- Hardcover: 491 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 076530113X
- ISBN-13: 978-0765301130
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.3 x 3.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,429,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
The Dark Wing
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
"A fast-paced story that should appeal to fans of space opera and military SF. Reminiscent of Orson Scott Card's military classic Ender's Game."-"-Library Journal"
"Military science fiction ... something like Honor Harrington flavored with Babylon 5."--"Kirkus Reviews"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Military science fiction ... something like Honor Harrington flavored with Babylon 5."--"Kirkus Reviews"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
In the future, man will take to the stars and in doing so place himself in jeopardy. The zor is just one of the races that man encounters, and from the first meting, it's been war. When the zor decide to mount a surprise attack on Earth colonies outside their sphere of influence, the normally self-occupied governing body of Earth realises that something must be done.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
The public became aware of the battle at Pergamum as a rather significant military defeat, though it was by no means a complete loss; if anything, it was, in strategic terms, more of a loss for the zor than for the Solar Empire. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
The public became aware of the battle at Pergamum as a rather significant military defeat, though it was by no means a complete loss; if anything, it was, in strategic terms, more of a loss for the zor than for the Solar Empire. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Paperback
Evokes echoes of Honor Harrington and Babylon 5, without falling into the common author's trap of getting bogged down in ever more minutiae. Considers the philosophy and morality of war more than the details of ever-better military hardware, and has plenty of suspense and action.
Comparisions change later in the series, as the writer's style evolves. It moves away from Harrington and towards Ender's Game and Dune, and shows a healthy knowledge of classics - like Babylon 5 did.
Comparisions change later in the series, as the writer's style evolves. It moves away from Harrington and towards Ender's Game and Dune, and shows a healthy knowledge of classics - like Babylon 5 did.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
25 reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
More than just another space war book
11 Mar 2002
Format:Hardcover
I am not a fan of military SF, but I enjoyed "The Dark Wing." The space battles have a good balance between "bullet by bullet" action and glossing over the details in a paragraph.
The characters are well imagined; the humans are, for the most part, honorable and duty-bound, but there are shades of color in their personalities, and many of the on-ship details and persional add depth to the characterization.
The zor are believable and intriguing; I especially liked what was revealed of their religion and mysticism. Their psychology is human enough that the reader can understand it, but does have an alien touch that makes their mindset inhuman.
The plot flows along smoothly, despite neccessary shifts of location, and the plot and subplots reveal themselves nicely.
I am looking forward to further volumes of the series.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Joint Review of Dark Wing Series; Solid - 3.5
24 Jan 2006
Format:Paperback
These 4 books - The Dark Wing, The Dark Path, The Dark Ascent, and The Dark Crusade - exhibit many of the standard space opera devices. There are the winged and in many ways admirable aliens, the remorseless insectoid alien adversaries, the hidden powers attempting to manipulate human fates, and the sprawling and somewhat corrupt space empire. There is also more than a touch of mysticism with events mirroring myths of the winged alien species. Nor can it be said that Hunt has done anything particularly novel with these devices.
Nonetheless, Hunt is a more than competent practictioner and these books are a decent read. Hunt does quite well with reasonably tight plotting and characterization. His integration of the mythic elements is better than average. These books are better, for example, than David Weber's very popular books.
Nonetheless, Hunt is a more than competent practictioner and these books are a decent read. Hunt does quite well with reasonably tight plotting and characterization. His integration of the mythic elements is better than average. These books are better, for example, than David Weber's very popular books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I want more!
18 Dec 2001
Format:Hardcover
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story is well written, with well-developed characters. The plot woven with so many threads of personal and political agendas, I couldn't put it down. The Zor are painted as such a unique and completely different race, I am very fascinated by them, and want to know more. After reading this book I find myself thinking about the characters (especially Stone) and wondering when the next book will be forthcoming. Walter H. Hunt needs to look no further for a day job. This -- his first book -- shows he is an excellent author and storyteller, and should continue to write. I will definitely be watching for the release of the next, in what I hope will be many volumes. Long live the Solar Empire!
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
