The titanic war between the elemental alien hydrogues and faeros continues to sweep across the Spiral Arm, extinguishing suns and destroying planets. Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter must now unify the human race with iron-fisted policies in a final bid to stand together -- or face total annihilation. But disparate civilizations are forging new alliances that threaten the old order. The Roamer and Theron clans will not yield their independence, and the new Mage-Imperator Jora'h now faces a threat that no other Ildiran leader has ever seen -- a civil war that could break apart the entire Empire.
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A Forest of Stars is book two of Kevin J Anderson's widescreen space opera "The Saga of Seven Suns", which began with Hidden Empire. The story so far is given in some detail for new readers. Briefly, unwise human tampering has roused the wrath of the near-invincible alien "hydrogues" who live within gas-giant planets, to the delight of the more humanlike Ildiran Empire who would love to see those bumptious Terrans taken down a peg. But soon the hydrogue clampdown on mining starship fuel from those gas giants threatens to bring ruin to the whole galactic economy, not just to humanity's corporate "Hanseatic League" and its breakaway factions.
Now it emerges that the hydrogue problem is a very old one, and that humans and Ildirans are minor players--"like field mice on a giant battleground"--in an ancient war of elementals. The awakened hydrogues (Air) are determined to finish the job of wiping out the helpless-seeming forest group-mind (Earth) already introduced in book one, and in this volume the representatives of Fire and Water begin to stir...
The slam-bang action follows many characters in many story strands. Independent human Roamers, mining fuel at frightful risk, come into conflict with the desperate League, which also feels forced into brutal oppression of its own colonies. A cruel, illicit Ildiran/human breeding experiment continues in secret. Sinister robots created by a vanished race plot their own enormities, while a matter-transmitter network built by that same race could be the answer to the fuel shortage. Dirty politics and unwilling marriages of convenience abound. Space fleets face impossible odds, whole planets are wrecked, and even suns are now at risk of oblivion.
It's all rip-roaring interstellar adventure with megadeaths aplenty, lashings of pyrotechnics, the occasional touch of romance and doom-laden forebodings of worse to come. Stay tuned for more of "The Saga of Seven Suns". --David Langford -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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The titanic war between the elemental alien hydrogues and faeros continues to sweep across the Spiral Arm, extinguishing suns and destroying planets. Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter must now unify the human race with iron-fisted policies in a final bid to stand together -- or face total annihilation. But disparate civilizations are forging new alliances that threaten the old order. The Roamer and Theron clans will not yield their independence, and the new Mage-Imperator Jora'h now faces a threat that no other Ildiran leader has ever seen -- a civil war that could break apart the entire Empire.
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Kevin J. Anderson hat mit der Saga der 7 Sonnen ein spannendes, unglaublich belebtes Universum geschaffen. Im 2ten Teil der Reihe wird die Lage von Menschen und Ildiranern noch schwieriger, aber auch neue Verbündete tauchen auf. Das Verhältnis von Wenceslas und König Peter wird immer angespannter, die Klikiss-Roboter bieten eine Unterstützung in diesem galaxisumfassenden Krieg an. Den Ildiranern wird der eigene Nidergang schmerzhaft bewusst, Roamer und Theronen merken, dass auch sie mit der Hanse zusammenarbeiten müssen, um gemeinsam zu überleben. Insgesamt schafft es Anderson von der ersten Seite an zu fesseln, diese Spaceopera glänzt durch Herz, Humor, Spannung, einer Menge sehr gut gezeichneter Charaktere, vielen Schauplätzen und einer Menge Action. Ich kann jedem, der das erste Buch gelesen hat, nur empfehlen sich die Fortsetzung nicht entgehen zu lassen. Gleich vorweg- es besteht Suchtgefahr.
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Before I review this particular book, I'd like to give you a very short summary of all books within this saga and their order for easier reference:
The Saga Of Seven Suns
Book 1 - Hidden Empire (5 of 5 stars) Link: Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns)
Book 2 - Forest of Stars (5 of 5 stars) Link: Forest of Stars (Saga of Seven Suns)
Book 3 - Horizon Storms (5 of 5 stars)
Book 4 - Scattered Suns (5 of 5 stars) Link: Scattered Suns (Saga of Seven Suns 4)
Book 5 - Of Fire And Night (5 of 5 stars) Link: Of Fire and Night (Saga of Seven Suns 5)
Book 6 - Metal Swarm (3 of 5 stars) Link: Metal Swarm
Book 7 - The Ashes Of Worlds (4 of 5 stars) Link: The Ashes of Worlds: The Saga of Seven Suns Volume 7 (Saga of the Seven Suns 7)
Even though this saga had its downs I highly recommend it to every sci-fi fan out there. I've never had such a thrilling and fun time reading any book before! You will most likely not be disappointed!
Book 3 - Horizon Storm
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After finishing the first two books I thought there was no way that Kevin J. Anderson could get any better... but he managed the impossible. This book is so tense and fun to read that my eyes started to water and I was forced to stop. I've sincerely never read anything better than this saga... ever! If you like sci-fi and space operas, you owe it to yourself to buy this saga!
The only down-side to this book is the continued love-story between two characters that gets really annoying and illogical. Apart from that, this book belongs in every book collection!
The Saga Of Seven Suns
Book 1 - Hidden Empire (5 of 5 stars) Link: Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns)
Book 2 - Forest of Stars (5 of 5 stars) Link: Forest of Stars (Saga of Seven Suns)
Book 3 - Horizon Storms (5 of 5 stars)
Book 4 - Scattered Suns (5 of 5 stars) Link: Scattered Suns (Saga of Seven Suns 4)
Book 5 - Of Fire And Night (5 of 5 stars) Link: Of Fire and Night (Saga of Seven Suns 5)
Book 6 - Metal Swarm (3 of 5 stars) Link: Metal Swarm
Book 7 - The Ashes Of Worlds (4 of 5 stars) Link: The Ashes of Worlds: The Saga of Seven Suns Volume 7 (Saga of the Seven Suns 7)
Even though this saga had its downs I highly recommend it to every sci-fi fan out there. I've never had such a thrilling and fun time reading any book before! You will most likely not be disappointed!
Book 3 - Horizon Storm
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After finishing the first two books I thought there was no way that Kevin J. Anderson could get any better... but he managed the impossible. This book is so tense and fun to read that my eyes started to water and I was forced to stop. I've sincerely never read anything better than this saga... ever! If you like sci-fi and space operas, you owe it to yourself to buy this saga!
The only down-side to this book is the continued love-story between two characters that gets really annoying and illogical. Apart from that, this book belongs in every book collection!
Von "mikos102"
Format:Taschenbuch
One of the best sience fiction sagas I've read so far. Stunning, intelligent, you just can't stop reading. At the same level as Isaac Asimovs Robot and Empire books. I am waiting impatiently for the fourth book, hurry up, Kevin!
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