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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345495716
ISBN: 0345495713
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 25, 2007
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sales Rank: 17693
Studio: Ballantine Books
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
“A planet-stomping space opera that bursts off the page like a tactical nuke.”
–John Birmingham, author of Weapons of Choice
The Hammer Worlds–the most brutal and oppressive interstellar government in the universe–have hijacked the Federated Worlds cruise ship Mumtaz, seizing its valuable terraforming cargo and damning its passengers to mining the moons of the prison planet known as Hell.
For Junior Lieutenant Michael Helfort and the crew aboard deep space scout vessel 387, the mission is clear: infiltrate enemy territory, locate the Mumtaz, and rescue the prisoners.
The odds are appalling, and the damage will probably be fatal, but victory is nonnegotiable–especially for Helfort, whose mother and sister were on the Mumtaz.
And Michael Helfort will be damned if he’ll let his family rot on the moons of Hell.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This novel, the first in a series about a young cadet/midshipman named Helfort, introduces a new military s-f series and a new universe. If one notes some strong similarities to other series of this ilk (I'm thinking of Honor Harrington, in particular) I must say that following the career of someone who has relatives in the Admiralty may seem a bit familiar, but, as usual, "the Devil is in the details", and the details of this universe and its characters are fresh and well-drawn, leading to a delightful ... Read More
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I put this down after a few chapters. Everything seems a recapitulation of worn out SF. Characters are not likeable.
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This book was pretty good, a nice start to the series. I liked how the main character is believable, as is everything that happened to his family. I hope the next one continues in this trend.
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It was a page turner. The author kept the technology within bounds, giving it sufficiently advanced capabilities to make it consistent with the time frame but not so fanciful that it flew in the face of common sense and challenged that oh-so-important willing suspension of disbelief. A very well balanced, thought out and believable extrapolation of modern warfare to the airless void. It did tend to be on the technical side and might not appeal to those who do not appreciate the mechanics of warfare in space ... Read More
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I really liked the first two thirds of the book since they lacked the usual tedious heroics. After that however the book reaches the main battle where the heroes as usual succeeds, against great odds, against the incompetent and technologically inferior enemy. After this boring part the book picks up again with a more interesting ending. Maybe it is a bit sentimental, but at least it showed that there is some cost to war. All in all a weak 4 stars.
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