A Forest of Stars

Author	Ken MacLeod
ISBN	1841491098

Better than the previous novel, but very uneven. The shifting perspectives in the last novel was annoying and in this one, the use of the present tense format is often irritating. I stick with this series simply because it is an interesting concept. The last chapter was really the worst of it all, which...

Author	Peter F. Hamilton
ISBN	0446605174

0 star (rounded to 1 for unfortunate technical reasons).

Peter Hamilton is to science-fiction what the Marquis de Sade is to erotism: thousands of pages, hundreds of cartoonish characters (reduced to toys playing the situations), repetitive situations ad nauseam (but always described...

Author	Michael Cobley
ISBN	1841496332

The fight is on. So let the battle begin.

Darien is no longer a lost outpost of humanity, but the prize in an intergalactic struggle. Hegemony forces control the planet, while Earth merely observes, rendered impotent by galactic politics. Yet Earth's ambassador to Darien will become a player...

Author	Brian Herbert
ISBN	0765322706

In this exhiliarting sequel to Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Hellhole, the stakes on planet Hallholme have been raised to new heights.

After declaring his independence from the corrupt Constellation, rebel General Adolphus knows the crackdown is coming. Now he needs to pull together...

Author	Timothy Zahn
ISBN	0553575627

Rating: 5!!

Mini, spoiler-free review

Conquerors' Legacy, the 3rd book in The Conquerors Saga, is a cherry on a top of a cupcake - the best in the entire trilogy. In its final conclusion, we are finally able to learn the real reason for the war, motives of either of the sides, but also we...

Author	Karen Traviss
ISBN	0060541709

Shan Frankland forever abandoned the world she knew to come to the rescue of a lost colony on a distant and dangerous planet -- a hostile world coveted by two alien races and fiercely protected by a third. But in the course of her mission, she overstepped a boundary and stumbled into forbidden lands. And...

Author	Hjalti Danielsson
ISBN	0765325292

A new novel set in the world of the popular science fiction online role playing game, EVE.


We all crave a purpose.

A fire to spark our lives into action.

It's this burning life within that drives us to our destinies.

But when it burns too deep, or goes unchecked,...

Author	Ben Bova
ISBN	0812579895

Once, Dan Randolph was one of the richest men on Earth. Now the planet is spiraling into environmental disaster, with floods and earthquakes destroying the lives of millions. Randolph knows the energy and natural resources of space can save Earth's economy, but the price may be the loss of the only thing...

Author	Allen M. Steele
ISBN	0441012515

I'd like to love Coyote Rising more; Allen Steele has created a very original tale of interstellar colonization. Unfortunately, I found the plot and the characters lacking the substance required to truly distinguish a novel, no matter how original its premise.

The first book in the series,...