Star Strike (The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ian Douglas (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1 | Publication Date: January 29, 2008

Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul.

Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination: the warriors of a resilient race the world-devourers nearly annihilated centuries ago . . .

A power vast, ancient, and terrifying, the mighty Xul have lost track of the insignificant humans hundreds of years after devastating their home world—which has enabled the United Star Marines to operate unnoticed and unhindered. A near-autonomous intergalactic policing force, they battle in defense of an Earth they may not live to see again. Now, following the trail of a vanished twenty-fourth-century transport, they are journeying through an unexplored stargate to the edge of an unknown galaxy many light years from their sun. For the last, best, and only chance to defeat the tyrants of the universe may at long last be at hand . . .

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About the Author

Ian Douglas is the author of the popular military SF series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, and The Inheritance Trilogy. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Harper Voyager (January 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061238589
• ISBN-13: 978-0061238581
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ian Douglas is the author of the Heritage Trilogy, including Semper Mars, Luna Marine, and Europa Strike. He lives in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Semper Fi to the Stars!, February 24, 2008

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John L. Mahan "Jack Mahan" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Strike (The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read the previous two triologies, Heritage and Legacy. This is a great start to the new series. Mr. Douglas/Kieth has done it again.

Being a former Marine, I feel he captures the feel and attitude of the Marines he is writing about. He brings in the stress of combat and the aftermath into the forefront and does not make the characters supermen and women. He brings out the depth and emotion of what it feels like to be close to a small group of people. He also, for me at least, captures the antipathy and bigotry that Marines run into. He shows that the Marines are not killing machines but real people.

The universe he has created over the last six books is a very deep and rich one. It is not a perfect universe where everyone gets along and all push together. He brings out the competion that humans have and the conflicts that arise.

If you have not read the previous books, go back and read them. You will not be sorry. But you can pick this book up and will not be disappointed.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, February 11, 2008

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Marcus Daniel (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Strike (The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

There is a lot of plot refreshing and background explaining in the first third part of this book, all things that are known to those who read the first 6 books. But it playing hundreds of years after book 6 justifies some explaining and also opens up for a new readership of course. It essentially gets started with this new trilogy on how (hopefully) humanity destroys the Xul. I must say they are off to a good start with the help of a new alien race ally. The end of this book leaves taste for more and I can not wait for book 2 of this trilogy where things should get really interesting. Overall I love it and would recommend a new reader to get started with the very first book though: Semper Mars.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good sequel and good start to new trilogy, February 7, 2008

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This review is from: Star Strike (The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

The seventh Star Marine book by Ian Douglas benefits from many of the same strengths as the earlier books: well though-out future history; nice technological extrapolation; good action sequences. The plot seems a bit derivative of earlier books and the book could have used a good editor - there are continuity errors and it can be repetitive. That said, I really enjoyed it and will buy the rest of the trilogy. Douglas (William Keith) gets the military, writes in a gritty way and isn't afraid to tangle with one of the tougher issues of military sf: how advanced technology will effect the troops on the ground or how war is fought. The opening scene is a great riff on the first chapter of Heinlein's Starship Troopers, only grittier and brought up to date. Buy this, but read the ealier books in the series first.