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Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking pirates were invincible. But they made a big mistake when they raided ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home work, tortured and murdered her family, and then left "her" for dead. Alicia decided to turn "pirate" herself, and stole a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her fellow veterans think she's gone crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's most ancient legends. And this trio of furies won't rest until vengeance is served.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am an avid fan of David Weber since reading his Honor Harrington series and his Horse Stealer fantasy series. Since those early days I read everything else too and he is rarely off top form. I am not going to repeat the synopsis because you can read what's above, but I think it's worth reading my comments below.
I adored this smart, competent, tough, young, feisty, female protagonist, Alicia, originally created in the novel Path of the Fury (POTF), and I was highly excited by the idea of a prequel. NEW readers of Alicia will love this book as it's wonderfully crafted, humorous, realistic and empathic characterisation and is fantastically plotted. However, readers of POTF might not be so delighted, hence 4 stars not 5.
The problem is that while I LOVED finding out the early days of the "larva" turning into a "wasp" (military terms used in the book), BUT I became quickly frustrated as Weber seemed to "tease" us with quick glimpses of parts of her early life, which I wanted to explore more of, but he'd quickly then race on months later or into the next major section of her life without regard for the transition bit... I know it keeps the story moving, but it just seemed a bit clumsy and jarring as Weber is usually so smooth at creating a sense of passing of time that it seems natural. I just don't feel that we've really scratched beyond the surface of this character by this backtracking. Not that Weber's prose was bad by any means, it just that when Weber had backtracked before in the Honorverse, his short stories provided more details and his novels don't keep skipping over so much time between chapters.
I guess I wish Weber had made more of the prequel. Perhaps releasing them as a series of short stories, rather than pushing it as part of a re-launch of a book. Some of the new parts of the book seem like small novellas gravitated together by poor cohesion strategies, which is uncharacteristic of my favourite author. I love this character almost as much as Honor and I was just disappointed not more was made of her as the Honorverse. Write more about Alicia please David, you haven't nearly satisfied me!
I adored this smart, competent, tough, young, feisty, female protagonist, Alicia, originally created in the novel Path of the Fury (POTF), and I was highly excited by the idea of a prequel. NEW readers of Alicia will love this book as it's wonderfully crafted, humorous, realistic and empathic characterisation and is fantastically plotted. However, readers of POTF might not be so delighted, hence 4 stars not 5.
The problem is that while I LOVED finding out the early days of the "larva" turning into a "wasp" (military terms used in the book), BUT I became quickly frustrated as Weber seemed to "tease" us with quick glimpses of parts of her early life, which I wanted to explore more of, but he'd quickly then race on months later or into the next major section of her life without regard for the transition bit... I know it keeps the story moving, but it just seemed a bit clumsy and jarring as Weber is usually so smooth at creating a sense of passing of time that it seems natural. I just don't feel that we've really scratched beyond the surface of this character by this backtracking. Not that Weber's prose was bad by any means, it just that when Weber had backtracked before in the Honorverse, his short stories provided more details and his novels don't keep skipping over so much time between chapters.
I guess I wish Weber had made more of the prequel. Perhaps releasing them as a series of short stories, rather than pushing it as part of a re-launch of a book. Some of the new parts of the book seem like small novellas gravitated together by poor cohesion strategies, which is uncharacteristic of my favourite author. I love this character almost as much as Honor and I was just disappointed not more was made of her as the Honorverse. Write more about Alicia please David, you haven't nearly satisfied me!
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After reading another review here that said that "In Fury Born" is actually a reprint of "Path of the Fury" I contacted Baen Books and asked if it was true.
Arnold Bailey from Baen replied in an email that "It's a prequel that includes Path of the Fury."
As I thoroughly enjoyed "Path of the Fury" and actually managed to trash it when we had a water leak, I've now added this to my list of "Must Have!".
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just finished `Path of Fury' so I thought I'd put a review here as well, particularly as `In Fury Born' is a reprint with some bits added. This is the same a my review under `Path of Fury'. I've read R. A. Heinlein since I was a boy in the fifties and I continue to re-read all his works. This book is almost, almost, Heinlein at his best (with a touch of Doc Smith) - and that in my view is as high a complement as I can give. It was appropriate, I thought, that my copy of Path of Fury had a flyer for Robert A Heinlein's works as an end paper because this book has it's roots fairly and squarely in two of Heinlein's greatest works.
It's clear that David Weber is also a Heinlein fan. The Cadre are clearly trooper derivatives from `Starship Troopers' (the book not the dismal film version) and that Megarea is a combination of Mike from `The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' and the lightship AI from the later stories.
The author has taken these concepts and thrown in an element of Greek Mythology, the Fury Tisiphone, and come up with a fantastically exciting, interesting, and surprisingly moving story - and a fantastic heroine.
I know the this story has been republished (above) with some expansion of aspects of the heroine and, like other reviewers, I do hope that David Weber can see fit to `re-activate' Alicia Devries for future commissions for she is a powerful, enticing, and electric heroine - as are Tisiphone and Megarea!
It's clear that David Weber is also a Heinlein fan. The Cadre are clearly trooper derivatives from `Starship Troopers' (the book not the dismal film version) and that Megarea is a combination of Mike from `The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' and the lightship AI from the later stories.
The author has taken these concepts and thrown in an element of Greek Mythology, the Fury Tisiphone, and come up with a fantastically exciting, interesting, and surprisingly moving story - and a fantastic heroine.
I know the this story has been republished (above) with some expansion of aspects of the heroine and, like other reviewers, I do hope that David Weber can see fit to `re-activate' Alicia Devries for future commissions for she is a powerful, enticing, and electric heroine - as are Tisiphone and Megarea!
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An early Honor incarnation
Since others have covered the plotlines I will limit myself to saying that this is as enjoyable as most other Weber books. You can see the beginings of HH in Alicia DeVries. Read more
Published 9 months ago by kenpat
Excellent escapism
Recently been ill and confined to house for approx 2 months. Daytime TV is terrible and I was in desperate need of something to take my mind off things. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Vid
The best David Weber I have read so far
I have only read 5 Weber books, but this is the best one yet. A cracking read, with a useful blend of contemporary military action, science fiction, Greek mythology, set on an... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by Malcolm Haig
Path of the Fury
A reprint of one of David Weber's marvellous earlier books previously published as "The Path of the Fury". Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2006 by Mrs. Stella White
the fury`s
read both books (in fury born & the path of the fury) found that in fury born answered a lot of the questions i had after reading the paths of the fury. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2005 by ghosthunter
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