Glory's War (Goldenwing Cycle) [Hardcover]

Alfred Coppel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995 | Series: Goldenwing Cycle (Book 2)

Voyaging aboard the Goldenwing starship toward an enemy star system, Glory and her crew struggle to avoid capture while preparing to face a greater menace that threatens all interstellar human life.

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From School Library Journal

YA?A sequel to Glory (TOR, 1993), this sprawling space drama is actually better than the first book. The plot is stronger and the characters are more fleshed out. It also stands on its own merit. It was the goldenwings that brought the remaining humans to colonize other planets in the last days of the Islamic/Christian Holy War (jihad) that was destroying the Earth. That was thousands of years ago. Now there is only Glory. The crew is wired into the computer that runs it and, in essence, is tapped into Glory's mind. It carries supplies ordered long ago and is about to land on a planet that has been warring with another for eons. Each side sets out to capture the ship and commandeer the supplies. While orbiting one of the planets, the crew discovers that there is an entity out in space (no shape, no structure) that feeds on human emotions. In fighting off this force, Glory and her crew become one and ancient self-defense mechanisms are activited to protect her. The battle first between the planets and then between Glory and her crew against the entity make for an action-packed story with a crackerjack ending.?Susan B. McFaden, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; 1ST edition (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312854714
• ISBN-13: 978-0312854713
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,259,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good space opera, July 27, 2000

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Paul Lappen (Manchester, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glory's War (Goldenwing Cycle) (Paperback)

This far-future novel is about the descendants of two groups of colonists from Russia on Old Earth. The first group, looking for religious freedom, spent ten years in cold sleep before arriving on one of two planets orbiting each other in the Ross 248 star system. They liked what they saw on Nineveh, and sent word home for another group of colonists. The ship carrying them was destroyed in a meteor storm in the Ross system, and the sleep capsules were launched into space, mostly landing on Nimrud, the second planet. They built a society of sorts on the desolate, barren hunk of rock, and after some years, asked to move to some unoccupied land on Nineveh. The Ninevites said No over and over; eventually Nimrud went to war over moving to Nimrud. Recurring every few years, the war has gone on for over a century. That is the situation facing Goldenwing Glory, the last of the great interstellar sailing ships. Sister to the ships that brought both sets of colonists, it is delivering an equipment order placed 200 years previously. Glory is aksed to be the venue for peace talks, but, of course, both sides have other plans for the ship. Coppel does an excellent job wih the society building in this novel, which is also a very good space opera. It's not a very fast-moving story, but it is very much worth the read.

5.0 out of 5 stars partof a great trilogy, April 24, 2008

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Lao T. Sue (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glory's War (Goldenwing Cycle) (Paperback)

This is one of the most unusual trilogies in SF -- read my review of the third and final volume. This one isn't quite as good -- but is pretty good nonetheless -- read the first two just to enjoy the third even more!