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Imserba Webstore - Galactic Corps: Book Two of the Inheritance Trilogy
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Manufacturer: Eos
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061238628
ISBN: 0061238627
Label: Eos
Manufacturer: Eos
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Publisher: Eos
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Studio: Eos
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Summary: Getting Repetitive
Comment: I've read all the books up to and including this latest. While I like the alien encounters and technology advancements they take too much of a backseat to a few things that take up nearly every book.
1) Training of Marines. I don't want to hear about it and read it for the 8th time.
2) Fighting on the ground - Boring and the same in every book. The fighting decisions from the ships are more interesting.
3) XUL - Why just focus on them. We've met other races ... took their technology and now we don't include them? Boring. And the XUL are just too easy considering their technology.
These could be all great books but he puts too much repetitive filler in each one of them.
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Summary: Another great book
Comment: Another great book in the series. You should read the books in order but they provide you with a time line in case you decided to start with this one. Well worth your money.
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Summary: More of the same but very entertaining
Comment: The second in the Ian Douglas's Inheritance trilogy is well written and quite enjoyable. As in his previous novels he continues to write very detailed battles while introducing advances in miltary technology that he weaves throughout the story. He gives very detailed descriptions of astronomical phenomana relevant to the plot though at times it seemed to slow the the pace of the book. He introduces a new view of the Xul which seems like a nice segway into the next book. The development of the main characters has given more depth to the series and helps to propel the story. Overall, a solid piece of military sc-fi.
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Summary: In which our heroes go to the center of the galaxy, see new and interesting enemies, and blow things up
Comment: This series is, by the way, the second-best thing to come out of Ancient Astronauts (the first being the Stargate series).
Galactic Corps is the second novel of the Inheritance trilogy, featuring the continued struggle of humanity, spearheaded by the Marine Corps, against the Xul, incredibly ancient aliens that slaughter any emerging sentients to avoid competition. This trilogy follows the exploits of the First Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Force (1MIEF) as it takes the fight to the Xul in a desperate attempt to keep them from attacking human worlds. This installment sees the 1MIEF and its allies (the mathematical octopi Eulers, primarily) fighting the Xul and hatching a daring plan to hit the Xul in the very center of their strength.
The fights are very vividly portrayed, and are quite enjoyable. Also enjoyable is the author's use of known astronomical phenomena into the plot, such as why the suspected supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy still can't be detected. The author includes a brief timeline at the start of this novel, to help the reader.
Some areas were problematic, though. Once again, we have more political maneuvering that seems set to destroy the Corps. This gets old after a while, and really should be left out for the next book. Also, the Xul are portrayed as a bit more hapless than you'd think they'd be. Granted, the portrayal has stayed roughly the same for the last three novels, and the humans really need to have a fighting chance...but you'd think a thousand mile-long warships would be more than able to deal with a human task force before it could run.
All in all, though, a quite enjoyable read for any mil-SF fan. If you haven't read the previous seven novels, you'll want to read those first.
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