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War World: The Battle of Sauron (War World)

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Most fans of Jerry Pournelle's War World and CoDominium series no doubt assumed they would never see a new book. Carr and Hawthorne have added to these series with this great book, which describes in great detail the crucial end to the Sauron insurrection and the coming of the surviving Saurons to Haven, the Warworld. While some of the book is re-hashed from WarWorld anthologies, most is new work of high caliber. Thw authors capture the flavor of earlier works and suck the reader into the curiously sympathetic story of the Sauron's final leader and his quest to save his (not-so-liekable) people.

I have been a fan of the war world series for quite some time and this is the best book of the series i have seen yet. Just the overall look of the book is amazing!!! The cover and inside are is stunning and its great to have all the info in one place as well as the new content. The space battle scenes are incredible and the background info on the Sauron's make me love and hate them at the same time. I'm giving them away to friends of mine for Xmas!!

As a first time reader of the War World series, I was at first concerned I would be lost starting with The Battle of Sauron. Quite the contrary. I was quickly drawn into the Sauron-Imperial conflict, feeling empathy actually for both sides, the characters being very well developed and "human". I especially liked the battle scenes, the tactical and technical logistics of the battles were amazing, as well as the human side of war. I plan to buy as gifts for my fellow scifi friends.

I didn't even know this book existed. It's a wonderful addition to my collection.

After reading the various Sauron-associated novels years ago, I was left intrigued by the hints of what sounded like a fascinating backstory involving them and their leader, Galen Diettenger. This book fills in the blanks and then some. A great read that is highly enjoyable. It smoothly integrates the previous works with new details without missing a beat. A slight oversight - in the original story, it was written that a handful of Sauron ships made it back to the Homeworld. In this new novel, however, just one returns. What happened to the others? Aside from that, this is highly recommended. I couldn't put it down and was saddened when it ended. Will the authors consider more prequels? Or how about sequels based on what happens after the last battle on Haven? Bravo!