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Deus ex machina
23 Mar 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Contains possible spoilers.
As I read this novel, I was planning to write a review about how the author saved the series with a "Deus ex machina," which he began to telegraph early on, but he trumped me by naming the final section of the novel "Deus ex Machina." He apparently knew perfectly well what he was doing. I won't spoil it for you by saying more.
I enjoyed this series and was waiting expectantly for this finale. The evil being behind everything happening to mankind seemed too powerful for humans to defeat. Alas, he was. See the above paragraph. The science in the Science Fiction was believable. The characters were (mostly) believable. The action was almost non-stop. The series is a great read. If you haven't read the first one, I suggest you buy all three and read them straight through. They are really continuous.
I don't usually object to science fiction on philosophical grounds, but this story has one aspect that left me a little cold. Even the ancient aliens who long ago passed their singularity and transcended this mortal coil, believed that ethics and morality cannot exist without reference to god. Without god, there is only relativism and that inevitably results in evil.
It's a great book and a great series though.
As I read this novel, I was planning to write a review about how the author saved the series with a "Deus ex machina," which he began to telegraph early on, but he trumped me by naming the final section of the novel "Deus ex Machina." He apparently knew perfectly well what he was doing. I won't spoil it for you by saying more.
I enjoyed this series and was waiting expectantly for this finale. The evil being behind everything happening to mankind seemed too powerful for humans to defeat. Alas, he was. See the above paragraph. The science in the Science Fiction was believable. The characters were (mostly) believable. The action was almost non-stop. The series is a great read. If you haven't read the first one, I suggest you buy all three and read them straight through. They are really continuous.
I don't usually object to science fiction on philosophical grounds, but this story has one aspect that left me a little cold. Even the ancient aliens who long ago passed their singularity and transcended this mortal coil, believed that ethics and morality cannot exist without reference to god. Without god, there is only relativism and that inevitably results in evil.
It's a great book and a great series though.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Apotheosis ends with a bang!
22 Mar 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
There are several things that I particularly love about S. Andrew Swann's Apotheosis series, and they're at their best in Messiah:
* The science fiction concepts are an integral part of the plots and scheming, rather than mere window-dressing. The manner in which tach drives operate, for instance, is something on which many plot developments hang.
* You won't find just one or two major plot twists here and there. Swann throws them out hard and fast. Every time the good guys take a step, they're knocked back another. Every time it seems Adam has become unstoppable, another ray of hope peeks out.
* Swann has a novel way of depicting a uniquely wide variety of relationships. Now that more of the characters have been fleshed out, it's much easier to appreciate this.
It's rare to find a series that can live up to this kind of dramatic buildup, but Apotheosis manages it. If anything each book was a bit better than the last. This is one series in which the author is not afraid to make sweeping changes, to permanently and vastly alter his universe, and to take on risky topics that are difficult to do justice to. While Prophets started out a little stiffly with some info-dumps and somewhat weak characters, the series has steadily improved throughout, going from quite good to fantastic.
[NOTE: review book provided by publisher]
* The science fiction concepts are an integral part of the plots and scheming, rather than mere window-dressing. The manner in which tach drives operate, for instance, is something on which many plot developments hang.
* You won't find just one or two major plot twists here and there. Swann throws them out hard and fast. Every time the good guys take a step, they're knocked back another. Every time it seems Adam has become unstoppable, another ray of hope peeks out.
* Swann has a novel way of depicting a uniquely wide variety of relationships. Now that more of the characters have been fleshed out, it's much easier to appreciate this.
It's rare to find a series that can live up to this kind of dramatic buildup, but Apotheosis manages it. If anything each book was a bit better than the last. This is one series in which the author is not afraid to make sweeping changes, to permanently and vastly alter his universe, and to take on risky topics that are difficult to do justice to. While Prophets started out a little stiffly with some info-dumps and somewhat weak characters, the series has steadily improved throughout, going from quite good to fantastic.
[NOTE: review book provided by publisher]
Great Book, Great Series
6 July 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This final book in the trilogy certainly ties it all up and everything ends very neatly. This was one of the better sci-fi trilogies that has come out in a long while. The action in this book is very cinematic and the author does a great job with description so everything is easily visualized by the reader. Great characters, great plot, great prose, great everything. The only issue I have is the final battle with the character Adam, it seemed a bit rushed and just a little anti-climactic but other than that, great job by the author.
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