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Title: A Forest of Stars (Saga of Seven Suns, Book 2) by Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0-446-52871-4 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice Old-Style Space Opera
Comment: While this series of books has suffered from a choppy writing style with characters that are not nearly developed enough, they are certainly a great read! A Forest of Stars takes up 5 years after the events of Hidden Empire with the war against the hydrogues going badly. Anderson does a better job of developing the characters than he did with the previous novel, but the format of devoting each chapter to a different voice becomes annoying at times because it creates a situation in which the story must jump from person to person at a hectic paste. That being said, it does not detract from the overall story, which builds to a suspenseful level as main characters die, new ones appear, and we learn more about the ancient gas-giant aliens. For me, the Theroc race of humans who live in the huge, telepathic Worldforest is by far the most interesting with their sentient trees and green priests. As I rushed through the ending chapters, I found myself riveted to a story in which I had become much invested.
I've always been a fan of great space opera and Anderson does not fail to satisfy. The original aliens and human races make up for the choppy writing style. Anyone looking for escapist action, adventure, and romance will be more than satisfied.
Rating: 4
Summary: Get the next one, its worth it.
Comment: "A Forest of Stars", the second of the "Saga of the Seven Suns" series, although exactly how much it is about the Ildirans (the occupants of the planet surrounded by said stars) is debatable, mostly its about human beings, individual human beings such as Jess Tamblyn, the Roamer miner, Cesca Peroni, the Roamer Speaker, King Peter, the puppet king trying not to be so much of a puppet, Tasia Tamblyn, commander of a space cruiser in the Hanseatic navy attempting to get some revenge for the death of her family by the hydrogues, and then come the Ildirans mostly high powered officials such as the Mage-Imperator, a ruthless tyrant who cares only for the survival of the Empire, his son the lover of Nira, the green priest, the Admiral who sacrifices his life to get some revenge. There are other characters although nowhere near as developed e.g. the hydrogues, the Klikiss robots and so on. The war that started in the first book continues in this one getting more intense, in fact all round a better book. The hydrogues start a war of total destruction of other races, attempting to rid the galaxy of the verdani (the worldtrees with sentience), the wentals (space based water intelligence), and eventually the faeroes (fire based entities living inside stars), humans and Ildirans. The Klikiss, with the help of their rebellious robots, are gone, none left and it seems that noone can stop the hydrogues although the faeroes unexpectedly coming to the aid of the verdani and humans suprises the hydrogues who now face them, the humans, the Ildirans, the verdani and unknown to them the last vestiges of the wentals.
The book is of course about people but the entire scheme concerns the vast conflict between these other races stretching over the whole galaxy. The book is much better than the first in the series although it leaves gaps and some plot problems e.g. the Mage-Imperator mentioned that the humans killed millions of hydrogues when lighting the Klikiss torch and the Chairman fails to see why the Ildiran Emperor did not warn them that would be the result when he knew this would happen and since he did not warn them the implications thereof such as the attempt by the Ildirans to eliminate the humans by using the hydrogues to do it. This is very obvious and the seemingly intelligent chairman of the Hanseatic League misses it completely. There are many other failures e.g. why not develop weapons which attack the hydrogues via a biological approach, how is the fact that the Klikiss robots are trying to destrot humanity not clear yet etc etc.
It is worth it though and the pace of the novel accelerates to a high speed, I read it in two days. It does make it worth getting the next one.
Rating: 5
Summary: He's Done It Again!
Comment: Kevin, Kevin, Kevin....You are truly the MAN! As much as I enjoyed Hidden Empire, you really topped yourself with this Book 2. Absolutely loved this book. I've already recommended it to tons of people. You have aboslutely achieved the impossible Kevin, you have caused me to start the whole Dune series just so I can then read your prequels. I note that I've attempted many times to start Dune and have just never really gotten into it. I know I'm an idiot (HOW CAN ANYONE NOT ENJOY DUNE?). Well I'm anxiously awaiting Book 3, I just don't know if I can wait until next summer. Keep them coming.....
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Title: Hidden Empire (The Saga of the Seven Suns, Book 1) by Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0446610577 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Machine Crusade (Dune Series) by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 076530158X Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Saga of the Seven Suns: Veiled Alliances by Kevin J. Anderson, Robert Teranishi ISBN: 1563899019 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Ilium by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0380978938 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Omega by Jack McDevitt ISBN: 0441010466 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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