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Shadow of Empire: Far Stars Book One (Far Star Trilogy) Paperback – November 3, 2015

by Jay Allan (Author)

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Book 1 of 2 in the Far Star Trilogy Series

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The first installment in the Far Star series, a swashbuckling space saga that introduces the daring pirate Blackhawk and the loyal crew of the Wolf’s Claw, from the author of the bestselling Crimson Worlds saga.

Smuggler and mercenary Arkarin Blackhawk and the crew of the ship Wolf’s Claw are freelance adventurers who live on the fringe of human society in the Far Stars. A veteran fighter as deadly with a blade as he is with a gun, Blackhawk is a man haunted by a dark past. Even his cynicism cannot banish the guilt and pain that threaten his sanity.

Sent to rescue the kidnapped daughter of his longtime friend Marshal Augustin Lucerne, Blackhawk and his crew find themselves drawn into one deadly fight after another. When the Wolf’s Claw is damaged, they are forced to land on a remote planet subsumed by civil war. Pulled unwittingly into the conflict, they uncover disturbing information about secret imperial involvement that could upset the plans of Lucerne.

For the Marshal is determined to forge a Far Stars Confederation powerful enough to eliminate all imperial influence and threats in the sector. He needs a skilled warrior like Blackhawk on his side, but the mercenary, plagued by dark memories from the past, refuses to join the cause. All too soon, though, he and his crew will have to take a stand.

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Series: Far Star Trilogy (Book 1)
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Harper Voyager (November 3, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062388908
ISBN-13: 978-0062388902
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Great story but I'm struggling to decide if I want to purchase the next two books

By R. White on November 14, 2015

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This is the start of another great series from Mr. Allen. I truly enjoy the new characters in this book and look forward to many adventures in the books to come. Every character, it seems, could have a book of his or her own; especially Katarina. I highly recommend this book but be careful as you'll want to purchase the next one. Unfortunately, Mr. Allen has a new book contract so his book prices have gone up tremendously (doubled). Mr. Allen's writing is as good as ever so I don't see what he new contract provides other than higher prices. For book two, the kindle price in more that the paperback price. Since Mr. Allen started with us Kindle readers (and other ebooks), it seems that they've forgotten the folks that got them started. I love Jay Allen's stories (books) but I feel that I'm being taken advantage of with the new pricing.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Exciting gritty action - great new characters......and pirates

By Catherine Mackay on November 7, 2015

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I thoroughly enjoyed this new offering from Jay Allan - it is just as good, if not better than the Crimson Worlds series (and I like the CW novels a lot). The Far Stars series centers on the main character, Arkarin Blackhawk and the crew of Wolf's Claw - a bunch of disruputable smugglers and mercinaries. In book one he and his crew have been hired by Blackhawk's friend Marshal Augustin Lucerne of Celtiboria to find his daughter who has been kidnapped by the pirates of Kilishar. However, there is more to this novel than finding a friend's kidnapped daughter. Interwoven into this exciting novel is a wider plot, promulgated by the Empire to bring the Far Stars into it's sphere of influence.
The Far Stars is a collection of human worlds that are on the fringe of the Empire; they are fiercely independent, but are often dogged by ineffective governments run by warlords, hounded by the pirates of Kilishar, and are thus not united into a singular entity. Enter, imperial governor Vos who plans to use the disunity found amongst the Far Stars Worlds to undermine existing governments through the subtle and unscrupulous methods of his spies and bring them ultimately under Imperial control. On the whole I found that the Far Stars had a nice balance between action and character development; the novel itself is gritty - a Jay Allan trade-mark and it delves into themes of power, the indiscriminate and ugly nature of war, the power of hope and friendship and unity amongst comrades in arms. So looking forward to the next book to find out what happens to Blackhawk, his crew and the Far Stars worlds.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Definitely worth reading

By Jeffrey J. McIsaac on November 18, 2015

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I'm enjoying this spin-off series quite a bit. It could end up requiring a lot of books to fully play out this story line, but I'm hoping it's only 4 or 5.

This particular book was a good second installment that actually revealed some significant information about the First Imperium, including some big surprises.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Another home run for Jay Allan

By Jefferson P. on November 6, 2015

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First I will say I really love Jay Allan's total works. This is a new series and as such has new characters, places, names, etc. The story is slower than some of the Crimson Worlds novels because of all the newness. It is still first rate writing and I will read the rest of the trilogy with gusto. If you liked any of Jay's other works, you will enjoy this book! Can't wait for the finish!!

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Allan does it again!!!

By poetrylover on November 26, 2015

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Jay Allen does it again with a new swash-buckling pirate crew.in a new series of space adventures. Interesting and varied characters.
He left lots of room and hints about future exposition of the crew members' back stories.
If you likes his previous series', you 'll love this one. can't wait for the sequel.

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Good, but predictable !

By Omega Man on December 19, 2015

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The story line is great and the main characters are well defined. But there is very little new or distinctive f r ok most Sci-Fi novels. Love between the leader (captain) and the lady (person being rescued), and a typical crew loyal to each other. Typical story in any simple novel. Action is predictable..

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Disappointing

By Pearlseattle on December 2, 2015

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CONTAINS SPOILER (but nothing surprising)

I'm very sad but I feel like giving this book only 3 stars because of the following reasons:

- descriptions of characters that are "good" are mentioned again and again.
I'm very bad at remembering names of people, but come on - mentioning at least 3 or 4 times throughout the book that the great-looking lady is an assassin trained to bring sneakyness to a new level, or that the techy-girl can fix anything, etc... is too much even for me.
On the other side the stuff related to the "bad" guys was much better: background infos and personal feelings/thoughts mentioned only when needed by the situation.
Therefore for me painful to read - started speedreading after 75% of the book because I didn't want to waste my time (Having now the feeling that the book could be compacted to at least 50%).
I will definitely not read this book again => -1 star

- time structure
Maybe its' my fault - in my case I really did not understand the X days difference between the (almost linear) parts of the story.
E.g. I understood that at a certain point somebody needs 1 (up to 3 days if I misunderstood) to enter orbit and land on a planet, but I cannot believe it if they have the advanced tech and basically unlimited fuel that they have.

- feeling "empty" at the end of the book
I really really like the characters of the book (exactly what I would personally expect on such a "dedicated" pirate ship) and the reason they're on the ship (well described), but throughout the book the characters did not describe any particular challenge they had.Read more ›

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Space opera

Space opera in the classic form of the genra. A fun and fast paced read. Worthwhile to read for the average scifi junky

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Five Stars

Jay Allan writes good books, of course I love SciFi

Published 18 days ago by CJT

GREED PLAIN and SIMPLE

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Arkarin Blackhawk is an anomaly. His crew of misfits are capable team thought to be nothing more and average pirates or mercenaries. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Chris Hammond

Interesting plot and characters

VERY few editing errors; a nice addition to Jay Allen's books. The sequels should be interesting. Too may characters introduced too quickly. Hard to follow. Read more

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Far Stars book 2

Jay Allen is doing it to me again! I have my arms crossed and tapping my foot waiting for book two to be released.

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Enjoyable

I found the book enjoyable. Not completely engrossing but a fun story and characters venturing into a more fanciful background rather than hardcore military sci fi.

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Always 5 star reading

This starts a new trilogy with good expectations. A balance of heroes and heroines. A balance of villains and their twisted acolytes. Great space opera. Read more

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