- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (24 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671040782
- ISBN-13: 978-0671040789
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,126,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Years after the war that threatened the last remnants of humanity, the divided colonists of the planet Chiron become immersed in new crises as the secrets of their world begin to emerge....
Beneath the surface of the planet, a growing rebellion threatens Sheng-ji Yang's dreams of immortality, as the former executive officer of the "Unity finds his carefully controlled world unraveling. Across the ocean, Lady Deirdre Skye's very life is in jeopardy as the Planetary Council withholds vital supplies, demanding that she turn over her research concerning the mysterious life force that is awakening on Chiron.
Though an ocean apart, Yang and Skye seek an alliance to overcome the forces arrayed against them. The stakes are high: power, survival, and the future of human life on Chiron. And in the end, only one of them will survive Yang's "Dragon Sun.
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At the edge of Chiron's largest ocean, on the opposite shore from the human settlements, a speeder lurched to a halt on a rocky beach. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Much better than "Dawn"
4 Oct 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the second book of the Alpha Centauri series and it improves much over the first one.
The story concentrates more on the leaders of the factions from the game and this time most of the factions have a more definite role in the story than a brief reference. The characters are more complex, contradictory, and fleshed out.
Mainly, the best part of the book is the fact that it deals more with what I feel are the more interesting aspects of the Alpha Centauri game: diplomatic intrigue, desperate alliances, and secret dealings that affect the lives of thousands. Whereas the first book concentrated on building and battles, this one offers a more in-depth look on the Alpha Centauri world.
The story concentrates more on the leaders of the factions from the game and this time most of the factions have a more definite role in the story than a brief reference. The characters are more complex, contradictory, and fleshed out.
Mainly, the best part of the book is the fact that it deals more with what I feel are the more interesting aspects of the Alpha Centauri game: diplomatic intrigue, desperate alliances, and secret dealings that affect the lives of thousands. Whereas the first book concentrated on building and battles, this one offers a more in-depth look on the Alpha Centauri world.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A decent continuation
3 Sep 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Lady Deidre Skye finds herself under physical and political attack by the other leaders on the planet Chiron. Across the sea, the heretofore hidden (and presumed dead) Chairman Yang is battling rebels while he plots to make a spectacular return to his former shipmates.
This was a decent continuation of the first book. Most of the characters from the game make an appearance as well as a few from the first book. The new characters added a little more depth to the story; instead of commanding a lot of the plot as the new characters in the first book did, these characters were wisely kept as nothing more than minor characters. The only problem that I had with the first book is that the new characters had a feeling of disposability, that doesn't exist in this story.
The pacing of the story was a little fast, but nowhere near as fast as the first book.
If you are a fan of the game and/or the first book, then I recommend that you pick this one up. This is not a good starting point if you aren't familiar with the characters or the technologies involved.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Good Stuff!!!
6 Nov 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is deeper and richer than Centauri Dawn (which was good in its own right, but not quite as polished). There are more interesting characters, more intrigue, and the scope is bigger. The use of Planet as an agent of redemption and a balance to the chaotic world of the computer game is very cool as well.
Once I got it I finished the book in a day. Good entertainment!
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