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SG-1 are asked by the Tok'ra to rescue a creature known as Mujina. The last of its species, Mujina is devoid of face or form and draws its substance from the needs of those around it. The creature is an archetype - a hero for all, a villain for all, depending upon whose influence it falls under. And the Goa'uld Apophis, understanding the potential for havoc Mujina offers, has set his heart on possessing the creature.
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Steven Savile has edited a number of critically acclaimed anthologies, including Elemental, Redbrick Eden, and Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague. He also compiled Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions and Black Gondolier and Other Stories, the collected horror stories of Fritz Leiber. He is the author of the Von Carstein Vampire trilogy (Inheritance, Dominion, Retribution) set in Games Workshop's popular Warhammer world. He wrote the best-selling original audio novel Torchwood: Hidden for BBC Audiobooks, as well as a novel based in the Primeval universe. He has also written for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and four incarnations of The Doctor.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is awful. The author does not know Stargate and it is glaringly obvious. There are several HUGE errors that will make every Stargate fan cringe. The story is badly written and our fav SG-1 characters are so out of character that I wonder if the author had written this book for another genre and then cut and paste the names of SG-1 over the top.
There is very little 'in character' about any of the team and for almost every bit of the story they are simply going with the flow without an original idea, thought or opinion of any kind. One would hardly know that they were the main characters at all.
As for the actual plot - well most of it seems a mish mash. There's the obvious Nazi holocaust story line - right down to the poor souls jammed into train cars to be carted off to death camps. What this is doing in a Stargate novel - only the author could say. The one unusual alien is interesting but as it hardly seems to have much to do with SG-1 - then who cares. The nasty Goa'uld presence is there and this character seems to have far more play time than all of Sg-1 put together, as does his glaringly Nazi-like sidekick.
Fandemonium have made a major error in hiring yet another established author who neither knows or cares about what he is writing. My advise is to only buy those books written by the fans of the series. There is more passion, plotline, in fact more everything on one single page of a story written by a true fan than you will find in this pathetic, poorly written and edited book.
There is very little 'in character' about any of the team and for almost every bit of the story they are simply going with the flow without an original idea, thought or opinion of any kind. One would hardly know that they were the main characters at all.
As for the actual plot - well most of it seems a mish mash. There's the obvious Nazi holocaust story line - right down to the poor souls jammed into train cars to be carted off to death camps. What this is doing in a Stargate novel - only the author could say. The one unusual alien is interesting but as it hardly seems to have much to do with SG-1 - then who cares. The nasty Goa'uld presence is there and this character seems to have far more play time than all of Sg-1 put together, as does his glaringly Nazi-like sidekick.
Fandemonium have made a major error in hiring yet another established author who neither knows or cares about what he is writing. My advise is to only buy those books written by the fans of the series. There is more passion, plotline, in fact more everything on one single page of a story written by a true fan than you will find in this pathetic, poorly written and edited book.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is not the usual SG1 format. It is harder edged, good descriptive writing. The Tok'ra request SG1 to find an unusual weapon, a Mujina. a creature with potential for good and evil. The creature seeks it's perfect companion, not caring who it uses. The action is reminiscent of events in the Second World War with exterminations and Death Trains. Teal'c has a prominent part in the action and story telling. I read this book quite quickly and then read it again. I appreciated it much more the second time.
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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Who Has the Idiot Ball?
4 Sep 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS! Read at your own risk, but I'll offer the same warning to anyone who is actually considering buying this book.
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There are so many problems with this book, I don't even know where to start. The good parts feel rushed and forced-in. The part I felt like I could actually like felt like the outline for a much longer story with the SG-1 team forced into it. Even that I could have forgiven, but the basic errors I can't overlook.
* A voice cannot drip with malfeasance. It's just not possible. The word I believe the author and editor was looking for is "malevolence."
* Incoming wormholes do not require Walter to engage chevrons.
* A man's hand does not look anything like a woman's hand. Another character confirms this after a chapter of pointless worrying about who the hand belongs to. There should have been no doubt whatsoever just from looking at it.
* Harry MAYBOURNE. Not Mayberry. Mayberry is where Opie lives with Aunt Bee. Maybourne is the person you wouldn't want to see with the creature.
* SG-1 goes to a prison planet without considering the Gate may be booby trapped.
* Sam and Jack both act like it's impossible for a wormhole to jump from one Gate to another (this despite the fact Sam has done it on purpose at this point). And an addition.
* If you're going to pretend Solitudes didn't happen, don't reference it 11 pages later.
* The point of origin is unique to each Stargate and DHD. A DHD has 38 symbols and a point of origin. The only thing necessary to discover an unknown planet's point of origin is to look at the device and find the symbol that looks unusual.
* Why is the team so concerned with keeping the creature away from Apophis specifically when Teal'c later (page 176) declare Apophis is dead? It's not a lie. Teal'c wouldn't lie about a victory he had yet to achieve; he's too honorable for that. And yes, Apophis had a bad habit of coming back to life. But worrying about what Apophis would do with the creature isn't a worst-case scenario, it's an impossible-case scenario. No one on the team would entertain it. There are plenty of other bad Goa'ulds out there who could have been name dropped.
My biggest problem is with the ending, but I won't go into that here. I've spoiled enough. Suffice to say it was one of the most wholly unsatisfying endings I have ever read. If the author was setting up a sequel, good luck. That's the one Stargate novel I will never even consider buying.
One last point: SG-1 (or any team) who has been presumed dead for over a month would have their IDCs locked out. Given the way the novel ends, I can only assume the entire team died against the iris. And given the way the novel made me feel about the team, I really didn't have a problem with that.
