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Cobra Gamble (Cobra War #3)
by
Timothy Zahn (Goodreads Author)
Cobras warriors, technologically enhanced and implanted with an arsenal of covert weaponry, are the most dangerous guerilla fighters humanity has ever produced. For Jin Moreau Broom, the war is the culmination of a lifetime of Cobra service. But it is also the height of danger for herself and her family as they struggle to survive a war that none of them ever expected to s...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
January 3rd 2012
by Baen
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I have enjoyed some of timothy Zahn's other novels more than the Cobra series. Here's a summary:
Challenges
- You really can't read this without reading the first two
- If you don't have a great memory, you may be overwhelmed by the extensive characters and politics
- The story action and sequences are good, but feel...cold. I really didn't identify with or like any characters enough to really be invested.
Likes
- It's not a new genre - sci fi with human biotech enhancements, but I think Zahn imbues t...more
Challenges
- You really can't read this without reading the first two
- If you don't have a great memory, you may be overwhelmed by the extensive characters and politics
- The story action and sequences are good, but feel...cold. I really didn't identify with or like any characters enough to really be invested.
Likes
- It's not a new genre - sci fi with human biotech enhancements, but I think Zahn imbues t...more
Third in the Cobra Wars military science fiction series; sixth in the Cobra series overall. This one again features the Broome family on Caelin and Qasama.
My Take
Yup, this'll get yer heart rate up as the Broomes are still jumping from the frying pan into the fire as this story brings the initial Qasaman and Cobra Worlds problems to a conclusion.
(Think of these three books in this second Cobra trilogy as one story---Cobra Gamble simply carries on from Cobra Guardian which itself carried on from...more
My Take
Yup, this'll get yer heart rate up as the Broomes are still jumping from the frying pan into the fire as this story brings the initial Qasaman and Cobra Worlds problems to a conclusion.
(Think of these three books in this second Cobra trilogy as one story---Cobra Gamble simply carries on from Cobra Guardian which itself carried on from...more
The story snores to its inevitable ending. I was bored and glad for the end. The ending might wrap up this particular story line, but it seems more like a middle of a longer series. I'd say 5 or 6 books long.
The only good thing was seeing some of the characters exhibit real character. There were several instances where the character had to give their word and then a situation came up where it made sense to break their word, but they didn't.
I found that encouraging.
The only good thing was seeing some of the characters exhibit real character. There were several instances where the character had to give their word and then a situation came up where it made sense to break their word, but they didn't.
I found that encouraging.
A decent, if predictable, conclusion to the trilogy, that sets a hook for another Cobra series to come. Nothing earth-shattering here. Cobras and Qasmans have tensions; Cobras and Qasmans fight Trofts; yada-yada-yada. There weren't even that many battles or other sequences that really made this feel like a Cobra worlds book more than just a generic military scifi, and I think that's why the book fell a little flat for me.
Good story, I wish I had found the first two books first so I would have understood the background
Now waiting to the next Cobra trilogy......
Continuing good Sci-Fi
Aug 13, 2012
Katy
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5 of 5 stars
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A fine conclusion to the next Cobra trilogy. Very exciting. Got lost for a moment with all the plot angles in the middle, but as always Zahn puts everything together tightly and logically.
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Timothy Zahn attended Michigan State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1973. He then moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and achieved an M.S. degree in physics in 1975. While he was pursuing a doctorate in physics, his adviser became ill and died. Zahn never completed the doctorate. In 1975 he had begun writing science fiction as a hobby, and he bec...more
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