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Loading... Marque of Caine (2019)by Charles E. Gannon
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  Tom-e | Nov 7, 2023 |   This is the fifth of the Caine Riordan series and I didn't finish it. Caine Riordan believes that progress is Darwinian. He fears that lack of aggression leads directly to senility and inevitable stagnation, and that weak cultures are passive, feminized, and doomed. I don't believe any of that nonsense. Mr. Gannon's use of the subjunctive is erratic. Some of his sentences must be read twice to be understood. His characters always say the entire long names of stars and planets, some of which have unlikely names. There is even anti-Semetic imagery tossed in. Even if I were not revolted I would find the text painful to read. I received a review copy of "Marque of Caine" by Charles E. Gannon from Baen Books through SFRevu.com. It first appeared online in the June 2021 issue. (  ) Dokfintong | Jul 5, 2021 | That's not bad. We have his quest to find the mother of his child, the ongoing mystery of a very powerful alien race that has something in mind for him, and a ton of political intrigue in the wider universe that will either spell survival or doom for the human race. Not bad. Add a ton of interesting reveals about that alien species, gather together a rag-tag crew of ex-soldiers on a de-mothballed ship, and we've got ourselves the Odyssey. With virtual realms, real-space, and risky ventures all around. There is no real wrap up, but as they always say, the adventure is in the journey, not the destination. (  ) bradleyhorner | Jun 1, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Book 5 in the critically acclaimed Caine Riordan science fiction series by three-time Nebula nominee Charles E. Gannon. Science fiction on a grand scale. Prequels Raising Caine, Trial by Fire and Fire with Fire were all Nebula Award finalists. Charles E. Gannon is also the winner of the Compton Crook Award and a Dragon Award nominee. It's been two years since Caine Riordan was relieved of his command for following both his orders and his conscience. Now he's finally received the message he's been waiting for: a summons to visit the ancient and enigmatic Dornaani. And this time, making direct contact is not just professional, but personal: the Dornaani still have his mortally-wounded love, Elena Corcoran, in their unthinkably advanced medical facilities. But instead of arranging a swift reunion, Riordan's new Dornaani hosts are not only disinterested in human affairs, but are in such social disarray that they have lost track of Elena's surgical cryocell. Riordan must blaze his own trail through dying and dangerous worlds to find the mother of his child, her fate as uncertain as the true agenda of the Dornaani leaders. However, as new clues and new threats push Caine's quest beyond the edge of known space, he discovers that the Dornaani empire is not merely decaying; there are subtle signs that its decline is being accelerated from without. Which means that rescuing Elena is just half the mission: Riordan must report that the Dornaani collapse is not only being engineered, but that it is the prelude to a far more malign scheme: To clear a path for a foe bent on destroying Earth. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). .No library descriptions found. |
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The action moves us from the warm seas of the Bahamas to a simulated universe in a distant star system. Gannon’s Consolidated Terran Republic is a world where “change was always uneven in distribution and irregular timing. Plenty still varied along social lines. Tidiness was transient.” This untidiness keeps his world believable and relatable. Even his ancient alien mentors seem fuddled at times.
But such a messy sprawl of a world has its downside. As almost every reviewer notes, this 500-page tome is too long and may put some readers into as deep a coma as poor Elena. But the action, with its clever critters and tech, kept me up and at it. (