Battlespace (The Legacy Trilogy, Book 2)
by Ian Douglas
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Author: Ian DouglasEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-31
ISBN: 0380818256
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Harper Voyager
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Book Review: Not as much fun as its predecessor
Summary: 2 Stars
I almost guiltily enjoyed the first book in this series, Star Corps. It was fun, full of action and gave a good first impression. I had not read Douglas' Heritage Trilogy, but after reading the first book in this new trilogy, I became much more interested in him as an author. Unfortunately, Battlespace did not live up to my expectations and was a far inferior book to its predecessor. I am willing to forgive the ridiculous politics of these books as long as the action sequences make up for it. In the first book, the action totally outweighed the politics and the book was fun. This one, however, is mostly politics and very little action. As such, it kind of plods along, getting more unbelievable by the page and then just sort of wimps out at the end. There's very little for this intrepid band of star marines to do in this book and Douglas writes this one as a set up for the next. I do hope the conclusion is better.
If you want to read a great book that combines action with the cultural clashes that result due to relativity, then read "Forever War". In fact, you probably already have. Douglas makes a lame attempt to copy Haldeman's masterpiece here, but it just doesn't work. Stick to the battle scenes and the fun stuff. After all, that's why we're reading this book to begin with!!
Summary of Battlespace (The Legacy Trilogy, Book 2)
When called to do battle many light years from home, the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Unit rose to the challenge -- and now thousands of enslaved humans have been freed from the alien yoke. But Earth is twenty-one years older than the home planet they originally left, and the Marines need time to retrain and readjust -- time they do not have, due to the bizzare disappearance of a detachment of their brothers- and sisters-in-arms. It is a mystery, but there is a starting point: an ancient wormhole threading through the Sirius system. Whatever waits on the other side must be confronted, with stealth, with force, and without fear -- be it an ancient enemy or a devastating new threat.
The Marines are heading into the perilous unknown . . . and what transpires there could reshape the universe for millennia to come.
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