The Course Of Empire
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (921 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743471547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Give this book a HUGO: Course of Empire is brilliant" according to Walt Boyes. Take two authors known to be among the most capable at creating believable and completely inhuman and nonhuman aliens, and ask them to write together. What do you get? You get creativity squared. You get _Course of Empire_ by Eric Flint and K.D. Wentworth.This book deserves nomination for the Hugo and Nebula awards. It is a deceptively old-fashioned plot: aliens conquer the Earth and what happens later. But the aliens are real _people_ -- not human. C. Craig Coleman said Extremely Powerful Sci-fi. The Course of Empire is one of if not the best sci-fi book I've ever read. That said, the first three pages had so may alien words without explanation, I almost stopped reading it. The more I read, the better it got. The scope of this book is phenomenal, not just in the spacial concepts but in the unique view of humanity from alien perception filtered through their concepts of life. The depth of character building, galactic relationships, novel app. "Not as good as Flint's other work" according to CP. This was reasonably strong debut to the series. Interesting world-building, interesting alien cultures, engaging plot. Characterization was a bit weak - not nearly as engaging as Eric Flint's other work. Overall, this reads a lot like many of Amazon's direct-to-Kindle books, rather than like the work of a more experienced author screened and supported by a regular publishing housing. Interesting plot but without the depth and detail that makes a st
Unfortunately the Ekhat have sent a genocidal extermination fleet to the solar system and Earth's only hope is in the hands of a young Jao prince and a young female human.. The Earth has been under the alien tyranny of the Jao for twenty years
From Publishers Weekly Can a proud and warlike people find common cause with their alien conquerors in the face of a greater danger? That's the question that military SF ace Flint (1633) and two-time Nebula Award finalist Wentworth (This Fair Land) ask in this thought-provoking far-future novel. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. After defeating the human species, some of the sea lion-like Jao consider finishing off the job through mass asteroid strikes. Building to an exhilarating conclusion, this book cries out for a sequel. The Ekhat presents a truly alien threa