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Even light-years and millions of miles away, Shan Frankland cannot escape her duty. For the wess'ar are going to Earth, to reclaim and save the ecology...whether humanity is willing or not. And they are accompanied by thousands of die-hard alien Skavu, who will stop at nothing to carry out their environmental crusade. For if the alien savior and ultimate parasite c'naatat gains a foothold among humanity, Earth will be destroyed completely.
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Shan Frankland rolled over, stomach heaving in disoriented protest, and found herself staring at the curved surface of a marbled planet from space. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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sixth and final volume in a series of science fiction novels that tell one long ongoing story about former policewoman shan frankland and how her life changes after a mission to an alien world. the first volume in the series is called city of pearl and if you've not read that then start there rather than here. only by reading these in order will you get the most out of them, although it may be possible to pick the series up from a middle book. but it's a great series, so go from the start.
For those who have come all this way with shan and her supporting cast, this is the end! Things follow on naturally from the end of the last book, and whilst there's nothing much in the way of action here the story is very good at tying all of it together in a manner that wraps it all up quite neatly. You will have come to care for these characters by now, so you will be guaranteed to smile and shed a few tears along the way.
This has a been a great series thanks to believable characters and good writing, which has also created some excellent and highly detailed aliens and alien worlds. It's quality science fiction and I will look out for future work from the writer
For those who have come all this way with shan and her supporting cast, this is the end! Things follow on naturally from the end of the last book, and whilst there's nothing much in the way of action here the story is very good at tying all of it together in a manner that wraps it all up quite neatly. You will have come to care for these characters by now, so you will be guaranteed to smile and shed a few tears along the way.
This has a been a great series thanks to believable characters and good writing, which has also created some excellent and highly detailed aliens and alien worlds. It's quality science fiction and I will look out for future work from the writer
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is a good ending to a superlative series and leaves me with a sense of deprivation that there aren't more to come. The wess'har are wonderful - aliens that aren't just another version of humans in either of their incarnations. Ranks up there with the best of Cherryh and LeGuin but with the added pleasure that the humans are mostly Brits, use English rather than American speech patterns and feel English in their attitudes. As it's been an American publication I have wondered how the Yanks have coped with that. Lets just hope this is the first of many independent books/series from Karen Traviss and that she doesn't give herself over entirely to the Star Wars Universe (though one can assume that Star Wars probably outsells other SF in about the same proportion as fantasy does and a gal has to make a living). Just keep plugging away Karen and you are guaranteed my custom for anything you write.
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Sadly the last book in the Wess'har Wars is quite a bit of a let down. Traviss has built up the Wess'har to be so powerful there's simply no drama when they finally arrive at Earth. The series has been leading up to this point for 5 books but, when it happens, there's practically no resistance by humanity. Apparently humans on Earth, after being told unequivocally that a genocidal alien invasion is on its way, have spent 25 years doing NOTHING. Did they build up their ability to conduct warfare in space? Nope. Did they seed the solar system with nuclear mines? Nope. Did they attempt to seize and subvert the transluminal ITX communication network for tactical advantage? Nope. Did they attempt to control their populations or repair environmental damage? Nope. Did they send colonies off to systems outside the reach of the Wess'har? Nope. Did they attempt to marshall rationales for not culling the human race? Nope. Did they just sit there and twiddle their thumbs, waiting for the Wess'har to murder 95% of their friends and families? Yes.
Traviss's Star Wars work, especially anything involving the charming Mr Fett and his Mando glee club, has been excellent but the Wess'har War (Judge is the epitome) is little more than 6 books of misanthropy. Apart from Shan, Ade, and their quislings, humans are never depicted with any redeeming characteristics. War criminals, petty thugs killing animals for kicks, amoral scientists dissecting alien children, exploitative agribusiness capitalists - there's plenty of them. Decent folks willing to exhibit self-sacrifice, honour, dignity, leadership, loyalty, friendship, determination, ingenuity - none whatsoever. Her depiction of humanity is one-sided and utterly dismissive.
And Traviss never explores the contradiction at the heart of Wess'har philosophy - why is it only species that can think for themselves annihilated? Are Wess'har simply using their philosophies of environmental management to rationalise their own xenophobia and instinct to subjugate competitive alien species? The idea's never even mentioned.
The Wess'har War is a fabulous setup with no follow-through. All the chances to make this series great are finally squandered in Judge.
Traviss's Star Wars work, especially anything involving the charming Mr Fett and his Mando glee club, has been excellent but the Wess'har War (Judge is the epitome) is little more than 6 books of misanthropy. Apart from Shan, Ade, and their quislings, humans are never depicted with any redeeming characteristics. War criminals, petty thugs killing animals for kicks, amoral scientists dissecting alien children, exploitative agribusiness capitalists - there's plenty of them. Decent folks willing to exhibit self-sacrifice, honour, dignity, leadership, loyalty, friendship, determination, ingenuity - none whatsoever. Her depiction of humanity is one-sided and utterly dismissive.
And Traviss never explores the contradiction at the heart of Wess'har philosophy - why is it only species that can think for themselves annihilated? Are Wess'har simply using their philosophies of environmental management to rationalise their own xenophobia and instinct to subjugate competitive alien species? The idea's never even mentioned.
The Wess'har War is a fabulous setup with no follow-through. All the chances to make this series great are finally squandered in Judge.
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Ah well!
If you've read the previous five no doubt it's best to finish off the series.
Unfortunately there is not much here. The Skavu introduced in the previous book are not used! Read more
Unfortunately there is not much here. The Skavu introduced in the previous book are not used! Read more
Published 19 months ago by R. Harper
Disappointing end to excellent series
This sixth and final volume of the Wess'har Wars promised a confrontation between a profligate Earth and an intergalactic species of Ecowarriors. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2008 by Daiho
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