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The Third Side (The Battle for the Solar System #2)
by
Stephen J. Sweeney (Goodreads Author)
Kindle Edition
Published
(first published August 20th 2011)
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Simon Dodds and his team mates are again desperately scrambling to get ahead of the Pandorans. But the Enemy is stronger and far more numerous than the Independents and Conferacy put together.
I have enjoyed the series so far. it's been a long time since I have read science fiction, and this
series put me in mind of Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper (written many, many years ago), in its style.Forgive me, if anyone disagrees - it has been a long time since I read it, and memory fades!!!
But to me...more
I have enjoyed the series so far. it's been a long time since I have read science fiction, and this
series put me in mind of Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper (written many, many years ago), in its style.Forgive me, if anyone disagrees - it has been a long time since I read it, and memory fades!!!
But to me...more
For the first book I was unsure whether it deserved 2 or 3 stars. In the end I gave it three because I thought it was well written.
Well, it doesn't matter how well written this one is, nothing will save this disaster from a one star rating from me.
I'm very disapointed. The story is just crap. The more the plot reveals itself the more it's just full of nonsense, totally unrealistic, decisions. I will not enumerate all the totally idiotic events and plot elements here since they would be spoilers....more
Well, it doesn't matter how well written this one is, nothing will save this disaster from a one star rating from me.
I'm very disapointed. The story is just crap. The more the plot reveals itself the more it's just full of nonsense, totally unrealistic, decisions. I will not enumerate all the totally idiotic events and plot elements here since they would be spoilers....more
This book did not start anywhere near where I was expecting it to, which made me nervous about where the story was going. However, once I got into things, it became clear that this was a brilliant choice on the author's part. It brought me in thinking "What's going on?" and "How did we get here?", and the story continued to draw me in all the way through the last page. Yes, when I said "through" I meant it. I am really excited about the next book because of where this one left things. I highly r...more
This is one of those books that I'm kind of torn about. Some of the story is really good, but then other things kind of drag me out of it such as how some of the characters act. For seasoned military people they seem to have a pretty high disregard for following orders (after a very slight bit of coercion from fellow teammates) and one in particular seems a little squeamish to be a crack fighter pilot. Another thing is that as I read through it, the major machine adversary has my brain screaming...more
Another good read by Mr Sweeney. A lot of the same things I said about "The honour of the knights" are true here. It's the book equivilant of an action movie. I found it perfect reading for short bursts, like lunch breaks and commutes, but maybe not for a long evening curl up. But that may be just me.
Again more time is given over to action, though this time it mostly has a more ground based twist than last time. At times it can get quite muddy and confusing then suddenly clear itself up into bri...more
Again more time is given over to action, though this time it mostly has a more ground based twist than last time. At times it can get quite muddy and confusing then suddenly clear itself up into bri...more
This was a great 2nd book. It picked up a few months after the first one and starts in the middle of a battle with flashbacks. I liked how the author gave a lot more background of the Pandorans along with why they started this war. You can read this book alone but I reccomend that you read the them in order. Will read again.
I'd probably go closer to 3.5 stars, but I do really enjoy the characters here and there were some very good scenes in the story. My problem is that in a portion of the book instead of being shown you are told what happened and at one point, after a very descriptive and suspenseful section, it is wrapped up with nothing but a descriptive explanation that comes a full chapter later in all of one sentence. Aside from these two big gaps, the story as a whole is well worth reading.
Not quite as riveting as the first book, slightly slow to start but the plot picks up near the end and I am looking forward to the third volume
A fantastic adventure and sequel that makes you come begging for more.
More please.
More please.
This is the second book of the trilogy and I totally enjoyed it. It started where book one, The Honour of the Knights, left off with non-stop action. This is a well written series with great charactor and story development.
If you like fast paced action and believable charators this is a series for you. This is a three part series and you need to read the first installment first.
I highly recommend this book and the entire Battle for the Solar System series.
If you like fast paced action and believable charators this is a series for you. This is a three part series and you need to read the first installment first.
I highly recommend this book and the entire Battle for the Solar System series.
yada yada... very formulaic ... but I'll read the next one!
The second part of the saga, again following the White Knights follwing the build up to the impending war. The reasons for their specialist starfighters and traning and the origins of the "Black" clad soliders become clear. Once again an excellent read, and now to check out when the final book will be available.
Really enjoying this series of books. Come on... write the next one!
Apr 20, 2013
Jerry Kolarik
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Stephen Sweeney was born in Brighton, UK in 1977 to Terry and Emma Sweeney and has spent many years thereafter making up stories about stuff that doesn't exist.
He attended Worth School in West Sussex before studying Environmental Biology at Oxford Brookes University.
He currently lives in London where he works in the City performing various IT related bits and pieces (although he's worse than usele...more
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He attended Worth School in West Sussex before studying Environmental Biology at Oxford Brookes University.
He currently lives in London where he works in the City performing various IT related bits and pieces (although he's worse than usele...more
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