5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible!!, Nov 22 2002
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This review is from: The Unbeholden (Mass Market Paperback)
A completely absorbing trilogy of books. I couldn't put them down!! Throughly excellent!! Fast moving and action packed!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great conclusion!, July 19 2000
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Great conclusion for a fabulous trilogy. I enjoyed every minute spend reading the three books! The final move (wich I won't say nothing)is great, and you can't even imagine it, and think if it's true or not. Great!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, an ending!, Jun 15 2000
This review is from: The Unbeholden (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the third book of a trilogy; the first two, "Blood War" and "Unholy Allies", are interesting stories (or, more accurately, story fragments) with good, fast-moving action plots and compelling characters. Unfortunately, they both suffered from a lack of an ending, or even a reasonable stop at a plausible break-point. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that a book, even if it is part of a series, should have a beginning and an end. This series really should have been written as one very large book. As it is, I will give the series as a whole four stars, but no individual book in the series can be rated higher than three stars; how can a book be rated higher than that, when it isn't a full story in its own right? This one at least has an ending, but it has no proper beginning; I suspect that someone reading it without reading the previous books would be quite lost.
Further, I felt that the finally-revealed secret of Dire McCann's relationship to Lameth was unsatisfying, and that the characters were more than a trifle overpowered. Nonetheless, I do recommend the series, but only as a whole. If you aren't willing to read all three books, don't bother with any of them. None of them stand on their own.
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