Janissaries III: Storms of Victory [Import] [Paperback]

Jerry Pournelle (Author), Roland Green (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Orbit; paperback / softback edition (July 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708882986
• ISBN-13: 978-0708882986
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,297,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The final chapter (or is it?), February 25, 2005

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Andrew W. Johns "ResQgeek" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Storms of Victory (Janissaries III) (Paperback)

In the first two Janissaries books we were introduced to Rick Galloway and his band of mercenary soldiers as they are kidnapped by aliens and transported to Tran, a world trapped in the middle ages, to grow illicit drugs for the aliens. We followed Galloway's adventures as he befriended the locals and tried to introduce technology to improve their lives and defend themselves against their enemies.

This final volume to the Janissaries series was a disappointment on a number of levels. Most significantly, while it does further develop the activities of the human servants of the alien civilization off of Tran, that part of the story is never brought to a conclusion. Also not resolved it the question of the preparations of the humans on Tran for the coming "Time." We are not provided with any closure on the question of whether the mercenaries will be able to prepare their new friends and allies to survive the coming conflict with the aliens.

The first two-thirds of this book delve deeply into the political intrique, and it is only in the last third that we return to the faster paced military story. Unfortunately, the book ends with the battle, without resolving any of the important plot lines. In many ways, it feels like another book was meant to follow this, but no such follow up seems to exist. It isn't clear why so much time was spent developing these plot lines if the ending was intended to leave them unresolved. The ending of the first book was much more satisfying, and that book can clearly stand on its own, but by the end of the third book, the reader deserves a more complete ending.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Closer to "The Time" with a bit of fun thrown in, October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Janissaries Iii Tr (Janissaries, No 3) (Hardcover)

If you like Janissaries and Janissaries: Clan and Crown, you'll enjoy Storms of Victory. Things are getting closer to "The Time" and either destruction at the hands of the Shalnuksis and their human servants, or perhaps some alternate fate mediated by those same servants.

It's fun, it's got long battle scenes, it's got Rick in trouble again and again, and a growing Wanax becoming quite a leader. The Romans are there too, and even a fairly high risk encounter with a safely fanatical (and therefore we know he is evil) religious leader.

I kept hoping Jerry and friend would wrap this thing up in book III. Pity, they didn't! And now I see they've still not finished book IV. Pity.

I first discovered books I and II some dozen years ago and enjoyed them immensely. Recent rediscovery was just as good as I remembered, even with the somewhat dated depiction of the main female characters.

A very good read, especially for the war historians among us.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fascinating / dissapointing, January 8, 2000

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Peter A. Rijs (Beek (L), the Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Janissaries Iii Tr (Janissaries, No 3) (Hardcover)

After reading the first book I started looking for the other 2 "definitely out of print" in the series. I purchased both from Amazon, and I've read both like the first part: fascinated and(almost) without a stop from first to last word. I senced a growing disapointment while advancing in part 3 finding out the story does not come near an end. I any of you know of a part IV, let me know. I expect humanity to conquer the universe and would like to read about it . .