- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books; First THUS edition (1 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671319493
- ISBN-13: 978-0671319496
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,747,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The collaboration of Star Trek's Scottie and top action-sf writer Stirling is a good one. The two have compatible senses of humor.... Solid astronautical fare". -- Booklist
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THESE SPACE PIRATES ARE THE GOOD GUYS!
Peter Raeder was an ace pilot until a battle cost him his hand -- and his right to fly the fighter ships he loved. So he became Flight Engineer on the fast carrier "Invincible," a crack new ship with a picked crew, ready to fight the fanatical Mollies and their spiderlike alien allies. On his first mission, he faced pirate raiders, attacks by Mollies and a hidden saboteur on board who came close to destroying the "Invincible," before Raeder unmasked him.
Unfortunately for Raeder, his heroism didn't follow the rulebook, and his reward for saving the ship was a reprimand and a deskbound assignment -- a fate worse than death for a born spacehound like Raeder. Then a less rulebound General offers Raeder an escape: command of a hidden base deep in Mollie-controlled space from which ships, posing as space pirates, will harry Mollie shipping, like the seagoing privateers of Earth's past. And Raeder finds a dangerous mission preferable to exile to an office cubicle...even if his chances of surviving are very nearly zero.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Very enjoyable reading, a good sequel to, The Rising.
30 Sep 1999
Format:Hardcover
I give this book my highest accolade: Good enough to be a David Weber novel. It reads a lot like a William Keith novel and anyone who likes the Wing Commander series would really enjoy this one. The main character, Peter Raeder, is a brave and compassionate leader who always wins, very much like Honor Harrington in the David Weber series. I enjoyed the characters. Sterling has proven himself to be an excellent scifi writer, but in collaboration with Doonhan, his novels are really ENJOYABLE. It's hard to tell what the influence of each author is in a novel, but they make a great team and I hope they collaborate on many more novels. I'd order the next book in the series right now if I could.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
surprisingly good
12 July 2000
Format:Hardcover
I received this book as one of a group purchase as I wanted the other three in the bundle, I only read it as I was short of material, I'd already passed up the previous book by "Scotty", after all he's only an actor what does he know about writing.
Well he knows how to (co)write a damn good SFF novel thats what. Interesting characters in exciting situations, this book is good!
Ive since bought the first in the series and i am waiting for the third to come out (soon).
Enjoy.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great Story but...
17 Dec 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Read this book right after reading the first one and was disappointed that the authors got the saboteur confused in this book. He was the head of the Invincibles quartermasters not the XO.
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