Eagle Against The Stars [Mass Market Paperback]

Steve White (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

When the Lokaron discovered Earth, they picked America to use as their puppet in dominating the planet. They weren't evil; they just insisted, backed up by irresistible weapons, that we trade with them. They played fair -- by their rules -- but if they didn't own something, it would mean they didn't want it. At first we tried to fight, but when the ones with the guns say "Let's trade!" it means "Trade or bleed, " even if you eventually aren't going to have a country -- or a planet -- left. But worms turn, and like the Europeans a century ago, the Lokaron were going to learn a hard lesson from their victims....

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"Highly recommended . . . exciting extraterrestrial battle scenes served up with a measure of thought and science". -- Kliatt

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671578464
• ISBN-13: 978-0671578466
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good space opera, February 1, 2000

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Paul M. Dellinger (Wytheville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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I disagree with some of the earlier comments. I found "Eagle Against the Stars" a pretty fair space opera, reminiscent of Raymond Jones' classic "This Island, Earth" (the book, not the movie, although the movie wasn't bad) with its alien contact theme and the role the humans end up playing in it. So what if the author has an agenda? So do novels ranging from Patricia Cornwell's police stories to "The Destroyer" series. The question is: are they engaging enough to entertain or enlighten? I enjoy White's political incorrectness, even if I disagree with bits of it. As for the woman being the lesser character because she is identified by a perky nickname, she seemed to me more dominant and sensible than the male lead. This book was fun.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alien Politics, December 2, 2010

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Arthur W. Jordin (Smyrna, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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Eagle Against the Stars (2000) is a standalone SF novel. It is set several decades from now on Earth. Aliens have appeared and all man's technology cannot touch the Lokaron ships. Man is not alone in the universe nor is he superior to the aliens.

In this novel, Ben Roark is a former CIA operative. He lost his woman during an operation against the Lokaron. Now he is vegetating on Grand Cayman island.

Henry Havelock is an executive within the Company. He deals directly with Kinsella.

Colleen Kinsella is Director of the Company, reporting directly to the president. She is working on getting a position in the ruling Central Committee.

In this story, Havelock travels to Grand Cayman to offer Ben a job. Although Ben is not initially interested, Havelock mentions that it would target the Lokaron. Ben cannot refuse that offer and goes with Havelock to the airport.

As they are approaching the Company plane, four men attack them with automatic weapons. One of Havelock's guard is hit, but the other returns fire. Then a fuel truck is hit and bursts into flames.

Havelock uses a Lokaron laser weapon to take out the attackers. Then he kills a witness and they board the Company plane. Havelock is going back to Washington, but Ben will change planes in Miami and fly to Area 51 to be briefed on the operation.

Havelock meets with Kinsella and convinces her to continue the operation. Afterward, he returns to his rooms and appears to go to sleep. But later he sneaks out for another meeting.

Meanwhile, the Eaglemen underground is infiltrating the Company. The Lokaron have an human informer in their custody. And one group of aliens is planning a coup d'etat.

This tale follows the machinations of Havelock in promoting his own power. Then Ben meets someone who he thought was dead. He also meets a Lokaron and learns that the situation is not what he thought is was.

This story is action packed, but shallow. The alien situation is lifted from human history and fleshed out with xenological details. Yet the tale held my interest and cost me some sleep.

Recommended for White fans and for anyone else who enjoys armed combat, political intrigue, and pragmatic warriors. Read and enjoy!

-Arthur W. Jordin

16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Forget negative Leftie reviews and have a good read., February 5, 2000

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M. Stephenson (McHenry, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed this book with NO apologies. Comments about it being slowly paced have me wondering whether other reviewers even read the same book. What I read was something like Tom Clancy meets "Earth: Final Conflict," with some great, slam-bang space opera riffs thrown in toward the end.

I found some of the tone of "Eagle Against the Stars" reminiscent of 40s & 50s Heinlein, which I consider a strong compliment since most of what Heinlein wrote from "Stranger In A Strange Land" on isn't much worth reading anyway.

The political commentary is a bit heavy handed at times, but that doesn't mean it's off target by any means. Political satire always exaggerates the essential truths about a candidate, a movement or an institution, which is probably why those on the Left will find endless reasons for hating this book, couched of course in criticisms about pacing, character, action, etc. Don't believe it. This is an entertaining, fast-paced SF action/intrigue story for those of us who still believe that turning this nation into a politically correct, Green-dominated, social-democratic paradise would pretty much suck what's left of the American spirit out of our society. Thank God the Lokaron arrived when they did.