- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Orbit (July 6 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1857239725
- ISBN-13: 978-1857239720
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.6 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Continuing her epic, intergalactic series set in the distant future (Rules of Engagement, etc.), Moon's latest novel follows the tumultuous romance of Esmay Suiza and offworlder Barin Serrano while tracking a bevy of new political intrigues among the Familias Regnant. When Bunny Thornbuckle, head of the dynastic Family, is assassinated, slimy Hobart Conselline maneuvers into power as the new council speaker and solidifies his position with harsh new laws aimed at isolating Thornbuckle's widow, Miranda, and his daughter, Brun. As a suitable new home is found for the bastard children Brun was forced to bear in Rules of Engagement, Miranda allies herself with a former aide of Thornbuckle's who has survived the assassination and is now battling opposing elements within the Family. Meanwhile, young lovers Esmay and Barin are betrothed, despite some difficulties with their military posts and the bad feeling between their families. Even with the proliferation of subplots, the novel moves slowly at times and may appeal more to readers who appreciate romance than space opera. Still, series fans should enjoy it and, with so many plot threads left unresolved--who will assume leadership of the Family? what waits in battle for the young lovers?--there's little doubt that epic will continue into the next millennium. (Dec.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
The assassination of Speaker Thornbuckle throws the Grand Council of the Familias Regnant into chaos as ambition, revenge, and greed threaten to upset the delicate political balance of the galaxy. Moon's sequel to Rules of Engagement follows the fortunes of Regular Space Service officers Esmay Suiza and Barin Serrano as they attempt to overcome the obstacles of their marriage while coping with the greater problems that beset their home worlds. Political intrigue, mutiny in space, and ideological battles of war and weapons lend variety to this fast-moving space opera set in the distant future. For most sf collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Too Choppy,
By MICHAEL J EVANS (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: CHANGE OF COMMAND (Mass Market Paperback)
Having read all of the previous novels in this series, this one was a bit of disappointment. Quite simply, the novel was too choppy. It shifts from character to character too frequently, abandoning certain plot lines for hundreds of pages at a time, changing directions and tone several times, and overall confusing the reader by introducing many new characters that we don't know much about. This 430 page book felt like an extended prologue to an epic series. Taken by itself, it doesn't work. I'm currently reading the next novel, "Against The Odds". Hopefully all the plot lines introduced in "Change" will pay off in "Against". My advice: don't pick this up without reading the previous books in the series, or without also picking up "Against The Odds". As a standalone, it will not make sense nor resolve much of anything.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Needed another editing session.,
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This review is from: CHANGE OF COMMAND (Mass Market Paperback)
I'd say this is the second worst book of the series, but it wasn't as bad as Rules of Engagement, yet it is in need of some serious help. I'd say that this book did have a lot more promise than the one previously mentioned, but it got lost some where in all the extra stuff that the author was trying to stuff into the book without making it look like she was doing so. So what we end up with is a bunch of little stories and sections of ideas that get lost in the overall theme of the book and contribute to the reader feeling lost and wondering why they purchased the book.
2.0 out of 5 stars
can't tell a book from its cover,
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This review is from: CHANGE OF COMMAND (Mass Market Paperback)
I am almost to page 200. This is struggle and the slowest moving book I have seen in a long time. Perhaps I am missing it, but there also does not seem to be a message in here.
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