- Paperback: 720 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; paperback / softback edition (6 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074327542X
- ISBN-13: 978-0743275422
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 14.8 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 338,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After many years of hardship and bravery, the human race faces its greatest challenge. The sweeping war between titanic races - a conflict that has obliterated planets, extinguished entire stars, exterminated whole races - is reaching its end game. Allies become betrayers, strangers become fast friends, and enemies clash in a struggle that will rock the galaxy. For years, the alien Klikiss robots have pretended to be humanity's friends, but their seeming "help" has allowed them to plant an insidious Trojan Horse throughout the Earth Defense Forces, and the sudden rebellion of Earth's own compies leaves millions dead and the Terran Hanseatic League defenseless. In a desperate attempt to save his own race, the Ildiran Mage-Imperator Jora'h is forced into a devil's bargain with the evil hydrogues, which will require him to ambush and destroy what remains of the human race. But the gypsy Roamer clans and the green priests of the towering worldforest - scattered stepchildren of humanity - have found innovative ways to fight, as well as strange allies of incomprehensible power. As the climactic battle is engaged, the Ildiran Solar Navy, the Earth Defense Forces, the Roamers, green priests, Klikiss robots, and hydrogue warglobes collide in a fury that will destroy many and change the landscape of the Spiral Arm forever.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't wait for the fifth book of the series to come out and in a sense I wasn't disappointed. The same tension and interest was maintained by jumping between several characters' perspectives and the portrayl of the universe was just as vivid and belivable. However I could have guessed most of the plot just from having read the fourth book. The final big twist at the very end had the feeling of just being there to extend the series. However I was still awake until 6am reading it when I got it so still well worth buying!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I eagerly awaited the release of this book after reading the previous four. Having read through it I can say that this is the best in the saga so far. It has non stop action all way through. The writing is fluid and the characters are explained even so a new reader can pick up the basics of the saga to date. An excellent read and highly recommended if you have read the others in the series.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was dissappointed with the style of this book. I felt I was being bounced too much around the universe at too fast a pace in an attempt to keep all the threads of the saga moving along in the same time frame. There are too many chapters which are too short and have little or no 'meat' to them and consequently I felt wanting having read the book cover to cover in only 4 days. With two books still to come I wonder where the saga will take us next, I just hope time travel does not raise its ugly head! I can't help feeling that Kevin Anderson has let this saga become a bit on a monster in its own right. I'll read the other two when they come out but more because I've come this far already and want to see it through to the end, I just hope we don't have to wait too long.
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That's more than enough.....
Having persevered with this series I felt obliged to read on as much as anything to see "What happened next?". Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by Skunkmeister
Bored of the seven suns
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Published on 4 Sep 2007 by S. Sullivan
Saga of six suns too many...
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Enough is Enough
I'm sorry but this 'saga' is just dragging on so long now that I can barely stay awake reading it. It obvious that KA is deperately running out of ideas and has lost the plot -... Read more
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this is the best of the Saga so far i am so pleased i started it this is by far the best book i have read in a long time the non stop heart jumping chapter after the other this... Read more
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