Homefall (The Last Legion, Book 4) [Paperback]

Chris Bunch (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Last Legion | Publication Date: August 8, 2001

The Last Legion has questions that need to be answered. Questions that have now become a priority ... Why has there been no word from the Confederation: the Legion's own government and the power behind a thousand star systems?Against all odds, the Last Legion managed to reclaim the volatile Cumbre star system. Isolated at the edge of the galactic empire and outnumbered, it was a hard-fought war. And it was won without any help from the human Confederation government. The Confederation remained ominously silent throughout. Now, to answer these questions, the Legion must travel across galaxies to gather information. But can they keep their mission a secret from enemy forces - and will they have time to discover the truth?

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Roc (August 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451458419
• ISBN-13: 978-0451458414
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Series

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good space opera, August 8, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homefall (The Last Legion, Book 4) (Paperback)

In the distant future, mankind has colonized many planets in different galaxies spread across the vast universe. Some of these planets joined together to form The Confederation, an empire whose goal is to keep the peace even when members are at war. The Legion, one of the Confederation's Strike Forces, is dispatched to the ore rich Cumbre system when they become involved in a civil war and fight off the encroachment of two enemy empires. Throughout these engagements, The Confederation has remained ominously silent and some think that the organization no longer exists.

Two soldiers Garvin and Njangu need to know what happened to the Confederation and its homeworld of Centrum. They obtain the approval to take a spaceship disguised as a traveling circus out into space to see if they can gather any Intel about why there has been no communication from the Confederation. To perfect their disguise, they land on a world inhabited by real circus performers and recruit several acts to intermingle with their own. Once that is accomplished, the action really begins.

Chris Bunch has created an action packed space opera that has the required number of space battles, adventures, and narrow escapes. HOMEFALL has plenty of daring do but the heart of the novel lies the colorful cast of characters, who though at seem zany, know how to pull together when times get tough. Fans of military science fiction and action adventure serve will find this novel most pleasing.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Homefall by Chris Bunch, August 27, 2001

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James Campbell (Dumas,Ar USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homefall (The Last Legion, Book 4) (Paperback)

If you liked the first three books in this series you will like this one.Moves along at a good pace,continues to develop the main characters,and adds just enough new characters to keep everything interesting.Well worth the money!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Instead of Golden Fleece; slimy sack of sheep shearings, August 28, 2001

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Alan Montgomery "aRandomTexan" (College Station, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homefall (The Last Legion, Book 4) (Paperback)

The quest for the Confederation begins. The vehicle is a recon done by circus. What could be more unthreatening than a circus? Like any quest tale, our heroes encounter travails and setbacks. A breakaway segment that purports to be the Confederation, a system where they are ignoring the fact that the Confederation has fallen, a government that has spawned an ultimate machine politics, and on and on. Each stop is more bewildering than the last. This is Bunch's best book so far. The Sten books were good, but this is the best of his series and his work so far. Bunch still needs to work on the depth of his characters. I mean, too many of his characters are very thin and their motivation is not really explained. You want a good read that makes the time fly, this is IT. Homefall delivers the action without insulting your intelligence. The ending is believable, though not welcome. Watch this series. Cumbre is looks to be a Byzantine Empire in the making. After the fall of Rome, civilization in Europe shifted to Constantinople. So it seems with this series.