- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books; First THUS edition (Jan 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671578456
- ISBN-13: 978-0671578459
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.5 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #666,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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David Weber, author of the enormously popular Honor Harrington military SF series, takes to deep space and the high seas in the opening chapters of Apocalypse Troll. The fateful space battle and resulting spaceship crash that bring together Colonel Ludmilla Leonova and Captain Richard Aston, U.S. Navy, set the stage for another rip-roaring, guns-blazing science fiction adventure. When Captain Aston finds out Colonel Leonova's secret, he eagerly offers his help, then finds himself in the middle of an extremely dangerous military situation. Weber's fast plots, nonstop action, and attention to detail are what makes his books so much fun to read, and Apocalypse Troll is no exception. --Adam Fisher
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
From Publishers Weekly
In the year 2007, two UFO formations?one helmed by alien Kangas, the other by humans?burst into sight over the Atlantic. Both groups are from the future; the humans have been pursuing the Kangas through time in a desperate effort to stop them from showering Earth with biological weapons. Firing nuclear warheads at their enemies, and at a nearby navy carrier group, the Kangas almost win but are finally defeated by a special navy taskforce. One human from the future survives the battle. She is Colonel Ludmilla Leonovna, rescued by an ex-SEAL, Captain Richard Aston. But one of the human-brained Kanga cyborgs called Trolls also survives, and is determined to use his weapons and his ability to control minds to fulfill his masters' highest desire: the destruction of humanity. Aston and Leonovna, who retains one Troll-killing weapon, find themselves leading an international effort to locate and destroy the Troll, who is raising a following among hate groups in the Appalachians. Although not written on the magisterial scale of his recent Honor Harrington volumes, this is worthwhile Weber. The novel's final third is a particular delight, offering nonstop action that's both well executed and emotionally satisfying.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good story, page turner - with flaws,
By A Customer
This review is from: APOCALYPSE TROLL (Mass Market Paperback)
I picked this up at Borders, and got involved. Like the guy says below, it's not a bodice-ripper. It's a military sci-fi story, and it's quite good. It's got his usual clearly monstrous bad-guy critter(s) that nobody would have any problem killing. Like much of Weber's stuff, he has excellent battle scenes, and as long as the scene makes sense as a decision that seems reasonable, it's great. Only thing is, that at critical points it doesn't seem reasonable. The final battle scene - well - given the setup, it would have been handled differently. Wouldn't have been an infantry battle. Would have been 1, maybe 10 nuclear missiles instead. I just can't believe anyone would make that decision, because of the risk. But it's a good story. I'm just a stickler for authenticity of details at all levels.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well-written mil-SF/romance, fast-paced & fun.,
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This review is from: APOCALYPSE TROLL (Mass Market Paperback)
____________________________________________As Apocalypse Troll opens, 25th-century humans have been at war with the alien Kanga for centuries. The Kanga are on the ropes; in desperation they send a battle group into Terra's past, to cut off the foe at the roots. BatDiv 92, Terran Navy is soon in hot pursuit. The two task forces virtually annihilate each other. Col. Ludmilla Leonovna shoots down the last Kanga ship -- with some help from the US Navy of 2007 -- but is herself shot down by the last cyborg Troll's fighter. She falls to Earth, and into the arms of USN Capt. Richard Aston: "Take me to your leader", she said with a perfectly straight face. The last Troll is at large, with 25th-century weapons and a Ludmilla is demonstrating her "What the hell *is* that thing? What d'you call it?" "I'm afraid we call it a 'blaster'," she said apologetically... It's all good, clean fun and brother, do those pages turn -- this one Apocalypse Troll is Weber's 18th published novel, but apparently was actually his first written, some ten years ago. This would have been a very impressive first novel -- I have no idea why it ended up as a "trunk" novel.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, and not quite what the blurbs have you believe,
By Dr. Christopher Coleman (HONG KONG) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Apocalypse Troll (Hardcover)
I picked up The Apocalypse Troll at a used book stall for a school fundraiser, and didn't look too carefully at it. When I got home to peruse my purchases, I wasn't at all sure that I'd gotten something I'd normally find worth reading. The back blurb promises that our hero "has his hands full of an unconcious, critically wounded and impossibly human alien warrior who also happens to be a gorgeous female"; the inside cover starts "My People are as human as you are! (said the beautiful space alien)"--you get the picture. And, true, there are moments like this in the book, but it isn't primarily a sci-fi bodice ripper, thank heavens, nor done as clumsily as this. Mostly the book is a very entertaining sci-fi/military adventure. Although I'm no expert, the jargon seemed authentic and the story, given the standard dose of disbelief most sci-fi needs, quite credible.The story is quite a bit like Star Trek: First Contact, except that Weber's version of the Borg, instead of being sluggish robots you can tiptoe around, are vicious, vigorous supercyborgs which literally wipe out or assimilate anything in their path. They make much better villans than Picard's nemeses; so much so that they actually make it back to Earth in the past and have to be hunted down by their only surviving opponent. It's a fun read, not particularly deep but not at all pretentious, either.
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