Vengeance of Orion

In the second Orion book Orion gets to do the way back in the past thing quite a bit. More specifically, in Troy with the Greeks, and also in ancient Egypt. Throughout this he is getting a bit tired of being a super-pawn, but this does not really please his Light Side overseer, you could say.

I thought Vengeance of Orion was actually better than the first in the series (Orion). In Vengeance of Orion, Orion leads the Greeks to victory over Troy, the Israelites to victory over Jericho and prevents a royal conspiracy in ancient Egypt. Bova obviously did a lot of research into the events covered and the storyline is eminently believable. Like the first novel, Vengeance is more like historical fiction than science fiction, in fact there is very little interference from the Creators or others this time.

Interesting book. The main character, Orion, was created by powerful god-like human beings from the far future. Orion is a tool of these god-like beings, specifically, one that Orion calls the Golden One (aka Apollo). Orion is tired of being a pawn, he wants to forge his own destiny and choose his own life but the Golden One won't stand for it. It's any interesting novel as Orion tries to thwart the Golden One's plans of rewriting history during the Trojan War. Orion doesn't do this out of a sense of right or wrong (even though he is a generally good guy) or to fix the timeline. Orion does this to hurt the Golden One because Orion is tired of being used, he wants his freedom.Vengeance of Orion indeed.I like this book because we see a character resisting fate and destiny. Even though this is science fiction, I do get tired of fantasy characters accepting their fate as they are drawn into a destiny they MUST fulfill. Vengeance of Orion is refreshing.Note: This is the second in the Orion series. Orion was the first novel and Vengeance is followed by Orion in the Dying Time. There are five books in this series thus far but, as of this writing, I've only read the first three. Good stuff.

"Vengeance of Orion" is a pretty good adventurenovel, with interesting interpretations of Troy and Jericho. My onlyreal complaint is that I was ready to scream if he mentioned that he either "wanted to kill the Golden One" or moaned over his Creator girlfriend one more time. Other than those minor points, I would highly recommend it. END

Sent back in time, to the Trojan War, Orion must fight against great odds to gain the respect of the Achains, and the Creators. The Golden One sends many hurdles for Orion to climb over. Athene is the one thing that keeps Orion from giving up.