- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: DAW (May 16 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0886776996
- ISBN-13: 978-0886776992
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
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As the Terran Executive Command threatens a bloody takeover of the planet Bakunin, Dominic Magnus and his few surviving companions wage a desperate battle to save their world, unaware of a powerful ally at the very heart of the Confederacy of Planets. Original.
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seriously good science fiction, July 16 2010
By Peter A. Wells "clevelandgamer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hostile Takeover 03 Revolutionary (Paperback)
The Hostile Takeover series is the best thing S. Andrew Swann has ever written. He has some other pen names, and has written a lot of solid stuff, but this series is the best. I rank this up there with Heinlein, only contemporary.
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Satisfying End to a Very Good Trilogy, Jan 2 2010
By Randy Stafford - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hostile Takeover 03 Revolutionary (Paperback)
In the conclusion of the trilogy, protagonist Dominic Magnus realizes the Terran Executive Command's plan to bring the anarchical planet of Bakunin forcibly into the Confederacy can't be defeated on the ground. It must be defeated politically and at the heart of the Confederacy -- the diplomatic quarters on Earth. First, though, he must avoid capture by his crazed brother Klaus and run the blockade of Bakunin.
And, if that wasn't enough to worry about, he finds himself agonizing over Kari Tetsami when she's shot up by a TEC prisoner, wondering if he can trust his ally Random Walk -- an intelligent robot who is also a master manipulator, and learning a Dacham family secret.
This story held up as well on a second reading as it did when it first came out. Swann throws everything into this book: espionage, superscience, political intrigue, straight up military combat, romance, and a family drama. All the plots are ably wrapped up in an emotionally satisfying - if not always happy - way from the fate of the Confederacy and its chief secret policeman, Dimitri Olmanov, to the future of human colonization of space, the superscience of the Proteus Commune, the guilt of Shane the deserter, and the troubled relationship of Dominic and Tetsami.
Swann never stumbles in his story though it threatens to wobble a bit during the Proteus bits. He throws in some sections clearly designed to sum up the story of the preceding books for those who haven't read them. However, the very numbering of the novel's parts indicates it's not truly self-contained, and I wouldn't attempt reading the series out of order.
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