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Fire With Fire (2013)

by Charles E. Gannon(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1451638833 (ISBN13: 9781451638837)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Baen

series

Tales of the Terran Republic

review 1: Enjoyable space opera, though the narrative is a bit choppy. There are lots of familiar tropes here, but some of them are given interesting twists. The most interesting has to do with the idea that human beings were kidnapped by advanced aliens in prehistory, and are now playing a role in galactic politics. This book is the first of a series, so the position of the space humans is not yet entirely clear, but some at least appear to be antagonistic to the near-future-Earth protagonists of the story. "Fire with Fire" refers to the idea that aggressive species (such as ourselves) are being used by other races as proxies in galactic conflict.
review 2: Charles E. Gannon is really good with exciting action scenes, but the links in Fire With Fire (trade from Baen) ... moredepends on logil links from very smart people, that I didn’t always follow. Reporter Caine Riordan was found near the Admiral’s quarters on a Lunar base with top secrets to hide. So they put him in hibernation till they need him, thirteen years later. At that point Earth has a ftl drive and several colonies. On one of them ancient relics of a star-faring civilization have been found and Caine is sent to investigate. After a number of assassination attempts he gives his report to a secret meeting of Earth Government and then is sent as an envoy to a stellar government considering Earth’s membership. Nothing is what it seems. There’s enough information left unknown that there probably will be a sequel. I just wish this one made more sense. Review Published by the Philadelphia Weekly Press less

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