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Blood Vengeance (War World)

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I have been reading avidly Jerry's War World books for years ( Not easy in the UK ), and to read a full novel rather than short stories was a great pleasure. The story is very well written and readable ( I have now read it many times, normally in one sitting ). The main characters are easy to identify with and follow, and the story has many intresting strands. Those of you that are War World fans will enjoy the twist within, which really confuses you of whom are the Goodies ( The HaBandari ) or the Baddies ( The Saurons ). At the end of the story you are no longer quite sure. It begs for a sequal. What will Sharku do about the HaBandari? Has the Sauron eye finally awoken? What will the tribes do to the HaBandari? Has finally the Saurons realised that the Havonites are worthy to call allies? Come on Jerry get on with, I am dying to know. I can recommend this book to any SF/War fan, if you have not read a War World book it does not matter that much, and could addict you to the series.

I have read all the WAR WORLD series, and it is hard say which is the best. "BLOOD FUED" and "BLOOD VENGEANCE" are both excellant and are a continuation of the overall, ongoing plot. The only disapointments are the deaths of some of the major players and the "yet-to-be-published sequel. So come on guys......where do Hammer-Of-God Jackson, Karl, Sannie and the unnamed babies go next???

It saddens me that we will probably never get closure on this group of characters or storyline. S.M. Stirling's website doesn't even list this book under his bibliography, and I haven't seen any sign that new work is underway from Jerry Pournelle's website.

This series is epic with the haBandari vs. Saurons. It deserves some kind of closure and shame of the author's for not finding a way to finish it.