Drifter's War [Paperback]

William C. Dietz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1992

Third in the national bestselling author's Drifter series. As an alien war shatters the galactic empire, both sides want Pik Lando's high-tech drift ship-minus Lando.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Ace; First Edition edition (November 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441168159
• ISBN-13: 978-0441168156
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,877,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty science fiction novels some of which have been translated into German, Russian, and Japanese. He grew up in the Seattle area, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a medic, graduated from the University of Washington, lived in Africa for half a year, and has traveled to six continents. Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer and Director of Public Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company. He writes full-time and lives with his wife in Washington State. For more information about William C. Dietz and his work visit: williamcdietz.com

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars Action without Immersion, November 4, 2010

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Judah (Terre Haute In USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drifter's War (Pik Lando 3) (Paperback)

The story picks up right where the last book leaves off, but it's more summary than suspense. I think this author got a little too lazy about telling and not showing, especially in the later half of the novel where everything is summarized. I still don't understand how exactly the Drifter ship ended up at it's final (end book) destination given who is the real 'owner' of the ship.

Anyway, I'd only read this if you liked the earlier volumes of the series, and even then, don't expect much.

On a personal note, one of the things that really annoyed me about the novel was one of the main alien characters is named Wexial, which constantly reminded me of the magic card Wrexial, the Risen Deep - Worldwake Mythic Rare and generally made the story much harder to get into.

3.0 out of 5 stars How to ruin a good story., September 17, 2010

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Hurricane Dan (Central Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drifter's War (Pik Lando 3) (Paperback)

This is the third book a series that was lots of fun. But at a point that seemed to be about half way through the story, it seems like the author got tired of writing and just summed up the entire last half of it. This ruined the entire series for me.

4.0 out of 5 stars The fun continues!, September 11, 2009

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Timothy Wical - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drifter's War (Paperback)

If you have read the first two books, read this one too! Just as good, just as fun, great for fun reading. Not recommended for kiddos, but I suppose if you can get your kid to read in this internet/video game world I'd let them read this. Enjoy!