- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books; First THUS edition (Feb 27 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671319795
- ISBN-13: 978-0671319793
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 12.3 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 449 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #819,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Raised by a human, Heyoka Blackeagle thinks like a human, even if he is a typical hrinn - seven feet tall, covered with fur, retractable claws. In the war against the insect like flek, Heyoka distinguished himself in the Ranger Corps. Now, on a planet from which the flek have been driven, hes leading a group of humans and hrinn, trying to prove that hrinn can make proficient rangers in spite of their disdain for following orders. Then a hidden, fully functional flek star gate is found, ready to transport flek hordes. And word comes of a flek advance. The planet must be evacuated, but rather than abandon his team in the jungle, Heyoka stays behind, only to find that his human partner Mitsu, once a flek POW, is hallucinating, seeing nonexistent flek. And then the real flek arrive...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Misfits prove their worth,
By Chrijeff (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: STARS OVER STARS (Mass Market Paperback)
On the planet Oleaaka, Ranger Sgt. Heyoka Blackeagle, a lupinoid hrinn who was raised in the Restored Oglala Nation on Earth, is struggling to make a going concern of the first integrated human-hrinn Ranger unit. The hrinn are fierce fighters, but they have absolutely no concept of chain of command and hate sitting around and waiting to get in on the fight they've been promised against the insectoid flek. Heyoka's second and longtime partner, Cpl. Mitsu Jensen, is still recovering from the brainwashing she endured as a flek POW. And Oleaaka has what everyone assumes to be a native species of its own, the laka, who supposedly--nobody yet understands how--drove the flek off 48 years ago. Entirely by accident, the Ranger unit discovers a hidden flek transport station, and everything starts going downhill from there. As has been mentioned by other reviewers, the multiple pov's may be a bit hard to follow--we get the chance to see through the eyes of just about everyone, from Heyoka and his kinsman Kei to assorted laka. But what makes the book work, like its predecessor, is Wentworth's amazing ability to put herself into the skins and minds of her nonhuman characters and portray them as true aliens, with their own cultures, concerns, and convoluted ways of thinking. In the end there's an opening left for yet another book in the series, as Heyoka's unit literally saves the day (it's been two years since the book was published; I can only hope that the author is putting the finishing touches on the final conquest of the flek!). Of course, I knew very early on that Heyoka was going about his program the wrong way, but given his raising that may be inevitable, and at least he realizes eventually that he can't, and shouldn't try to, make hrinn into carbon copies of humans. At the same time, his weirdly assorted group wouldn't survive if it hadn't had *all* the beings in it that it does; each plays an important role in the final triumph. Excellent military sf and a vivid portrayal of an alien, yet ultimately comprehensible, people.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Loupy Tale,
By lb136 "lb136" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: STARS OVER STARS (Mass Market Paperback)
K.D. Wentworth's fast-paced (and beautifully written) "Stars over Stars" has to be one of the weirdest, and yet most fascinating, contributions to the "military" science-fiction subgenre.A sequel to "Black on Black," it contains a veritable cornucopia of whacked out humans and aliens. The fun starts before you even open the book. Look at Patrick Turner's brilliant cover, which shows a wolf-like biped (Wentworth describes the critters as wolf-bear-cat combos, but never mind), clearly male, looking over his shoulder at a tiny human woman, who looks as if she'd rather be anywhere else than where she is (they're framed against a background of crystals--you'll soon learn why) while toting so many guns and ammo that it's unlikely she'd have a chance to use any of it before being toppled over by anything incoming. And she seems quite aware of this. "What am I doing here, with this big bad critter?" she seems to be asking. (And maybe you will be too.) The lupine is Heyoka Blackeagle, a member of the race of Hrinn who have definite issues dealing with authority figures and chains of command (they're used to solving disputes the way Earth's wolves do), who serves as a sergeant in the human-led intergalactic ranger corps, and the woman is Mitsu Jensen, his corporal. Jensen has just recovered from having been brainwashed by the insectoid race known as the Flek (the story told in "Black on Black"), and the still unstable woman thinks she sees them everywhere. But they've abandoned this planet, which is now occupied by the peaceful Laka (who also seemingly have all sorts of mental problems). The possibly still-addled Jensen seems unable or unwilling to tell the difference between Laka and Flek. And then, just when Heyoka and all the other members of the platoon are convinced Mitsu's brain is indeed seriously fried--yep, here come the Flek themselves. And then things really go bananas, as the tale tumbles on in a multiple POV fashion (all the significant characters get at least one turn at bat). The details of the tumultuous efforts to keep the planet Flek-free will not be divulged here. See for yourself. A great piece of work. More please!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Good Traditional SF Novel,
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This review is from: STARS OVER STARS (Mass Market Paperback)
Having read K.D Wentworth's BLACK ON BLACK, I kniew what to expect -- somewhat. This time she focuses on three alien species, not counting the humans, and brings them all off well. She has the ability to make the reader care about even minor characters. The story is pretty traditional SF again, which is not my preferred reading, but Wentworth's book kept me up late at night after I should've gone to sleep "just gotta finish this/the next chapter." While not perfect, this is a very good read.
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