Two years after the unhatching of Callayan President Neilands plot to make the capital city of Tanusha the center of the Federation, Callay is unde...
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May 01, 2010
Clay
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Speaking of trilogies that feature female protagonists, the third installment of Joel Shepherd’s Cassandra Kresnov series, “Killswitch” (Pyr, $9.98, 450 pages), finally made it into my American hands, long after I read the first two in their Australian versions (Shepherd lives in Adelaide). Surprisingly, I was immediately back up to speed in this novel about an advanced combat android known as a “GI”, Sandy Kresnov, who abandoned her creators to live in a free society where she could become more
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May 30, 2011
Steve
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This is the third installment of the Cassandra Kresnov saga (are there more?). I quite enjoyed it. Better possibly that the previous two, the author seems to be getting the hang of the genre. There is plenty of action, Sandra meets her ‘sister’ and nemesis, spends time with her friends, time in hiding, and sorts out a blockade of Callay by rouge agents of the Federation. The whole ‘kill-switch’ idea of the novels title is a bit lame really and fills up chapters that could have been spent with th
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Jul 31, 2010
Ryun
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Things finally are coming to a head for sexy one-woman army Cassandra Kresnov: a de facto occupying fleet is surrounding her newly adopted homeworld of Callay, there’s a superhuman killer loose that seems strangely familiar, and her boyfriend’s just told her that there’s a self-destruct mechanism inside her skull.
KILLSWITCH – the third book in Joel Shepherd’s series that started in Australia in 2001 and was brought to North America last year by Pyr with CROSSOVER and BREAKAWAY – is a More...
KILLSWITCH – the third book in Joel Shepherd’s series that started in Australia in 2001 and was brought to North America last year by Pyr with CROSSOVER and BREAKAWAY – is a More...
Dec 21, 2011
Shara (Calico Reaction)
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Overall, this has been a pretty enjoyable trilogy. It's ambitious and intellectual, action-packed but yet intimate. Shepherd's greatest strength are characters you can really emphasize with and the amazing level of his diverse, culturally relevant world-building. Also enjoyable is the fact he really does have some strong, heroic women leads, and multiple leads at that, which is really awesome. [return][return][return]For a full review, which does include some spoilers, please click here: http://calico-reaction.livejournal.com/5...
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Jun 24, 2010
Stefan
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Killswitch, the final book in Joel Shepherd’s CASSANDRA KRESNOV trilogy, picks up the story 2 years after the end of Breakaway. The Federation is still going through a period of upheaval, with Callayan President Neiland trying to make Tanusha the capital of the formerly Earth-based organization, and numerous powerful factions (including Federation Fleet warships) converging on the planet to try and affect the outcome of this political power play.
Meanwhile, Callay is still in the proc More...
Meanwhile, Callay is still in the proc More...
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Aug 09, 2009
Nathan
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Another fun Cassandra Kresnov book. There's the same amount of action and intrigue as the previous two books, and that gets built upon with the inclusion of two more artificial human "GIs" that provide sharp contrasts to Cassandra and help prove just how human she really is, despite her being an android.
Good exploration of what it means to be human, but the ending left too many loose ends and was a bit too... flip. It could have ended closer to the final fight scene and b More...
Good exploration of what it means to be human, but the ending left too many loose ends and was a bit too... flip. It could have ended closer to the final fight scene and b More...
Dec 31, 2011
Hélène
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Same problems as in Cherryh's Alliance-Union Universe : what is human ? How can a government control expansion through the galaxy ? What do you do with Fleet when the war ends ? In France, we call the Army "la grande muette", the great mute, because soldiers aren't supposed to take side on the political ground. But, ever since the Roman Empire, history demonstrates this is a sham. So, an army turned truant.
The reading sometimes felt haltingly. I guess Shepherd wanted us to fe More...
The reading sometimes felt haltingly. I guess Shepherd wanted us to fe More...
Jul 30, 2011
Topher
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The end of the Cassandra Kresnov trilogy - a decently written story, and easy read, and a good end to the series. Considering the author appears to have done nothing with the character in 7 years, I'm going to remove this one from my "series in progress" list of books, and make my life just a little more manageable *cheer*
Aug 06, 2009
Jo (Mixed Book Bag)
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Great end to the series. Cassandra get all that she wished for, just not in the way she wanted. Again start with the first book, don't start in the middle or the end.
Jul 08, 2011
KevinB
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4.5*
Excellent conclusion to a great trilogy. Cassandra Kresnov remains a great character and this final installment suffers from far less pacing problems than the first book. Joel Shepherd has grown as much as a writer as his main character has as a person over the course of this series.
Excellent conclusion to a great trilogy. Cassandra Kresnov remains a great character and this final installment suffers from far less pacing problems than the first book. Joel Shepherd has grown as much as a writer as his main character has as a person over the course of this series.
Nov 11, 2010
Becky
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Once again, Commander Kresnov kicks butt and takes names. REALLY like this character.
Jan 11, 2008
Craig
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Sequel to Breakaway and Crossover. Either not as good as the first two or my interest is waning. Not a recommended starting point to the series as there is little explanation of the characters' backgrounds or the previous books.
Oct 25, 2008
Shen
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didn't really enjoy this one at all. it felt like it was written because he had to write it not like there was another story there to come out.
Aug 21, 2011
Robert
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Quite good - made a nice round out of the trilogy. Continue to find the technological word and Cassandra's place in in interesting
Aug 16, 2009
plot sounds much more interesting than the second novel... here's to high hopes!! =D
Dec 30, 2007
Marsha
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Androids learning to be human. It's an old idea but it's a fun series.
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