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In Death Ground (Library Binding)

by David Weber (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)

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Five thousand years after Sun Tzu writes The Art of War, his advice is followed during the Fourth Interstellar War between the terrible Bugs and the humans, who are aided by their catlike Orion allies. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding space action, May 13 2004
By John D. Angus "The Critic" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IN DEATH GROUND (Mass Market Paperback)
Anyone who has an interest in good old fashioned rip-roaring space battles, who ever loved a story of a war between good and evil, who ever stared with fascination at movies of space aliens battling brave human spaceships will *love* this book. It's almost non-stop action, but intelligently told, with incredible space battles on an epic scale for enormous stakes. The aliens are mysterious and unfathomable, and relentless, and you know from the start (as one of the characters says) it will be a battle to the death between them and humanity and its allies.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Could be better, April 26 2004
This review is from: IN DEATH GROUND (Mass Market Paperback)
OK lets get one thing straight. The evil aliens are formulaic instant parallels to Gamesworkshop's Tyranids, Heinlein's Bugs and the Buggers from Ender's Game (minus the character) and no doubt a whole host of other things besides. Also all of the other aliens (bar the Zarkoloyans in the second book) are humanoid animals.
On the other hand they are well realised and to counter this relative lack of imagination, the physics of the universe are innovative and rather cool, in particular the warp points lead to excellent writing.
The characters are rarely well done, with the exception of Kthaara'zarthan and Ivan Nikolayevich who'se hatred of politics (and accompanying descriptive language) is a refreshing attitude.
The space combat however (and face it this is what you bought it for) is excellently done with real descriptions of what is going on, so rare in this genre (in my experience) well to the fore, in particular the Pesthouse battle near the end is brilliantly realised.
Get this book it'll bring you back for seconds. (but next book they must do one about ISW three because they always mention it but never tell you much.)
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3.0 out of 5 stars not the best, April 22 2004
By Charles P. Dyer (West Palm Beach) - See all my reviews
This review is from: IN DEATH GROUND (Mass Market Paperback)
Weber & White like to make things explode. If you like lots of explosions, you'll like this book. If you like telegraphed plot turns (see page 459 for an absolutely classic example of Famous Last Words, just for one example) you'll like this book.

It'll do for light reading. People looking for serious work should look elsewhere.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the series...
Of Weber's series with Steve White, I thought this was by far the best--straight ahead, linear action, with multiple groups of aliens and cultures. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2004 by monsieurms

2.0 out of 5 stars Great fights, uninspired story, poor delivery; lack of depth
To begin with, there are several things Weber seems to have copied from other people's material. Take for instance Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game (1994), where implacable... Read more
Published on Oct 26 2003 by Josh Lam

2.0 out of 5 stars For fans of Weber only...
Here's a simple test to determine if you will like this book:

1) Did you enjoy Weber's Honor Harrington series? Read more
Published on Oct 17 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Good War, Bad Propaganda
I wish the authors had studied the psychology of military leaders as assiduously as they studied their tactics. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2003 by CoolerHeads

4.0 out of 5 stars Nerdy, Guilty Pleasure
"In Death Ground," like the rest Weber's and White's Starfire series, is one of those science fiction novels and can and probably should be intellectually rejected. Read more
Published on April 21 2003 by schrockn

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written, repetitive, and with terrible book binding
I was really let down by this book. Contrary to what others have said I do NOT believe it was anywhere near as good as starship troopers and armor. Read more
Published on Feb 2 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Hold at All Cost
In Death Ground is the third novel by Weber & White in the Starfire series. However, it is the second in internal chronological sequence following Crusade and is the first in a... Read more
Published on Jan 3 2003 by Arthur W. Jordin

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much science
While this is a fun adventure story and I really liked it, it does fall short when compared to Weber's Honor series. Read more
Published on Oct 16 2002 by General Pete

3.0 out of 5 stars I suppose you have to be a Starfire fan...
I was (mostly) disappointed in this novel, as I was (mostly) disappointed in INSURRECTION and CRUSADE, but that did not stop me from reading them, and having trouble putting them... Read more
Published on Aug 14 2002 by drewster

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply grand!
People have critisized David Weber in the past for his tendency of killing off the 'big' characters in his stories and for not having enough charactor development. Read more
Published on Jul 15 2002 by Harvey Henkelmann

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