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No hints except to say that this is a "slap your head" when you finally find it. Seriously. And there is at least one bit of humor directed to Hitchcock fans that I caught on my second reading. With all due respects to my fellow reviewers, I have to say that this is one of the best military/political science fiction books that I've read in many, many moons. [And Ranger Jim is laughing his fool head off].IMO, David Weber just keeps on getting better with every new series.Buy this book. And yes, it also helps if you know who Machiavelli was and have read some of his works."By Schism Rent Asunder" was the first book in this series that I read and I loved it. This is not a book for the majority of "young adults." Rather, it is a book for people with a basic knowledge of Renaissance Europe and England. I served in the US Army in Military Intelligence (amongst other specialties) - not as a "spymaster", but as an analyst, and there are more than a few in-jokes that had me trying to keep from falling down and rolling on the floor (as the saying goes.).
Overall, it's a good book in a good series with characters you can believe and empathize in. But that's author's purview. To me though, the one disappointing aspect, and I know it would make 'Merlin's' job a lot harder, is that I had hoped Nimue would remain Nimue, and that I do hope at some point she can shed her facade of masculinity.
It plodded in too many places and is similar to the Harrington series, in that I began to lose interest in the over politicization. It does have the feel of a loooong story, especially if we're ever to get back to the Gbaba. I just finished reading this one, and I do agree with those above.
That would make this a multi generational series - of which if the stories keep me interested, I'll be waiting to see. I'll be spending again for the next one. Not that that's why I stopped reading Harrington.
There is enough action sprinkled through to keep me going to the next book and promise in the series to keep me coming back again.
Well, that makes sense and I always had my suspicions."), and roughly 9 out of 10 of the citizens of the good guys' empire express total support for the all-out war against the church they grew up with. I'm a fan of David Weber's books, especially his Honor Harrington series. The story moves at a ridiculously slow pace, and is mostly just dull descriptions of political maneuverings or. Ergo: don't buy this.
Repeated emphasis is placed on the bad guys' wealth and power, but their entire collective military was utterly destroyed and they're using that money to build the wrong kinds of ships. In a nutshell, they can't possibly stand the slightest chance of winning and the big alien bad guys from the beginning of the first book in the series (Off Armageddon Reef) seem hopelessly far off now. whatever (Weber actually refers to Nimue's male persona, which is used throughout the ENTIRE book, meaning no strong female lead like I'd hoped, as a separate person) can get live satellite feeds from anywhere on the planet at any given time, while the bad guys can only use a semaphore system or physical couriers. girl.
The good guys are so very perfect that they just aren't believable, while the bad guys are bullheaded, shortsighted, and pure evil. The good guy. This, however, just didn't do it for me. Then the whole SNARC thing.
The main characters have no problem with their entire belief system being proved completely wrong (accepting it with an excuse along the lines of, "Huh. nothing in particular. Things just shouldn't be that black and white.
Unfortunately the second book appears to be a deep in drawn breath rather than a tumultuous onrush.There are still promising signs and perhaps this is intended to be a four (or even five). In fairness it is not all bad but it needed editing and - if not shortening - then a wider view of the world and the characters.
What of Empire. I would like more information on some of the other societies - what of the Republic.
By Schism Rent Asunder was a keenly anticipated part two in the series. Still, I suspect that you will not be able to follow later plotting without having read it so - grit your teeth, gird your loins and prepare to wade through it.
Conveyed, obviously, as showing, not telling. Part 1 had started at a cracking pace and with sufficient background detail, breadth of vision and a sufficiency of characters to promise good things.
book series, but there are too many longeurs, too much (and too repetitive) explication of the politics and way too much time and space spent on a wedding (never a good sign in an action series)to be a good example of its kind.
Besides the adventure and story line, the info relayed was pretty cool. This was an interesting read. Hence i guess i was looking for greater closure on certain plot themes in book 2. I do think the ending was a bit abrupt and, again, being a novice to Weber's works - did not know that book 3 was still not out yet. i picked up the first in the series at a book fair and was glad to get the second thru Amazon. I think it is necessary to read Book 1 before getting into this one.
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