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The Mark Of Koban (2013)

by Stephen W. Bennett(Favorite Author)

4.37 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Stephen W Bennett

series

Koban Series

review 1: The Koban books were, by far, the most impressive independently published scifi books I have ever read. Judging by the quality of these books I truly believe that any major publishing house (preferably Baen) would do well to try to woo Mr. Bennett into the fold.I am eagerly chomping at the bit waiting for the third book. I finished the first two a little over a month ago and I just keep reliving the story in my head, already gearing up to re-read them again.
review 2: This is the second book in the series about the Kobani, humans left on Koban to die by the Krall but instead adapt through use of genetic manipulation. The story is excellent, switching between several perspectives. Favorite characters from the first book are here in addition to a growing number o... moref new faces who are well developed. In my review of the first book, Koban, I mentioned the "power of one" was prevalent. This wasn't detrimental in my opinion, just an observation. In this book the "power of one" is absent, many characters contributing to the survival and flourishing of the Kobani. Most fascinating to me were the children in the book, who likely will take an even more active role in future books. Humor deftly inserted throughout continues to make the reading immensely entertaining and a pleasure to read.The book also had me revisiting some thoughts on morality, like sentience in non-humans. To be honest, I was waiting so much in anticipation for this book to come out, that when it did I gobbled it up and read it over two days. I fear I missed some other social issues and will have to re-read the book to discover other social issues of our time nestled in this treasure of a book. It will be a pleasure to re-read.Editing has vastly improved over the first book, and although there are misspellings and typos, they are greatly reduced, with no detraction to the book. On the first book I subtracted one star because of editing but I felt this book deserved to have the full 5 stars. Finally, I have to say that my excitement continues to grow with this story. The universe Mr. Bennett has created is full of possibilities for future stories, and in my opinion ranks with sci-fi's greats. I eagerly await the next book in this well thought out and enjoyable series. less

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