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For the poor, hardworking citizens of the Confederacy's fringe worlds, the Guild Wars have exacted a huge toll. Swayed by the promise of financial rewards, a new batch of recruits joins the fight alongside a slew of mysteriously docile criminals—and a few dubious military leaders. Eighteen-year-old Jim Raynor, full of testosterone and eager to make things right at home, ships off to boot camp and finds his footing on the battlefield, but he soon discovers that the official mission is not what he's really fighting for.
For the first time ever, StarCraft enthusiasts will learn the origins of the enduring friendship between the young upstart Jim Raynor and the streetwise soldier Tychus Findlay. Watch as they battle on the front lines of a fierce interplanetary war and bear witness to the Confederacy's rank corruption—corruption so reprehensible that it rains immeasurable death and destruction upon the government's own people.
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William C. Dietz is the bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Halo: The Flood and the Legion of the Damned series. He grew up in the Seattle area, served as a medic with the Navy and the Marines, and graduated from the University of Washington. Dietz worked as a surgical technician, a news writer, a college instructor, a television producer, and a director of public relations for an international telephone company prior to embarking on a full-time writing career. Visit his website at WilliamCDietz.com.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must if you're into SC,
This review is from: StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book in a week of vacation and I must say I was impressed. I liked to learn a lot about Jimmy's Background and his unit that were called H Devils.A lot of action, much like the game. I put this book in my personal SC top 2 anlong with I, Mengsk.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent for fans of the series,
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This review is from: StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils (Hardcover)
If you are a fan of Starcraft, you will enjoy viewing the early days of James Raynor and Tychus Findley. It really gives a little more insight into their background storyline, while giving you other characters you actually care about (Ark Bennent). Ultimately, if you are not a fan of Starcraft you will not find this book very entertaining. The plot is engaging, but not overally impressive as a standalone title without the Starcraft backdrop, and the author has a slightly annoying habit of avoiding curse words (which comes across as unbelievable and cartoonish considering we are discussing dangerous soldiers/murderers). That is my one main critique, but overall I really thought the book was a lot of fun and eagerly awaited to find out what was next. I do hope there is a proper sequel to explain how Tychus meets his fate, and how Raynor becomes a marshall.
3.0 out of 5 stars
not great, kinda boring.,
This review is from: StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils (Mass Market Paperback)
the author went to the trouble of showing how both sides in the war are pawns being used for others greedy ends, that's ok but by the midway mark the fighting has gotten so repetitive, so lopsided that I no longer care, "our guys win by slaughtering the other guys." the drama is gone, not for a moment do I believe anything is going to happen to "our guys".when the fighting gets so lopsided that I begin rooting for the "other guys" and sympathize with them.... well you've lost me at that point. by the end of the book all I wanted was for everyone to die except Tychus and Jim, the rest I just wanted either dead or badly wounded so that if only for a brief moment I could think "wow that was a real fight" instead of more of the same.
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