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Heaven's War (Heaven's Shadow #2)
When an unidentified object is spotted hurtling towards Earth, two rival teams race to claim it. But the affectionately named Keanu conceals astonishing and dangerous secrets. Instead of barren rock, astronauts discover a giant ship with an extra-terrestrial crew. A ship that had headed to Earth with a mission and a message: Help Us. A brave new frontier beckons, but we ar...more
Hardcover, 431 pages
Published
July 5th 2012
by Tor
(first published July 3rd 2012)
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Warning: the sequel to heaven's Shadow begins almost immediately where the original volume ended so spectacularly, with the so-called alien 'vesicles' transporting a random assortment of people to the Keanu NEO.
Initially, I thought this lack of a proper beginning meant an inevitably weaker middle volume. However, once you get past the problematic beginning, and our intrepid sorties begin to explore the mysterious interior of Keanu, the authors carefully ratchet up the suspense and intrigue.
As wi...more
Initially, I thought this lack of a proper beginning meant an inevitably weaker middle volume. However, once you get past the problematic beginning, and our intrepid sorties begin to explore the mysterious interior of Keanu, the authors carefully ratchet up the suspense and intrigue.
As wi...more
As the 2nd book in the series, Heaven's War was fairly likable but not nearly as much as the first book. The first book, Heaven's Shadow, had a lot of suspense and mystery that left me constantly wondering, "my goodness, what's gonna happen next". Heaven's War just didn't have that (at least not through very much of it). The wonderment was gone.
Sometimes, I felt the backstory on each character was a little much. At times I was worried I would have to read about all 187 of the humans that were a...more
Sometimes, I felt the backstory on each character was a little much. At times I was worried I would have to read about all 187 of the humans that were a...more
Nov 17, 2012
Allen Adams
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When dealing with a trilogy, the middle book is almost always the trickiest. Book one is your introduction to the people and places of this new literary world. Book three is your grand finale, the payoff of your epic tale. But book two? Book two is tough. The priority has to be advancing the overarching story, but at the same time, you can’t ask the reader to be content with hundreds of pages of plot development; the book needs to tell its own tale while s...more
When dealing with a trilogy, the middle book is almost always the trickiest. Book one is your introduction to the people and places of this new literary world. Book three is your grand finale, the payoff of your epic tale. But book two? Book two is tough. The priority has to be advancing the overarching story, but at the same time, you can’t ask the reader to be content with hundreds of pages of plot development; the book needs to tell its own tale while s...more
Bam!! An amazing sequel to Heaven's Shadow, and the action, suspense, mystery, and wonder continue full force!
Picking up where the events of the last book left off--and filling in some backstory for the new characters as well as describing the last moments on Earth for many of the characters we already met in the first installment--Heaven's War takes off from there, as the people from Houston and Bangalore are transported to Near Earth Object Keanu, where NASA astronaut Zack Stewart and Revenant...more
Picking up where the events of the last book left off--and filling in some backstory for the new characters as well as describing the last moments on Earth for many of the characters we already met in the first installment--Heaven's War takes off from there, as the people from Houston and Bangalore are transported to Near Earth Object Keanu, where NASA astronaut Zack Stewart and Revenant...more
After two simultaneous but separate missions to an unidentified object in Earth’s orbit go horribly wrong Zack Stuart is the only astronaut staying behind in its interior. Four of his colleagues and rivals are on their way back to earth, the rest have died on the object affectionately named Keanu.
Meanwhile on earth 187 random people have been picked up from the rival space stations in Houston and Bangalore by big flying orbs and are on their way to Keanu. Amongst those abducted are Zack’s 14 yea...more
Meanwhile on earth 187 random people have been picked up from the rival space stations in Houston and Bangalore by big flying orbs and are on their way to Keanu. Amongst those abducted are Zack’s 14 yea...more
Maybe I read into the ending of the first book a bit too much, but to me it implied a much larger scope for the second book. Humanity being enlisted in a thousands year old intergalactic war. I definitely did not expect the story to be a few days in the life of people exploring a breaking down alien space ship, but that is what I got.
I was also really disappointed by the pacing and ultimately the ending. The story creeps forward at a snail's pace, introducing threat after threat, then the final...more
I was also really disappointed by the pacing and ultimately the ending. The story creeps forward at a snail's pace, introducing threat after threat, then the final...more
Second book in the series that started with Heaven's Shadow. This one is a little bit slower to start off with than the first book. It took a totally different direction than I was expecting after reading the Heaven's Shadow. Suprising, in a pleasant way. I'm eager to read the third book which finishes off the series.
Read my review at Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys. Can't wait for the movies! :)
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This book was slightly slower than the first. It had the benefit of a great lead in, but struggled in the beginning because we, the reader as well as the characters didn't know what was going on. I think as it began to take shape, it improved very much, but it was probably a little too long in the development. Still, I am enjoying this strilogy and look forward to the 3rd book due out in July of 2013.
The first 150 pages are a bit clunky and slow, but once you get past the first day it gets much better. Though I'm starting to think this series is very 1970s young adult science fiction. I'm enjoying it very much. Can't wait for the next book!
Not very good - my first book by these authors, probably my last! Not a good beginning, middle kinda sucked and the end was so so.
Slogged to about p. 70 and gave up. Not worth it. Had a cheesy "made for TV" quality to it.
Disappointed, loved the first book in this series, but it didn't seem like anything happened for 250 pages. For real they could have told this story in at least half the pages. I did enjoy the last 150 pages. Full review coming.
A slog to read gave up ,pity the first book was magic.
A little confusing in parts. Since I read the 1st book nearly a year ago, I had to catch myself up.
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Harley laughed out loud. "What do you suppose our barbecue-loving Texas friends are going to say to that?"
"Actually," Sasha said, "I'll be more interested in what our friends from Bangalore will say to what our Texas friends will say.”
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