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Stargate 04: Reconnaissance

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This book is very good in that shows the problems that each of the characters face in colonization of this new planet. It also shows that although some of the characters were trying to overthrow each other in the end they all work together to work for the one cause, survival!

What I really enjoyed about this book is the fact that it showed the growth of the characters and how it takes a lot of hard work to make or break a relationship. Daniel still has problems relating to his wife Sha'uri and visa versa. I liked when Skaara made her realize what her attitude had done in relation to hurting their people. In some respects it is like a soap opera: are they going to get together or not. The cliffhanger at the end of the book makes you wonder will Daniel and Sha'uri work things out before it is to late. They seem to prove the adage that falling in love is easy, staying in love is hard work.

Good portrayal of government bureaucracy and misguided and mismanaged projects egged on by publicity and hidden agendas. It is the only Stargate book I have listened on the audiobook (I haven't listened or read the other ones in the series), so I don't know what went on between Daniel and Sha'uri in the first two books, but the characterization was well fleshed out. Then the .... Cliffhanger! What will happen to the Abydonians and the contact with the Cat-people on their newly colonized world??? Is there a sequel?? I can't wait.

In Stargate: Reconnaissance, the fourth book in the series, Daniel Jackson and Colonel Jack O'Neil use the information from Hathor's spaceship, defeated in the last book, to find a new home for the Abydan refugees. A wilderness planet called Ballas is selected.
The going is tough - they need funds to buy tents, food and other supplies. Once there the colonists don't find TVs, shopping malls and two story houses. They find a cold valley, covered in a thick forest and full of alien creatures. They have to learn to clear land for fields, learn to hunt new animals and learn new ways. Many are not happy and a few are willing to do anything to get what they want.
But before the infighting can even start they find out that they are not alone. For it turns out the Abydans and Earthlings were not the first to arrive.
It seems that Earth and Ballas will be entering a war with a new alien race - a race of cat-people who are faster, stronger and better armed than the humans. And they know a lot more about Stargate travel too.

This is probably one of the best Stargate books I have read. The plot is excellent, and incredably realistic. It showed that Colonizing a planet in a mere few weeks is harder then anyone actually thinks it would be, it also showed great Characters. In my opinon, there is no way for this book to be as good without each and every element that was in it. I am hoping for a sequel, or at least an on going series along these lines.

The last book did leave room open for one more but it did seem like it would be the end. I'm glad McCay is writing more because I am becoming more and more interested in the stargate world. A suspenseful cliffhanger too.

The story is so good that after I read it a year ago I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop. Is more comming?

Fantastic story, but what happened to the ending??? I hope there is still another book to come in the series.

This book is one of the best in the stargate series. It is also the last one. In this book they leave the ending up to you. So if you are a person who likes to read a book that ends, this is not the book for you.