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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781416521310
ISBN number: 1416521313
Label: Baen
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Page Count: 864
Printing Date: July 31, 2007
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Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking pirates were invincible. But they made a big mistake when they raided ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home work, tortured and murdered her family, and then left her for dead. Alicia decided to turn ?pirate? herself, and stole a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her fellow veterans think she's gone crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's most ancient legends. And this trio of furies won't rest until vengeance is served.
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About a third of the way through In Fury Born, it struck me that it had a few of the strengths and many of the weaknesses of a Tom Clancy novel. Whether or not that is a good thing is a matter of taste. A good Clancy novel is all about plot; the plot races along without a lot of character development, there is a lot of techno-babble, and the good guys typically fail only because of treachery or some failure of technology. In Fury Born has a lot of the same traits: there is a lot of techno-babble, there is a good amount of space empire political-babble, and the good guys typically fail only because of treachery or overwhelming odds. The problem with In Fury Born is that there are too many pages where the plot quits racing, and there are long discussions about some political situation or another. While these discussions do provide some background, the cost is repeatedly stalling the novel's pace.
There are a few other annoyances in the novel. The biggest annoyance is that the very first 250 pages or so are like reading a description of a video game. The good guys have such superior equipment and are so hard to damage that the novel reads like a game session of Halo. It might be fun to play, but there are only so many ways to describe shooting a foe through a wall before the foe knew you were coming.
Another annoyance (and one common to Clancy novels) is the repeated tendency to cut to the enemy for a few pages before he is killed. It works like this: space marine good guys get ready to fire, for anywhere from a few paragraphs to a few pages we get a description of what the bad guy is thinking (and the bad guy is usually overconfident), then we get something like, "That was his last thought before 10,000 degrees of type 2A plasma vaporized his head." Over and over.
Beneath it all, there is an entertaining story that sometimes gets out. While I usually like my space operas long, this one could have been a few hundred pages shorter. If you're undecided on In Fury Born, try one of David Weber's shorter Honorverse novels first.
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I've been a fan of David Weber for years; in fact, Mutineer's Moon and its sequels is still one of my favorite series. The very first 4 or 5 Harrington books rocked, and I lovedPath of the Fury.
But I've noticed a trend with Weber in the last few years - the last few Harrington books got so bogged down with political and technical claptrap that the story disappeared. It's very disappointing, because Weber used to be able to tell a darn good story.
In Fury Born has followed the precedent; I couldn't get past the very first 100 pages because of all the other stuff getting in the way. Which is too bad, because I always wanted to know DeVries' backstory.
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I love, love, love that David Weber is a man who obviously loves strong women, because he has created Alicia DeVries as another outstanding, waaaay atop the nearly unscalable peak of super women in the vein of Honor Harrington, a character that I didn't think could be surpassed EVER by any author, not even himself. He has surprised and thrilled once again with a fantastic new super-female character that makes an average woman like me feel empowered.
Alicia is a superior marine commando resculpted with nanotechnology and other futuristic internal hardware and conditioned to superlative above human capabilities. She is, however, still able to embrace her humanity without sacrificing herself. I love this aspect of Alicia which the author maintains in his female heroines. This characteristic remains until Alicia, after surviving unbelievable odds in several government orchestrated ambushes and receiving the planetary highest honors and accolades of the Emperor, is double crossed. She is betrayed not only by her superior officers, but the Emperor himself who conveniently forgets honor and integrity in the service of politics.
She is so emotionally destroyed that she finds she can no longer serve her leaders or the government because of this betrayal and she retires to another planet with her family. Alicia is an Amazon non-pareil. She nearly dies during the ambush and murder of her entire family by rogue military men who have their own get-rich agendas and have raped and plundered her new home planet. She fights to the finish and is dying from blood loss as the only survivor of this invasion. During the final moments of her life she vows anything and all if she could live to settle the score. The supernatural element enters into the story and she is rescued by one of the goddess "Furies" of ancient Earth mythology. Alicia is kept alive until human rescuers find her and reanimate her without understanding what has transpired other than Alicia is a medical miracle and a complete mystery.
She becomes so threatening to the medical and marine community that they deactivate her highly specialized internal hardware and chemistry technology used by commandos during their campaigns after they repair her body. The powers that be perceive her as having "lost her mind" and no longer a viable asset as she is observed talking to herself by the doctors and nurses during her lengthy recovery. Hence, the "insanity" viewpoint, when she is, in fact, dialoging with the so-called goddess "Fury" within her mind. She learns that she has been deactivated, but the "Fury" reassures her that she can reactivate Alicia's internal hardware once she discovers a way for Alicia to escape her "medical" captivity and settle the score upon which they had agreed as part of the "rescue" deal. The double meaning herein described is rich with inferences.
Eventually, Alicia escapes through acts of derring do that leave you breathless with the thrill of her courage and David's usual stunning and spectacular writing. She steals a $80 billion dollar Alpha Synth to go after those criminals and the pirates. She suspects that they are within her own government. She learns that these pirates had raided her planet and killed all her family for the pelts of an animal that are used for various trade purposes. The credits add to the enrichment of the corrupt military men and their leaders in their goal to overthrow the Emperor. Alicia is bent on revenge since no one in her government has a clue about how to find the criminals and the politics of the whole mess have sabotaged their efforts to do so. Alicia is a madwoman on a mission.
She uncovers the driving forces and the agenda for the destruction of her family, the Emperor, the entire government and her life. This cements her decision to settle the score on her own. Having succeeded against staggering odds and astronomical costs, Alicia loses her sanity in her final desperate act of revenge as she drives the Alpha Synth on her suicide mission. As the Alpha Synth slams toward the space station where the corrupt power seeking governor and his top level military henchmen are located she fights another battle with the Fury and her Artificial Intelligence. Alicia's lost humanity resurfaces through ship to ship communication by the voice of her best friend. She along with a top Admiral are in a starship racing along behind trying to reach her in order to halt Alicia's catastrophic mission. Coupled with the desperate help of the "Fury", who finally realizes what type of monster she has created in Alicia, and the electronic interface with the A.I. with whom she is permanently interfaced, Alicia aborts the mission. This stunning and chill inducing last moment mission abort leaves you breathless and shivering. Literally. The story winds up with an official pardon for all her "crimes" and a stuffy apology from the Emperor.
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I fell in love with the Honor Harrington series. Then I discovered "In Fury Born", I wasn't too sure about it at first, not being a novel about his favorite Sphinxian and her treecat. But, after reading it through, I fell in love with it too. I hope he writes another adventure for Cadre Capt. Alicia "Alley" Deirdre DeVries and her unique companions. I'm not all that sure Mr. weber even knows how to write a bad book. one of his best to date!!!
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I read the original "Path of the Fury" when it was released in softcover years ago, and although "In Fury Born" has been called a sort of a combination prequel/update to PotF, I have to admit that almost none of the final section of "In Fury Born" (i.e., the updated section) felt familiar at all; only the very very first pages seemed like direct reprints from the original book. It's quite possible that I just have a faulty memory and that these two stories share a huge percentage of text between them. Maybe when I get a chance I'll reread "Path of the Fury" and update this review.
Please feel free to comment on this review to tell me if you agree or disagree! :)
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