Of Fire and Night (The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 5) 
asked by trailrider on November 18, 2006 7:24 PM
The alien Klikiss robots, pretending to be allies of humanity, have covertly planted an insidious Trojan Horse throughout the Earth Defense Forces. The sudden rebellion of Earths soldier robots leaves millions dead and the Terran Hanseatic League defenseless. In a desperate attempt to save his own race, the Ildiran Mage-Imperator, Jorah, is forced into a devils bargain with the evil hydrogues, requiring him to ambush and destroy what remains of the human race. But the gypsy Roamer clans and the green priests of the worldforest are discovering innovative ways to rebel, and have found strange allies with incomprehensible power. As the climactic battle begins, the Ildiran Solar Navy, the Earth Defense Forces, the Roamers, green priests, Klikiss robots, and hydrogue warglobes collide in a fury that will destroy manyand devastate the landscape of the Spiral Arm forever.
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I'm was very happy with this 5th book and I'm anxiously awaiting the 6th and 7th. The series changed narrators for the fourth book and I was expecting to be disappointed, but as it turns out, I was pleasantly surprised.
reviewed by trailrider on November 23, 2006 10:15 AM
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I have been reading the series from the start, but I only read the paperback versions since they're more portable. So I ask: why do these publishers make you wait one year or more for the paperback? I can see it's to force the impatient to get the expensive hardcovers, but don't they fear lost interest from those who will not buy those. I can't remember how many series I've left behind because I couldn't wait or lost track of.
I can understand the wait for the author to complete another volume in the series (and I wish they would write a little faster...!!!), but then to wait again for the paperback to come out gets maddening....!!! I'm glad they provided the sneak peak on this book...
I can understand the wait for the author to complete another volume in the series (and I wish they would write a little faster...!!!), but then to wait again for the paperback to come out gets maddening....!!! I'm glad they provided the sneak peak on this book...
reviewed by geo on November 24, 2006 3:34 PM
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I didn't even know this book had been published! I'm glad I discovered it one day be accident because once again Kevin J. Anderson has given us a rollicking fun sci-fi novel. No, this isn't Asimov or Herbert, but not every science fiction novel has to be. Sometimes you just want to have some fun, and Anderson does a great job of giving us just that. Where Anderson really excels is in the political and palace intrigue; from the Mage-Imperator's unholy deal with the hydrogues to the battle of wills between Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter. King Peter especially shows the most growth of all the characters in this very large cast It does drag a little in the middle, but the last 100 pages are a riot; and the final pages set up a possible new threat that should make the final two books in this series very interesting.
reviewed by noreason on November 29, 2006 5:04 PM
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In a word "WOW". It's been forever since I read a book non-stop like this. If you are reading the review, I am sure you read the preceeding 4 volumes. Chances are you just finished and wondering what other people thought! I will tell you now... keep reading!
All the characters, all the plots, all the mysteries, all the questions are all perfectly intertwined and unravelled in this book. Well, save for a few, which leads into the 6th book.
Honestly, I thought it was going to all end here, but it does continue. And continue it does. In a way that will keep me faithfully waiting for #6.
But, damn... what a satisfying book. Other series of this length that I've read usually tend to drag on... with multiple pages on details of what a blade of grass looks like. But this book keeps the pace going non-stop. A true feat considering the borderline-multiple plot line.
Wow.
All the characters, all the plots, all the mysteries, all the questions are all perfectly intertwined and unravelled in this book. Well, save for a few, which leads into the 6th book.
Honestly, I thought it was going to all end here, but it does continue. And continue it does. In a way that will keep me faithfully waiting for #6.
But, damn... what a satisfying book. Other series of this length that I've read usually tend to drag on... with multiple pages on details of what a blade of grass looks like. But this book keeps the pace going non-stop. A true feat considering the borderline-multiple plot line.
Wow.
reviewed by ragtop on November 29, 2006 5:46 PM