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Europa Strike: Book Three Of The Heritage Trilogy [Kindle Edition]

Ian Douglas
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"Well researched and quite imaginative." -- -- CNN Online

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2040: Ruins of ancient civilization uncovered on Mars reveal startling truths about the creation of humankind.

2042: In the gray dust of the Earth's Moon, an extinct enslaving race left behind more answers, more questions...and a grim warning.

2067: As Earth's warring factions clash in space for scraps of alien technology, a strange artifact lies trapped beneath the ice-locked oceans of Europa: a machine that holds the key to the final human destiny.

It is called "The Singer" for the eerie tone it emits.An artificial intelligence built eons ago, it may ultimately solve the mystery of the vanished alien races responsible for the birth and development of humanity. But after decades of war, the hostile nations of Earth care more for power than for knowledge. And now all that stands between the coveted Al and an all-out Chinese assault is a vastly outnumbered contingent of U.S. marines, dug in beneath the baleful red eye of Jupiter. As terrifying events light years distant begin to converge---with confrontation imminent and annihilation inevitable---a secret history of creation and doom must at long last be contended with...if humankind is to finally claim its glorious heritage among the stars.2040: Ruins of ancient civilization uncovered on Mars reveal startling truths about the creation of humankind.

2042: In the gray dust of the Earth's Moon, an extinct enslaving race left behind more answers, more questions...and a grim warning.

2067: As Earth's warring factions clash in space for scraps of alien technology, a strange artifact lies trapped beneath the ice-locked oceans of Europa: a machine that holds the key to the final human destiny.

It is called "The Singer" for the eerie tone it emits. An artificial intelligence built eons ago, it may ultimately solve the mystery of the vanished alien races responsible for the birth and development of humanity. But after decades of war, the hostile nations of Earth care more for power than for knowledge. And now all that stands between the coveted Al and an all-out Chinese assault is a vastly outnumbered contingent of U.S. marines, dug in beneath the baleful red eye of Jupiter. As terrifying events light years distant begin to converge---with confrontation imminent and annihilation inevitable---a secret history of creation and doom must at long last be contended with...if humankind is to finally claim its glorious heritage among the stars.2040: Ruins of ancient civilization uncovered on Mars reveal startling truths about the creation of humankind.

2042: In the gray dust of the Earth's Moon, an extinct enslaving race left behind more answers, more questions...and a grim warning.

2067: As Earth's warring factions clash in space for scraps of alien technology, a strange artifact lies trapped beneath the ice-locked oceans of Europa: a machine that holds the key to the final human destiny.

It is called "The Singer" for the eerie tone it emits. An artificial intelligence built eons ago, it may ultimately solve the mystery of the vanished alien races responsible for the birth and development of humanity. But after decades of war, the hostile nations of Earth care more for power than for knowledge. And now all that stands between the coveted Al and an all-out Chinese assault is a vastly outnumbered contingent of U.S. marines, dug in beneath the baleful red eye of Jupiter. As terrifying events light years distant begin to converge---with confrontation imminent and annihilation inevitable---a secret history of creation and doom must at long last be contended with...if humankind is to finally claim its glorious heritage among the stars.


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 448 KB
  • Print Length: 435 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0380788306
  • Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (October 13, 2009)
  • Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0012GTZBQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,990 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A fairly interesting scifi tale about war and aliens, September 25, 2001
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Adam Missner (Roswell, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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The three Heritage books are really just one long novel. It wouldn't make much sense to read any of them individually since none is a complete story. Anyhow, this was kinda two stories in one. A fairly interesting scifi tale about aliens visiting our solar system. And then (as a bonus) the other story is about a war with the UN and then later, China. Together they make for a pretty good story. I especially liked how Douglas explained the science behind the weapons and technology and described the underlying discovery in the 20th century. On the downside, I coulda used a little less marine comradery and a little more about the aliens.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting combat, but overall a feeling of impending doom, April 22, 2000
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Mr Douglas is very adept at grasping the essence of both the common soldier and officers' feeling and conduct in a combat situation, his glimpses into the mind of the enemy are also valuable. The technology utilised in space and on Europa seems to be a not too distant derivative of that available to our forces today, and his historical paralells are well drawn, and quite possibly the inspiration for the book as a whole. I was dismayed that the real malevolent foe was not revealed until the end of the novel, but there are obviuosly future campaigns ahead for the Space Marines. Any disappointment at the lack of a neat final ending to the book must be tempered by an anticipation of the series continuing.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Trying to Be Helpful. Really., August 20, 2001
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Dianna Deeley (San Francisco,, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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"Not a bad little trilogy, and it moves right along," is the basic comment. There is some quite interesting Marine Corps history embedded and the combat sequences are quite enjoyable. Not a book to keep you on the edge of your seat or up all night, but it is mind candy for the commuter.

The specifics of what I do and don't like about this book follow.

I enjoyed the science speculations. The discussion of propulsion systems and the understanding of orbital dynamics was quite good. Or at least didn't send me hunting for my "for dummies" textbooks with a desperate sense of something wrong, here. The combat sequences are good, especially the sense of surreality when fighting in vacuum, where you don't hear anything that doesn't come over your com. The history lessons were welcome, and not overdone.

On the other hand, the politicians once again take a pasting, while the military acts as it never has and with any sort of luck never will in a democracy.

This is a weakness of a great deal of military SF, by the way. The authors all seem to luxuriate in the fantasy of a political establishment that either is on the military's side, or too far away to effect the outcome of an action, or (best of all) can be worked around without ever really abrogating the notion of civilian control.

Ian Douglas managed to portray a civilian here and there who wasn't completely incompetent. In this trilogy, we get to see a couple civilians who don't end up soldier types, with guns in their hot little hands, portrayed as both competent and good guys.

The archeologist characters were interesting. I liked their rationality in the face of discoveries that would tempt anyone into blind credulity.

I had a certain amount of trouble with the premise of the good old Ancient Astronauts thing. That isn't Douglas' fault, by the way, it's a fun premise, and provides a good reason for humanity to finally get off the planet. (If you want the best reason of all, try reading Killing Star - which is hair-raising.) I'm just tired of it, that's all. At least Douglas resisted the temptation to stage an intervention.

The politics are interesting in so far as Douglas seems convinced that the lunatic fringe is as big and dumb as I fear it is in my gloomier moments. In some way, the fact that most people who want to turn off their brains are currently either quiet or fragmented into so many tiny little sects that they make no difference has removed them from view. Douglas, who evidently reads a lot of the same stuff I do, has noticed that they're there, they don't pay a whole lot of attention to the real work being done in history and archeology, and yep, they are dangerous.

Now, there's an interesting phenomenon I noted in all three of these books. In the first four chapters there are lots of problems with grammar, and pretty obvious ones at that. After that, they settle down. In Europa Strike, the problem is worse than that - Douglas doesn't remember who's who. He added a character who is the child of another main character, and unfortunately forgot to proof carefully enough in the first four chapters, so we have the old main character referred to by his son's name. The confusion is straightened out in the fifth chapter between one paragraph and the next.

Oh, dear.

This did not make me happy. I thought it was a lazy, sloppy sort of mistake. Most of the errors - including the grammar - were like that - I didn't feel that Douglas doesn't know the difference, just didn't pay enough attention to catch them.

Overall, not bad, and I wouldn't discourage you from buying these.

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Ian Douglas is the author of the Heritage Trilogy, including Semper Mars, Luna Marine, and Europa Strike. He lives in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

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