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Deception and lies abound on the planet of Heruun, protected from the Wraith for generations by the mysterious 'Aegis'. But the 'Aegis' is something no one can imagine and with a Hive ship poised to attack, there is much more at stake than the fate of one planet. For the 'Ageis' conceals a threat so dangerous that Colonel Sheppard and his team must risk everything to eliminate it from the Pegasus galaxy...
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James Swallow is the author of several books and scripts, and his fiction from the worlds of Stargate features the novels Halcyon and Relativity, the audio dramas Shell Game, Zero Point and First Prime and short stories for Stargate: The Official Magazine.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
My least favorite SGA book so far.,
This review is from: Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall (Mass Market Paperback)
It's really hard for me to somehow rate this book. You see, on the one hand, it was really good - the story was quite intriguing and well plotted - on the other hand, quite often I asked myself if the author had even seen SGA. Why? Well...
SPOILERS ahead! a) He got some of the most basic SG "hard facts" wrong - according to him, the 'gate wormhole goes both ways! b) The characterization. Oh, boy. Teyla kept snapping/barking/snarling. Rodney either whined or he was painfully meek, his acerbic - and intelligent - humor was completely absent etc. etc. c) The author moved the plot forward through completely illogical decisions on the part of the main characters. Example? Carter forced Sheppard to take Keller, an untrained doctor who refused to even accept a gun, with his team - on a recon mission to a possibly hostile planet! When Teyla and Ronon were kidnapped in a space ship, Sheppard and the Marines went searching for them - on foot! d) The author's style... If I hear "the Athosian woman" or "the warrior woman" or "the P-90 submachine gun" or "the submachine gun" again, I will scream! I think that Swallow would benefit from either having a co-author or a better editor. To sum it up? My least favorite SGA book so far. I won't be re-reading it any time soon, that's for sure...
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hmm,
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This review is from: Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall (Mass Market Paperback)
There were moments in this book that just confused me, such as a reference to 'Angelus' a book that was not out (at the time I read it) and is set to be the next in the Fandemonium series. So if no-one knows who 'Angelus' is why reference him. Also as someone pointed out before the gate traveling both ways?? Very wrong.
The plot was quite interesting at points and sometimes I found the character moments to be quite believable other times I found them to be just wrong and not at all what I thought the character would do. Even saying this I don't find it the worst in the series and maybe one day will pick it up again, just not in the near future.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK,
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This review is from: Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall (Mass Market Paperback)
Just finished reading this, its not my favoite book, its ok am going to read it again as sometimes you get a better feel for things second time round.
The premise of the novel is a planet where they appear to be protected from the Wraith by a being called Aegis and Wraith wanting to get hold the technoloy. But there is a price to the Herunn society for the Aegis's protection which nearly costs Ronon his life. Thats it really, Sheppard, Carter and co, go through various situations which always seem to go wrong. Teyla is pregnant and its before she had told the others only Keller knows, so this is focused on a lot, whereas its an intresting insight to her feelings and thoughts, it dragged on a bit to long for me. I cant say who the Aegis as this will completely ruin the plot line, but sufficed to say it was a nice twist. There is a fair bit on the Wraith and there cast system again was interesting. And some good stuff between the Hive Queen and Aegis as well as Teyla. This doesnt sound like a great review, BUT it was a good book but compared to the others I have read, it just didnt grab me as much. There was some good interaction between Sheppard/Mckay and Mckay/Carter. Unfortunatley Kellers charactor didnt come across that well, BUT to be fair that may just be me, I was never much of a Keller fan. There is a lot of space battle action and I found some of that a little hard to grasp in the minds eye. Overal its good plot a few twists and a little sad at the end (your understand when you read it) generally ok not bad. Its a bit like a filler episode that you get in the middle series bewteen the main story arc. Enjoyable not necessarily memorable but enjoyable.
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