- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Corgi Childrens; New edition edition (1 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552548154
- ISBN-13: 978-0552548151
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,336,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kirkus Reviews, 1 May 2002
This is a space opera that employs sociological examination and world building of a very high order. A rip-roaring read.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
thealienonline.net, October 13, 2002
Highly enjoyable read... great characterisation and plenty of action to keep you turning the pages.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found this book to be a worthy sequel to "His Majesty's Starship". The book was well written and the plot was brilliant. I would recommend this to anyone who likes their books exciting and well written.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Unfortunately I didn't realise this book is third in a series and read it out of sequence. It was so good I went back and read the other two anyway -- even having some idea of the outcome didn't spoil the read. A complex and well constructed story told at a cracking pace.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
sometimes great, but sometimes boring
2 Jan 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The "Xenocide Mission" by Ben Jeapes is a great book with mystery, suspense, and thrills, but at times, it gets boring. Don't let this discourage you the book is very good and has a very good story and a lot of actions that creates suspense and makes the reader want to continue reading. But the book got a little boring at times when the setting was calm. The thing I liked the best about the book is that it is told in third person point of view and the story was told through three main characters and their thoughts. I thought that it was a very nice story telling device to tell the story through the lives of three characters, and I liked how two of those characters were related and yet so far apart. One was a commander of the alien race known as the Xenocides or "XC". Other than it being boring at times during the story, the book is very readable and has a really decent appeal to grab the reader in. I mostly recommend this to people who love to read science fiction books.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A great mission
17 April 2003
Format:Hardcover
"The Xenocide Mission" written by Ben Jeapes. In this book your imagination travels as you read and understand this thrilling and amazing book. This book is about an outer space mission, in which the crew of an asteroid, named SkySpy, have been sent to watch different life beings, whose technologies, and weapons are supreme or beyond than any of the Earth's. These extraterrestrial beings are called "Xenocides", but also known as "XCs". They are rich not only in technology, and weapons, but they are also aggressive to their enemies.
The "Big Scope" is one of the many surveillance equipment items, which goes around the SkySpy asteroid. The SkySpy is a secret base where Lieutenant Joel Gilmore, one of the main characters, works on the maintenance of the SkySpy. He was the first one to see the glowing white spots in the space, and he thought that some military strength laser was attacking them, but in fact the aliens they were supposed to watch were attacking them.
While you read throughout each page the action unfurls, such as battles, fights between the SkySpy crew, they get close to the XCs, and a lot more! Of course, with a peaceful ending.
My recommendations of this book goes to those that like stories of aliens, and outer space missions, mixed with mystery and a lot of action, that brings you not only to a different point of life, but also a different world.
The "Big Scope" is one of the many surveillance equipment items, which goes around the SkySpy asteroid. The SkySpy is a secret base where Lieutenant Joel Gilmore, one of the main characters, works on the maintenance of the SkySpy. He was the first one to see the glowing white spots in the space, and he thought that some military strength laser was attacking them, but in fact the aliens they were supposed to watch were attacking them.
While you read throughout each page the action unfurls, such as battles, fights between the SkySpy crew, they get close to the XCs, and a lot more! Of course, with a peaceful ending.
My recommendations of this book goes to those that like stories of aliens, and outer space missions, mixed with mystery and a lot of action, that brings you not only to a different point of life, but also a different world.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Quick action and a complex plot
9 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
The Xenocide Mission appears under a Random House young adult trademark but its complexity will lend to its enjoyment by many an adult science fiction reader, as well. Joel is part of a space observation team that is attacked by the aliens they are observing. Trapped and awaiting rescue, they find fresh, new and dangerous insights on the aliens they had investigated previously from outside. Quick action and a complex plot makes The Xenocide Mission recommended for older young adults into adults.
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