Star Commandos 00 [Paperback]

P. M. Griffin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (October 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441780415
• ISBN-13: 978-0441780419
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,131,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars This Is a Guilty Pleasure, January 30, 2003

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Sires "I enjoy mysteries, historical and proc... (Chesapeake, OH, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Commandos 00 (Paperback)

The latest galactic conflict between the militant Aucturians and the Federation has resulted in the Aucturian defeat. Islaen Connor, who had been one of the most effective Commandos in leading the resistance against the invaders on the planet Thorne, finds herself at a crossroad. She must either leave the service that she loves or accept a desk job that will remove her from the star roving that she enjoys. Her current assignment is as leader of a small group that is investigating an illegal colony on a little known world.

When returning to her rooms she catches sight of a spacer who seems familiar. Closer examination reveals that her supposition is right. A man, a gallant enemy she thought disgraced and dead for his failure to follow a genocidal order from his superiors, is also planeted at this spaceport.

This space opera would not have been out of place serialized in some of the pulp magazines of the forties and fifties. The writing is clunky in places, the emotions bathetic, and there is nothing particularly new and exciting in this story.

But the action is nonstop and sometimes reading about Good and Noble characters defeating Bad and Evil villains can be comforting. The reader needs to turn off lit-crit sensibilities and dive right in for an exciting ride.

3.0 out of 5 stars A good start - not the best possible, but nevertheless a good start, May 6, 2006

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Silmarillion (Romania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Commandos 00 (Paperback)

Former enemies Islaen Connor (Commando Captain) and Varl Tarl Sogan (ex-War Prince, now a fugitive on the run) join forces in order to stop a plot of destroying a human colony placed on a hostile planet.
The strong points were all about the Connor-Sogan relation, and the story could've been a whole lot better with a bit more deep insight into the characters' motivations.
The weak points were about the scenery: a lot of pretty unconvincing out-doors places (this is an alien, newly-colonized planet that feels like a copy-cat of Earth's tropical/sub-Saharian nature).
In all,an interesting book. Not the best in the series, but an acceptabele starting point. Recommended.