The Ship Avenged (Hardcover) (Brainship) [Hardcover]

Anne McCaffrey (Author), S.M. Stirling (Author)

Book Description

Series: Brainship | Publication Date: February 1, 1997

Hoping to settle old scores with the Kolnari who destroyed her home and with an unscrupulous uncle, Joat is challenged to overcome a "breakout" disease that destroys its victims' minds and is threatening the entire universe.

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From Kirkus Reviews

Another entry in the Brain/Brawn series created by Anne McCaffrey, and a direct sequel to the paperback The City Who Fought (McCaffrey and Stirling); ``brains'' are humans wired directly and immovably into their spaceships, ``brawns'' their mobil human partners. Planet Bethel bigwig Amos ben Sierra Nueva and his daughter Soamosa are kidnapped by the evil mutant, Belazair of Kolnar, in revenge for a previous defeat; Belazair plans to infect Amos with a contagious brain-destroying virus and then send him back to Bethel. So, after some arm-twisting by secret agent Bros Sperin, spaceship Wyal (brain: Rand; brawn: Joat Simeon-Hap) speeds to the rescue, though Joat and Rand don't yet know about the virus. But then Belazair's kindly son, Karak, refuses to torture Soamosa; instead he falls in love and escapes with her. Joat, meanwhile, discovers that one of Belazair's key associates is the drug-ruined uncle who, when she was a small girl, sold her into slavery in settlement of a gambling debt. Not to worry, though: In McCaffrey universes, the good guys always win in the end. Pretty good ersatz McCaffrey, despite the feebly unconvincing love story. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Review

It's not necessary to have read The City Who Fought in order to enjoy this sequel, though familiarity will certainly lend to this title's appeal. One of the youngest commercial ship owners finds her cargo a carrier ship for a deadly worlds-destroying infection in this compelling story of resourcefulness and politics in space. -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Baen; Book Club edition (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671877666
• ISBN-13: 978-0671877668
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,456,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad read, but..., April 3, 2003

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Kenvee B "kenvee" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ship Avenged (Brainship) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed "The City Who Fought", especially the character of Joat, so I was thrilled when I finally found out there was a sequel. Well...it was all right. Not bad, not great, certainly not what it could have been. All the right moves were made in the beginning to set up a truly fascinating read, but it just never came together. The end of the book is riddled with plotholes and dangling plot lines that the author tried to tie up neatly at the end, but just...didn't. It wasn't just that the romance felt horribly contrived, but ALL the character relationships towards the end started feeling like actors reading lines that didn't quite add up. And unfortunately, some of the most important action of all was glossed over by an "overview" last chapter that left me screaming. The book would've benefitted from an extra fifty pages or so to tie up all the complications that were brought in at the last minute.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Joats back, more mature, less nasty but more realistic., July 1, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ship Avenged (Hardcover) (Brainship) (Hardcover)

You gotta read the brainship series. They are all entertaining. Stirling tones down the evil mutants and shows the potential for some reconciliation. Still some nasty folks to contend with but off set by a new alien and a likable AI. Joat could be a good focus point for some entertaining tales digressing from the brainships. Her confrontation with her personal devil is skewed enough to be reasonable. No skull sweat but recreational reading doesn't have to be demanding, read it if you read the rest, you'll be sorry if you miss it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fairly weak, November 20, 2004

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Tristan Lawrence (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ship Avenged (Brainship) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book just isn't up to the standard of the other episodes in the BrainShip series. The plot and the characters show promise, but the polish and fun of the other books is missing. The main villian is absolutely flat and serves mainly as a blatent plot device. The various logic inconsistancies pile up until the plot collapses totally about 75% of the way into the story. I also noticed a large number of editing errors. "ass" instead of "ask", "hum" instead of "him", and so forth. Not recommended for anybody but a die-hard fan.