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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not too proud to enjoy a good space opera.,
This review is from: Conquerors' Pride (The Conquerors Saga, Book One) (Paperback)
Although I found the book difficult to get into during the first hundred pages, by the end I had been transformed into a chronic page turner. The characters all grew on you, the plot kept you reading, and the Zhirzh were a well constructed and truly alien culture. It may not be in the same league as Asimov, Doc Smith, or Herbert, but it will make you want to read the next installment. A good job by an extremely talented writer.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Conquerors' Pride (The Conquerors Saga, Book One) (Paperback)
With the first book of the Conqueror's trilogy, Zahn sets the mood for a gripping and exciting saga. When a fleet of human ships encounters a previously unknown species, they transmit a standard 'first contact' communication package. The aliens instantly open fire and destroy the entire task force in six minutes. As the human government moves towards war the saga focuses on the Cavanaugh family and thier involvement in the war. Zahn's development of specific technologies was facinating and unique. It is rare to find anyone in the SF field who can truely come up with anything new. If you are a SF fan I highly recommend that you read this book.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A thrillig Military Sci-Fi book.,
By Andrew (Vermont) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conquerors' Pride (The Conquerors Saga, Book One) (Paperback)
Conqueror's Pride is the first book in a well conceived trilogy. Commander Pheylan Cavanagh, in charge of a space task force encounter a new race of aliens, and attempt to make first contact. However, when the radio package is sent over the airwaves, the mysterious aliens attack the force, destroying all of the ships and escape pods, save for Commander Pheylan Cavanagh's pod. They find him and take him prisoner. In the meantime, Cavanagh's father finds out about the disaster and uses his influence to organize a task force to find out what happened to his son and his fleet. Among his forces are Copperheads, fighter pilots who use an interlink to fly. They then set out to find out what happened. Cavanagh has been taken prisoner, and Zahn writes out this well. His discriptions of the aliens, who come in periotically to check up on Cavanagh and to study him, are well done. As Cavanagh learns more, we learn more, and soon he is plotting his escape from the aliens. What happens is that he escapes, and a war is about to be fought between the Humans and the aliens. Zahn does a great job with this book. It's top-notch Sci-Fi writing, down to the technical and social details of a galactic civilization. Along with the action, Zahn throws politics in, and plays with that well. The senators don't want to find out what happened, and Cavanagh's father has to play behind the scenes illegaly to get a task force together. The first contact situation is also well done, as I mentioned above. The aliens don't quite know what to make of Pheylan and probe him for his mentality and personallity. A well done book.
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