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Nova War (2009)

by Gary Gibson(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0230706800 (ISBN13: 9780230706804)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

The Shoal Sequence

review 1: Gibson’s second book in the Shoal Sequence continues following its two protagonists from “Stealing Light”, Dakota Merrick and Lucas Corso, largely in two separate narratives. Having concluded their previous story in possession of the ultimate prize, a superluminal and ultra powerful starship full of technologies denied to humanity, Gibson promptly removes that advantage from them in order to ratchet up the stakes. While a good part of the first half of the book is a snail-pace chronicle of their imprisonment, it also introduced some additional characters from other species, and these were both imaginative and helpful in stretching both the perspective and focal length on the plot. The action-packed climax has a satisfying number of moving parts, although I was surpri... moresed at the amount of epilog following, which I imagine will make for a much smoother transition into the third volume.
review 2: As with Stealing Light, the universe that Gary Gibson has created is fascinating. The characters are reasonably portrayed although the second main character (Lucas Corso) seems misplaced and little more than a person to run around from one disaster to the next without an end goal in mind.The reason I rate this book 2 stars is due to the incredible length of time it takes for the story to really get going. It is roughly 200 pages from the beginning and the characters begin their road to escaping the prison they start in and the action and mystery starts to come to the fore.I think the book needed more editing to cut out some of the scenes which didn't really add much (such as the story of how Dakota gets her alien film suit, which didn't seem needed as the first book never explained it much at all). I've just started the third book (Empire of Light) and I don't think it is a coincidence that the action and exploration of the universe takes place right in the first chapter. less

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