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By calling a temporary truce, Derek Sagan and the rebels thwarted the alien Corasian invasion. Enemies once again, the rebels have resumed their defiance and Sagan has retumed to his campaign to topple the corrupt galactic government. He plans to set up Dion as king of the Starfire dynasty--and to place himself as the ruling power behind the throne. On a remote planetary sinkhole of sin and corruption, a small weapon-barely ten centimeters on a side--is hidden. If activated, this seemingly show more harmless crystal cube could tear a hole in the universe. . .and destroy the fabric of creation. Sagan wants it. Lady Maigrey wants it. And so does Abdiel, a cruel genius who commands a drugged army of mindless slaves. And now Dion is caught in this momentous struggle as he faces his greatest trial yet in his battle to gain the interstellar throne. show lessTags
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The writing is always good, just the teenager doingbwhat teens always do was boring!
Oct09:
I just couldn't make it through it. Everything was just way too boring and predictable.
The only thing worthwhile were the enemy aliens. They were unique and interesting to an extent. And yet since they were a hive there really weren't any characters.
I gave up at the half way point. (I know I've read it before, but I'll be danged if I remember why exactly.)
I just couldn't make it through it. Everything was just way too boring and predictable.
The only thing worthwhile were the enemy aliens. They were unique and interesting to an extent. And yet since they were a hive there really weren't any characters.
I gave up at the half way point. (I know I've read it before, but I'll be danged if I remember why exactly.)
I normally associate these authors with fantasy, but this is a really fun space opera trilogy. A bit depressing, though. Still, lots of action with blood swords & blood space ships - only those of a specific breeding or something can operate these super weapons. If you liked [a:Simon R. Green|41942|Simon R. Green|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1224555729p2/41942.jpg]'s [b:Deathstalker|629068|Deathstalker (Deathstalker, #1)|Simon R. Green|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1257708375s/629068.jpg|604598] series, you'd probably like this which predates it, although only by a decade or so, as I recall. I liked both, but have no urge to re-read them.
Star Wars-y yarn with flaming swords, genetically-engineered royalty and an Evil Republic follows the heir to the throne on his rise to power.
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Margaret Weis was born on March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 1970. She worked for Herald Publishing House, starting as a proofreader and leaving as the editorial director of their trade press division. In 1983, she went to work for TSR, Inc., the company responsible for numerous role-playing show more games including Dungeons and Dragons. At TSR, she was part of the design team responsible for the creation of the DragonLance saga, which lead to the DragonLance fantasy series of books. She collaborated with Tracy Hickman to write many of the books. She is also the author of the Star of the Guardian series, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Darksword Trilogy. In addition to writing, she is the owner and president of Mag Force 7, which produces collectible trading card games. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- King's Test
- Original title
- King's Test
- Original publication date
- 1991
- People/Characters
- Derek Sagan; Lady Maigrey; Dion Starfire; Abdiel
- Dedication
- To Raoul and the little one
I've been waiting at these damn
RR tracks since midnight!
Where are you? - First words
- Outside, in the passageway that ran parallel to the hangar deck, the Warlord waited—silent, patient.
- Original language
- English
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- 6 — Czech, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 3
