In the distant Pegasus galaxy, the scientists and soldiers of the Atlantis expedition push back the frontiers of knowledge and exploration; in the city of the Ancients, new challenges and old secrets are waiting to be unlocked. Far from home, ranged against lethal enemies the Atlantis team must fight to preserve a distant outpost of humanity against impossible odds; but when the Nightfall comes, it will be like nothing they have ever encountered before...
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James Swallow is the author of several books and scripts, and his fiction from the worlds of Stargate features the novels Halcyon and Relativity, the audio dramas Shell Game, Zero Point and First Prime and short stories for Stargate: The Official Magazine.
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James Swallow has written several books, including Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers and Seeds of Dissent (from Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism); the Sundowners quartet of 'steampunk' science fiction Westerns (Ghost Town, Underworld, Iron Dragon and Showdown); the best-selling novelization of The Butterfly Effect; The Flight of the Eisenstein, Faith and Fire and Jade Dragon; the 2000AD tie-ins Eclipse, Blood Relative and Whiteout; Stargate Atlantis: Halcyon; and the Blood Angels duology Deus Encarmine and Deus Sanguinius.
In addition, Swallow's short fiction has appeared in Inferno! and Stargate magazine, the anthologies Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores, the Doctor Who Short Trips collections Dalek Empire and Destination Prague, Something Changed, Collected Works, What Price Victory and Silent Night.
His non-fiction includes Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher and books on writing, genre television and animation; he has also written for Star Trek: Voyager, Doctor Who and Space 1889, along with several scripts for audio and videogames.
In addition, Swallow's short fiction has appeared in Inferno! and Stargate magazine, the anthologies Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores, the Doctor Who Short Trips collections Dalek Empire and Destination Prague, Something Changed, Collected Works, What Price Victory and Silent Night.
His non-fiction includes Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher and books on writing, genre television and animation; he has also written for Star Trek: Voyager, Doctor Who and Space 1889, along with several scripts for audio and videogames.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
My least favorite SGA book so far,
This review is from: Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall: SGA-10 (Mass Market Paperback)
It's really hard for me to somehow rate this book. You see, on the one hand, it was really good - the story was quite intriguing and well plotted - on the other hand, quite often I asked myself if the author had even seen SGA. Why? Well...SPOILERS ahead! a) He got some of the most basic SG "hard facts" wrong - according to him, the 'gate wormhole goes both ways! b) The characterization. Oh, boy. Teyla kept snapping/barking/snarling. Rodney either whined or he was painfully meek, his acerbic - and intelligent - humor was completely absent etc. etc. c) The author moved the plot forward through completely illogical decisions on the part of the main characters. Example? Carter forced Sheppard to take Keller, an untrained doctor who refused to even accept a gun, with his team - on a recon mission to a possibly hostile planet! When Teyla and Ronon were kidnapped in a space ship, Sheppard and the Marines went searching for them - on foot! d) The author's style... If I hear "the Athosian woman" or "the warrior woman" or "the P-90 submachine gun" or "the submachine gun" again, I will scream! I think that Swallow would benefit from either having a co-author or a better editor. To sum it up? My least favorite SGA book so far. I won't be re-reading it any time soon, that's for sure.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
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This review is from: Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall: SGA-10 (Mass Market Paperback)
The two stars are for the story. This book actually did have a decent storyline. That said, I subtracted three because of very sloppy writing. Numerous typos, to begin with, and continuously referring to characters as "the warrior woman" or "The Satedan" or "the ex-Runner." It got very old very fast, as did the number of times McKay was referred to as "Rodney McKay."The worst offense, however, was the unforgivable science mistakes. Stargate 101: You cannot have two-way travel through a wormhole. This book mentions two-way travel twice. Once when Lorne's team goes through an incoming wormhole to the planet Sheppard is calling from (although it's conceivable they shut down the Stargate and redialed without any comments whatsoever). Second, they are concerned about the Wraith getting to Atlantis through an incoming wormhole. The same incoming wormhole Sheppard suggests a beseiged team use to escape. Two-way travel is impossible. Has been since the first five minutes of "Children of the Gods." I've read all but one of the SG-1 books, but this is my first Atlantis novel. I'm not blaming these errors on the company, but really, someone somewhere along the line of publication should have caught these simple mistakes. I'm definitely going to buy more SG-1/SGA novels in the future, but I'll think twice about buying one by James Swallow.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Major Disappointment,
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This review is from: Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall: SGA-10 (Mass Market Paperback)
I just finished reading this book and I am really disappointed with it. One of the major reasons is the character development. All the major characters are in this book, Sheppard, Carter, Teyla, Rodney, Keller, Lorne, and Ronan so you would think you have an amazing story set up. However, all the characters are described and portrayed as 1-dimensional. They are not given any personailty and the dialogue between characters is so dull and stagnant that its like listening to someone recite their grocery list. In plain terms....they are boring, boring, BORING! No friendly fun banter, witty quips, serious or funny sarcasm...nothing its a basic he said she said he sighed she yelled he growled......yea thats about it.The vibrant and intriguing characters from the tv series are non-existent. In addition, there was a situtation mentioned in the book that wasn't even created yet...Angelus was mentioned, and correct me if I'm wrong...but Angelus comes after this book so we shouldn't be discussing any of that in this book. I honestly did not enjoy this book, I read it basically to get through to the end, which was also a disappointment (Spoiler) because it left the reader asking "what really happend with the Asgard ship that John piloted?" "Did it fly away on its own? Did someone hijack it off the planet? What????" Sad to say this book is going to be tucked into a corner somewhere and probably not read again for a loooong time.
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