Crusade (2) (Starfire)

First of all, I want to say that this is a verry good book. The charicters are not as developed as possible, but that is not what I look for in a book. The Thebans atack Orion ships under Human names, and so the Humans have to defend their honor. However, I would like to read of the Human Orion Wars (ISW-1) and all the others in betwene. In all, a good book, with good potential for prequils.

Lets face it..the plot and charicters arent that deep, but I dont think thats the purpose. Nor are the incredibaly losses Weber creates (which is my personal belife that it IS the future of war.) The focal point are some awesome space battles. Like, really, really great ones. No other sci-fi author I have ever read has quite a grasp on destroying space navies that Weber. Note: Oreder of books you should read:Crusaid In Death Ground Insurrection

These books are so much fun to read you don't even worry about the iconsistencies, stock characters, contempt for democracy and civil rule, and unbelievably profligate waste of life and equipment. I mean, how many superdreadnoughts can one navy lose, for cryin' out loud! Even with all this, notice I gave the book 5 stars. That's simply because it carried me on such a wild, breakneck ride that I didn't just not have time to notice any of these lackings, I DID NOT CARE! Good stuff, kids!

Superior sweeping space opera novel. If you are familiar with the game StarFire...this is for you, required reading. If you are not familiar with the StarFire universe, this novel does an superb introduction to this universe. The Theban religious jihad motivation, corrupt Theban theocracy, morally confused Theban military, and the characters on both sides are fleshed in as real people. The Orion code of Honor is explained and their motivations. The Thebans thought they had to save Terra even if they had to kill the humans to help them save themselves from the demon Khanate of Orion. Enough explosions, technology tricks, grand strategy and small personal incidents against the background of a major interstellar war to keep me reading....the generous treaty is similar to that ending the war with Imperial Japan in 1945, a costly invasion avoided. If you are a military historian or a hard core military SCI FI type, this is required reading....A much superior effort to the current release, "In Death Ground"