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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780345495716
ISBN number: 0345495713
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: September 25, 2007
Publishing house: Ballantine Books
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 16314
Studio: Ballantine Books
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“A planet-stomping space opera that bursts off the page like a tactical nuke.”
–John Birmingham, author of Weapons of Choice
The Hammer Worlds–the most brutal and oppressive interstellar government in the universe–have hijacked the Federated Worlds cruise ship Mumtaz, seizing its valuable terraforming cargo and damning its passengers to mining the moons of the prison planet known as Hell.
For Junior Lieutenant Michael Helfort and the crew aboard deep space scout vessel 387, the mission is clear: infiltrate enemy territory, locate the Mumtaz, and rescue the prisoners.
The odds are appalling, and the damage will probably be fatal, but victory is nonnegotiable–especially for Helfort, whose mother and sister were on the Mumtaz.
And Michael Helfort will be damned if he’ll let his family rot on the moons of Hell.
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This novel, the very first in a series about a young cadet/midshipman named Helfort, introduces a new military s-f series and a new universe. If one notes some strong similarities to other series of this ilk (I'm thinking of Honor Harrington, in particular) I must say that following the career of someone who has relatives in the Admiralty may seem a bit familiar, but, as usual, "the Devil is in the details", and the details of this universe and its characters are fresh and well-drawn, leading to a delightful experience as you watch a young man go through Hell and back. I believe this is a strong offering to that ever-burgeoning class of stories to which we owe C. S. Forrester and his Hornblower another vote of thanks.
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I put this down after a few chapters. Everything seems a recapitulation of worn out SF. Characters are not likeable.
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This book was pretty good, a nice start to the series. I liked how the main character is believable, as is everything that happened to his family. I hope the subsequent one continues in this trend.
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It was a page turner. The author kept the technology within bounds, giving it sufficiently advanced capabilities to make it consistent with the time frame but not so fanciful that it flew in the face of common sense and challenged that oh-so-important willing suspension of disbelief. A very well balanced, thought out and believable extrapolation of modern warfare to the airless void. It did tend to be on the technical side and might not appeal to those who do not appreciate the mechanics of warfare in space but, at the same time, the characters are reasonably 3D and the relationships and story line sufficient to support the technical preoccupation. If I had to criticize, it would be that things were just a bit too uncomplicated to satisfy my personal experience of life. But what the hell, too much reality is a bore. I look forward to the second book in the series.
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I really liked the very first two thirds of the book since they lacked the usual tedious heroics. After that however the book reaches the main battle where the heroes as usual succeeds, against great odds, against the incompetent and technologically inferior enemy. After this boring part the book picks up again with a more interesting ending. Maybe it is a bit sentimental, but at least it showed that there is some cost to war. All in all a weak 4 stars.
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