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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Another good read. The universe didn't get any more complex & the story line continued quite logically, except for the 'hidden' person I mentioned in my last review. I found the reasons for that & the character's reasoning behind it to be weak. It wasn't the person I suspected, either.Again, the book has plenty of action & good characters. Well worth the few hours it takes to read. (  ) jimmaclachlan | Sep 25, 2009 |  The premise: for the fourth book in the series, I'm pulling from BN.com: After orchestrating a galaxy-wide failure of the communications network owned and maintained by the powerful ISC corporation, Turek and his marauders strike swiftly and without mercy. First they shatter Vatta Transport. Then they overrun entire star systems, growing stronger and bolder. No one is safe from the pirate fleet. But while they continue to move forward with their diabolical plan, they have made two critical mistakes. Their first mistake was killing Kylara Vatta’s family. Their second mistake was leaving her alive. Now Kylara is going to make them pay. But with a “fleet” consisting of only three ships–including her flagship, the Vanguard, a souped-up merchant cruiser–Kylara needs allies, and fast. Because even though she possesses the same coveted communication technology as the enemy, she has nowhere near their numbers or firepower. Meanwhile, as Kylara’s cousin Stella tries to bring together the shattered pieces of the family trading empire, new treachery is unfolding at ISC headquarters, where undercover agent Rafael Dunbarger, estranged son of the corporation’s CEO, is trying to learn why the damaged network is not beingrepaired. What he discovers will send shock waves across the galaxy and crashing into Kylara’s newly christened Space Defense Force at the worst possible moment. My Rating Worth the Cash: there's a part of me that wants to say the 4th book is the best so far, but that's because it really utilizes its cast to tell the bigger, more epic story. You really get to see how different pieces of the puzzle fit together and you really start to see a bigger picture in terms of story. Each POV character had an interesting storyline, but much of what made those storylines so interesting was the build-up from the three previous books. Still, I'm enjoying the series so far, and I've only got one book to go. I continue to be impressed with the cast of characters and how each character has a solid story and goal, and of course, the world-building continues to fascinate. Granted, I wouldn't recommend STARTING with this book--if you're interested, you MUST start with the first of the series, Trading in Danger, and work your way up. But it's worth it: the books seem to steadily improve with each volume, and that's always encouraging. Review style: stream-of-conscious this time, because Moon's pretty consistent and I don't have a whole awful lot to say about this particular title. No spoilers. If you're interested, the link to my LJ is below. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome. :) REVIEW: Elizabeth Moon's COMMAND DECISION Happy Reading! (  ) devilwrites | Sep 10, 2009 | I do like Vatta. This one has Ky on her own and pushing (what she thinks are) her limits; Stella ditto; and Rafe being pushed well beyond his limits and hanging in there. It's very much a story-in-progress - a lot of events depend heavily for understanding on knowing the previous books, and while it ends with things temporarily calm it's more a turning point than any kind of conclusion. Basically, this book gets all the pieces in place for some fast and furious work in the last book (I read it but don't recall the details of the action, but it's obvious the sort of thing that's coming). Good stuff. As usual, Moon presents very realistic characters with solid motivations (however odd) and vivid descriptions of situations and events. Very rich. ( ) jjmcgaffey | Sep 10, 2009 | gwyneira | May 19, 2009 | Elizabeth Moon takes the standard elements of Space Opera--FTL drives, ansible communications, scattered (and largely independent) nation-state planets, nasty pirates, slavers, privateers, mercenaries--and mixes them a bit differently than is common in the genre. Her isolated cultures, in particular, are exceptionally well-considered and consistently drawn. She's also got a knack for story-telling that's really quite delightful. I suspect she's coined a new common element to the Space Opera canon, by the way: Many of her stories have super-competent grandmotherly types who play fairy godmother to their charges. Great fun. In this story (I'm trying to avoid spoilers), the series' three principal characters spend quite a bit of time coming to terms with their unexpected leadership roles in their family businesses. They're fairly, but not entirely, successful. Fun book. ( ) jowo | Apr 17, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345491599, Hardcover)With the Vatta’s War series, award-winning author Elizabeth Moon has claimed a place alongside such preeminent writers of military science fiction as David Weber and Lois McMaster Bujold. Now Moon is back–and so is her butt-kicking, take-no-prisoners heroine, Kylara Vatta. Once the black-sheep scion of a prosperous merchant family, Kylara now leads a motley space force dedicated to the defeat of a rapacious pirate empire led by the mysterious Gammis Turek.After orchestrating a galaxy-wide failure of the communications network owned and maintained by the powerful ISC corporation, Turek and his marauders strike swiftly and without mercy. First they shatter Vatta Transport. Then they overrun entire star systems, growing stronger and bolder. No one is safe from the pirate fleet. But while they continue to move forward with their diabolical plan, they have made two critical mistakes. Their first mistake was killing Kylara Vatta’s family. Their second mistake was leaving her alive. Now Kylara is going to make them pay. But with a “fleet” consisting of only three ships–including her flagship, the Vanguard, a souped-up merchant cruiser–Kylara needs allies, and fast. Because even though she possesses the same coveted communication technology as the enemy, she has nowhere near their numbers or firepower. Meanwhile, as Kylara’s cousin Stella tries to bring together the shattered pieces of the family trading empire, new treachery is unfolding at ISC headquarters, where undercover agent Rafael Dunbarger, estranged son of the corporation’s CEO, is trying to learn why the damaged network is not being repaired. What he discovers will send shock waves across the galaxy and crashing into Kylara’s newly christened Space Defense Force at the worst possible moment. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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