The Blackcollar [Paperback]

Timothy Zahn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: DAW (July 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879979593
• ISBN-13: 978-0879979591
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,949,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zahn's Best Work!, August 3, 2003

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This review is from: The Blackcollar (Paperback)

This and the Spinneret book are Zahn's best (he eventually lost me in the Cobra series & Coming of Age). This is action-packed and suspenseful. The Blackcollar, with their super-human reflexes were man's last hope against the alien invaders. This is the story of their guerrilla war against that enemy - and their human nemesis, Galway, who is attempting to prevent the Blackcollar from doing greater damage to mankind than has already been done by the aliens. Excellent.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mixture of science fiction and martial arts, March 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Blackcollar (Paperback)

If you enjoy science fiction mixed with martial arts, as well as a book with plenty of action, this book is for you. It's companion novel, "The Backlash Mission", is also a worthwhile read. After re-reading the novels for the -nth- time recently, I'm ready for the (long awaited) third novel in the series!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not Zahn's best, March 14, 2003

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Ben (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Blackcollar (Paperback)

This was a good book. A fun book. UNfortunately, it doesn't quite live up to Zahn's potential. Everything else of his I've read has a lot of gray areas. Not this one. It's just Blackcollars good, alien conspirators bad. This was still a fun book, and I highly recommend it, it just didn't have that great sense of balance that his other books, like Cobra, or Angelmass have.