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5.0 out of 5 stars
What were those reviewers that didnt give it 5 stars thinkin,
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This review is from: SHIVA OPTION (Hardcover)
this book was indeed the best Sci-Fi Military style that i have read to date... and i have read many.. Forever Peace (Bleh..), Forever War (YEAH!), War of Honor (YEAH!), In Death Ground (...YEAH!), Halo Fall of Reach (so so... basic beginner Sci-Fi Military), then there is The Shiva Option... a totally different category of its own... this book was [GREAT]! it completely blew me away with those space battles... if u thought In death Ground was good... ur going to get blown away by this sequel... I cant help but wonder... wat was wrong with those other reviewers... this book even has a glossary for all u people who have poor memories and complain bout how many missile and ship types there are... this book is the best though a little long... and though this type of story isnt original, it does put its type to the limits...!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
I think some of the other reviewers are confused,
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This review is from: SHIVA OPTION (Hardcover)
Apparently people are missing the purpose of the book. Of course the conclusion of the book is a forgone conclusion. How else could it end? I mean if you have been following the series then you know that it take place after 'In Death's Ground' and before 'Insurrection.' So how could the Alliance lose?So why read the book? Because if you have read 'In Deaths Ground' you will want to know how the characters in the books fare. The book is written in order to tie the lose ends. That is they tie up all the lose ends but one. I won't say what it is in case you haven't read the book. You're going to have to find that one out yourself. One last final thought. I enjoyed this book and I personally think it's worth reading. Just remember it's a book written to fill in a gap in the series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Study in Predestination,
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This review is from: SHIVA OPTION (Hardcover)
In this, the sequel to In Death Ground, the Grand Alliance takes its vengeance and eradicates the Bugs from the galaxy. This, of course, is not a spoiler, as it is made abundantly clear in Insurrection (the first published Starfire novel, which takes place last chronologically) that the Bugs are smashed by the Terran Federation and its allies, the Orions, Gorm, and Ophiuchi. We see the Alliance smash Bug hive after Bug hive at grievous cost to itself, and are introduced to the Star Union of Crucis, an interstellar multispecies polity (like the Alliance) that is on the other side of Bug space.Now, over the course of this novel, we witness a great many space battles, many dwarfing the magnitude of previous battles. Unfortunately, they are rarely detailed as much as previous examples, mostly because there are *so* *many*. In fact, it becomes somewhat repetitive...the warp point assault, followed by the fighter/gunship clash, the gunship/battle line clash, the fighter/battle line clash, and, to end with, the battle line/battle line clash. To be fair, there's not that much they can do to avoid the repetition; when one is fighting a powerful enemy, you'll have a great many individual battles. They do try to liven it up with ground combat and other options. Also, luck has a way of benefiting the Alliance far more than the Bugs...but, then again, the Alliance does make a lot of its own luck, and the Bugs get some very good luck of their own. All in all, this is a good book, and I'm not sorry that I bought it. If you're uncomfortable, check out the Baen website, which has the first ten chapters, and see what you think, or wait for paperback.
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