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Title: Europa Strike : Book Three of the Heritage Trilogy by Ian Douglas ISBN: 0-380-78830-6 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Military Sci-fi
Comment: Europa Strike is the final of three books in the Heritage Series, a well written trilogy that combines some excellent military fiction with an engrossing science fiction plot that borrows heavily from the speculative archeology in Graham Hancock's "Fingerprints of the Gods". The characters are interesting and multi dimension, the plot is imaginative and the dialog is gritty and realistic. Once you get started, these books are hard to put down.
The third book takes place 27 years after the first, in 2067, when scientists have discovered an alien artifact trapped under the ice locked oceans of the Jovian moon Europa. In a desperate bid for power, the Chinese rush an invasion team to make first contact with the machine. All that is standing between them and the knowledge that could make China supreme on Earth is an outnumbered band of US Marines.
Rating: 4
Summary: Real world sci-fi
Comment: Ian Douglas (AKA William Keith, Jr.) has managed to capture the feel of what it is to be a Marine in this trilogy. Combined with his talent for writing fairly realistic science into his work, he has easily created the best military sci-fi since Jerry Pournelle's Falkenberg Legion series or David Drake's Hammer's Slammers. I eagerly awaited this book and wasn't disappointed at all. As for comments about the conclusion not wrapping everything up, why? Mr. Keith's website indicates that a second trilogy is on its way, that will take the Marines to the stars. Why wrap everything up when we have the chance to enjoy a long-running series with an epic sweep?
For an example of just how enjoyable Mr. Keith's (Douglas') series can be, I recommend you read the Warstrider series.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: Those who expect an answer to the questions volumes 1 and 2 have promised would be solved in vol. 3 may be disappointed. The whole book concentrates more and more on the war between the Marines and China, and nothing else. As readers we have been waiting for three books, and then we only get a few lines of information about the aliens/ancestors at the end. The Alpha Centauri plot in the middle of the novel ends abruptly and is never continued.The good action and story of vols. 1 and 2 has now been institutionalised and the fighting gets boring. It is not conceivable that the nations on Earth would behave like this in face of such an enormous discovery. Maybe this book is the preparation of volume four, money has frequently generated trilogies with more than 3 volumes. But if this is the case, we as readers expect more tension and more substance. This book is weak in comparison to the others.
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Title: Star Corps : Book One of The Legacy Trilogy by Ian Douglas ISBN: 0380818248 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Until Relieved by Rick Shelley ISBN: 0441000193 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Scoundrel Worlds by Chris Bunch ISBN: 0451459369 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Hell's Faire by John Ringo ISBN: 0743436040 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo ISBN: 0743471644 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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