factions within New Eden, just don't expect a great novel as well.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is placed in the universe of the game Eve Online (PC).
EVE Online is a fascinating science fiction MMO game with enormous depth. It is also legendary in its complexity, user-unfriendliness and lack of documentation, help or manuals.
Unlike the previous book Eve: The Empyrean Age (Gollancz) Hjalti Danielsson does not assume that the reader has any knowledge of the world of EVE, putting him in the difficult position that he will be forced to explain many things about the world of EVE Online as the story progresses. This causes him to alienate both the EVE player readers, as they know all this stuff already, and the non-EVE player readers, who get the feeling they're reading an instruction manual or a history book posing as a novel.
There was only one way Hjalti Danielsson could have made his life any harder, and that is by trying to include most of the major factions in the game in his story, and further increasing the amount of backstory and explanation he has to include.
All of this does not help make for a smoothly runningstor story, as it is constantly being interruped with background story insertions and explanations. This is a common trap for science fiction writers to fall into.
However, Hjalti Danielsson does get serious bonus points for a very unexpected choice of main characters, actually pulling off his goals of including all that stuff while still having a readable story and inserting some nice twists in that story. The story itself remained fairly interesting to the end as the characters were such an unexpected choice. Another point in its favour is that the book is understandable for the non-EVE player unlike its predecessor The Empyrean Age.
To summarize, the book will not rock your world but will give you a nice overview of what the EVE Online world is all about. I don't regret buying and reading it, but I doubt I'll read it again anytime soon. If Hjalti Danielsson had limited himself to writing a more localized story it would probably have been a pretty good read.
EVE Online is a fascinating science fiction MMO game with enormous depth. It is also legendary in its complexity, user-unfriendliness and lack of documentation, help or manuals.
Unlike the previous book Eve: The Empyrean Age (Gollancz) Hjalti Danielsson does not assume that the reader has any knowledge of the world of EVE, putting him in the difficult position that he will be forced to explain many things about the world of EVE Online as the story progresses. This causes him to alienate both the EVE player readers, as they know all this stuff already, and the non-EVE player readers, who get the feeling they're reading an instruction manual or a history book posing as a novel.
There was only one way Hjalti Danielsson could have made his life any harder, and that is by trying to include most of the major factions in the game in his story, and further increasing the amount of backstory and explanation he has to include.
All of this does not help make for a smoothly runningstor story, as it is constantly being interruped with background story insertions and explanations. This is a common trap for science fiction writers to fall into.
However, Hjalti Danielsson does get serious bonus points for a very unexpected choice of main characters, actually pulling off his goals of including all that stuff while still having a readable story and inserting some nice twists in that story. The story itself remained fairly interesting to the end as the characters were such an unexpected choice. Another point in its favour is that the book is understandable for the non-EVE player unlike its predecessor The Empyrean Age.
To summarize, the book will not rock your world but will give you a nice overview of what the EVE Online world is all about. I don't regret buying and reading it, but I doubt I'll read it again anytime soon. If Hjalti Danielsson had limited himself to writing a more localized story it would probably have been a pretty good read.
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I read this so you don't have to
The Burning Life tells the story of a young fellow called Drem, who's life literally comes crashing down around him as his space colony is attacked by an anonymous and remorseless... Read more
Published 14 months ago by QuestToFindADecentVideoGameNovel
Disappointing
I agree with the first reviewer, this was a real let-down after much pre-publishing hype by the makers of the game (CCP) that it is based on (EVE Online). Read more
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