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There are so many problems with this book, I don't even know where to start. The good parts feel rushed and forced-in. The part I felt like I could actually like felt like the outline for a much longer story with the SG-1 team forced into it. Even that I could have forgiven, but the basic errors I can't overlook.
* A voice cannot drip with malfeasance. It's just not possible. The word I believe the author and editor was looking for is "malevolence."
* Incoming wormholes do not require Walter to engage chevrons.
* A man's hand does not look anything like a woman's hand. Another character confirms this after a chapter of pointless worrying about who the hand belongs to. There should have been no doubt whatsoever just from looking at it.
* Harry MAYBOURNE. Not Mayberry. Mayberry is where Opie lives with Aunt Bee. Maybourne is the person you wouldn't want to see with the creature.
* SG-1 goes to a prison planet without considering the Gate may be booby trapped.
* Sam and Jack both act like it's impossible for a wormhole to jump from one Gate to another (this despite the fact Sam has done it on purpose at this point). And an addition.
* If you're going to pretend Solitudes didn't happen, don't reference it 11 pages later.
* The point of origin is unique to each Stargate and DHD. A DHD has 38 symbols and a point of origin. The only thing necessary to discover an unknown planet's point of origin is to look at the device and find the symbol that looks unusual.
* Why is the team so concerned with keeping the creature away from Apophis specifically when Teal'c later (page 176) declare Apophis is dead? It's not a lie. Teal'c wouldn't lie about a victory he had yet to achieve; he's too honorable for that. And yes, Apophis had a bad habit of coming back to life. But worrying about what Apophis would do with the creature isn't a worst-case scenario, it's an impossible-case scenario. No one on the team would entertain it. There are plenty of other bad Goa'ulds out there who could have been name dropped.
My biggest problem is with the ending, but I won't go into that here. I've spoiled enough. Suffice to say it was one of the most wholly unsatisfying endings I have ever read. If the author was setting up a sequel, good luck. That's the one Stargate novel I will never even consider buying.
One last point: SG-1 (or any team) who has been presumed dead for over a month would have their IDCs locked out. Given the way the novel ends, I can only assume the entire team died against the iris. And given the way the novel made me feel about the team, I really didn't have a problem with that.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
I would give this ZERO STARS if I could!
7 Sep 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is absolutely the worst SG1 novel I have ever read (and I've read them all). I wish I had not spent the money. I agree with everything Cannon said. He clearly slogged through this horrible piece of tripe, which is more than I can say. I forced myself to skim the last half just because I hate not finishing what I've started.
The Fandemonium novels are hit or miss as far as I'm concerned, but there are several good ones. I was not a fan of this story and the writing was atrocious. (Was he paid an extra nickel for every time he used his thesaurus?) But the biggest and in my opinion absolutely unforgiveable offense is that he clearly had no idea about the characters or the universe of Stargate. Sam was barely there. Daniel was a whiney baby, completely useless, apparently he just can't keep up with Sam's intellect. Teal'c was verbose. Jack was indescribably annoying. And the presence of the team seemed to be a minor inconvenience to the story the author really wanted to tell, which had nothing to do with Stargate.
The point of this publishing company was that it was started by fans, for fans and the books were originally written by SG fanfic authors. Sally Malcolm, owner and chief executive of Fandemonium explained in an interview that they have moved away from that model is because she believed there weren't publishing enough male authors. Because a majority of authors in SG fandom are women, they went searching elsewhere. (And I'm going to take a Sam Carter moment to say that just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't mean I can't write fiction just as well as any man--and definitely better than Savile. If they started out with all male authors I doubt gender would have ever come up.)
I can understand MGM approving this book because their people don't need to know the franchise that well, and let's face it, they need the money. But Malcolm, who most definitely knows better, should never have allowed it to even get that far.
The Fandemonium novels are hit or miss as far as I'm concerned, but there are several good ones. I was not a fan of this story and the writing was atrocious. (Was he paid an extra nickel for every time he used his thesaurus?) But the biggest and in my opinion absolutely unforgiveable offense is that he clearly had no idea about the characters or the universe of Stargate. Sam was barely there. Daniel was a whiney baby, completely useless, apparently he just can't keep up with Sam's intellect. Teal'c was verbose. Jack was indescribably annoying. And the presence of the team seemed to be a minor inconvenience to the story the author really wanted to tell, which had nothing to do with Stargate.
The point of this publishing company was that it was started by fans, for fans and the books were originally written by SG fanfic authors. Sally Malcolm, owner and chief executive of Fandemonium explained in an interview that they have moved away from that model is because she believed there weren't publishing enough male authors. Because a majority of authors in SG fandom are women, they went searching elsewhere. (And I'm going to take a Sam Carter moment to say that just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't mean I can't write fiction just as well as any man--and definitely better than Savile. If they started out with all male authors I doubt gender would have ever come up.)
I can understand MGM approving this book because their people don't need to know the franchise that well, and let's face it, they need the money. But Malcolm, who most definitely knows better, should never have allowed it to even get that far.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I agree with Geonn Cannon
5 Sep 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Am not doing a separate review of the book itself. Read Cannon's and my comment on his/her review. But I did want to score it since the 5 star review is so glowing and thinks that Cannon didn't read the book. I can tell he did read it, as have I. Our ratings are accurate for the reasonable reader.
I've certainly read worse SG-1 novels (am doing so right now as a matter of fact), but paying readers deserve a fair assessment before they spend money. Readers - beware of Fandemonium and non-fan authors who many only be doing it for the money.
I've certainly read worse SG-1 novels (am doing so right now as a matter of fact), but paying readers deserve a fair assessment before they spend money. Readers - beware of Fandemonium and non-fan authors who many only be doing it for the money.
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