- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books (1 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671578324
- ISBN-13: 978-0671578329
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.3 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,830,791 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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Flight Engineer Peter Raeder saved his ship, but his heroism didn't follow the rulebook. The reward was a reprimand and a desk assignment -- a fate worse than death for Raeder. Fortunately, a Marine General offers Raeder command of a hidden base deep in hostile space from which he will attack enemy shipping, a mission preferable to exile to an office cubicle...even if his chances of surviving this assignment 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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