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Coyote Rising (Coyote Trilogy #2)

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The continuing epic of Earth's first space colonists--and their fight against a repressive government to reclaim their world in the name of freedom.
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Published November 29th 2005 by Ace (first published 2004)

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Apr 18, 2013 Francis Gahren rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Coyote Rising is the second SF novel in the Coyote trilogy, following Coyote itself. In the previous volume, five years after the arrival of the URSS Alabama, the WHSS Seeking Glorious Destiny Among the Stars for the Greater Good of Social Collectivism arrived in the 47 Ursae Majoris system carrying colonists and Matriarch Luisa Hernandez. After Mayor Lee met with the Matriarch on her ship, the Alabama colonists fled New Florida, leaving the town of Liberty stripped and deserted, and disappeared...more Coyote Rising is the second SF novel in the Coyote trilogy, following Coyote itself. In the previous volume, five years after the arrival of the URSS Alabama, the WHSS Seeking Glorious Destiny Among the Stars for the Greater Good of Social Collectivism arrived in the 47 Ursae Majoris system carrying colonists and Matriarch Luisa Hernandez. After Mayor Lee met with the Matriarch on her ship, the Alabama colonists fled New Florida, leaving the town of Liberty stripped and deserted, and disappeared into the wilds of Midland.

The Western Hemisphere Union has sent five colony ships to 47 Ursae Majoris. The Glorious Destiny brought a thousand colonists and Union Guard to Coyote, as did New Frontiers, Long Journey, Magnificent Voyage and Spirit. Coyote has not become overcrowded, but Liberty definitely becomes overpopulated and many colonists were forced to camp in the Shuttlefield slums.

In this novel, Allegra DiSilvio arrives on Coyote in the Long Voyage. She is a composer who has been blocked from her creativity and has come to this distant planet looking for new sources of inspiration. After a long and futile search for a place to pitch her tent, she finally sets up near a swamp. Her neighbor is Cecelia -- Sissy -- Levin, mother of the Chief Proctor. Allegra gains Sissy's trust, makes a flute for her, and is soon teaching Sissy to play the instrument.

Benjamin Harlan is intrigued by a religious cult that comes to Coyote on the Magnificent Voyage. The cult leader, Reverend Zoltan Shirow, claims to be a prophet of the Universal Transformation. He looks like a bat, with wings and an animalistic face. However, Ben has his eyes mostly on Greer, a very good looking woman who seems to like him.

James Alonzo Garcia was a famous architect prior to his conscription for the Coyote Colony. He arrives on Magnificent Voyage and is quickly put to work designing a township for Shuttlefield. After the Matriarch approves his plans, Garcia is given the task of designing a bridge over the East Channel connecting New Florida to Midland.

Clark Thompson is a former colonel in the Union Guard. After arriving on Coyote, he soon leaves Shuttlefield and founds the hamlet of Thompson's Ferry. When Allegra, Sissy and other members of the Coyote Wood Ensemble arrive at his village after fleeing from the Matriarch, Thompson sends them across the ferry to Midland. Then he prepares his militia for the Union Guard troopers that are following the musicians.

Captain Fernando Baptiste is commanding officer of the Spirit of Social Collectivism Carried to the Stars. When the revolution begins, his ship is the only Union vessel in orbit around Coyote. Since Captain Baptiste is the senior officer present, he commands all military forces in the system.

This story is about the revolution of the Alabama colonist against the Matriarch and the WHU. The Union Guard outnumber the rebels and have heavier equipment. The satellite communications system aboard the URSS Alabama, has been disabled. The only advantages the rebels have are a better knowledge of the terrain and the planet itself.

This novel is based on eight short stories published in Asimov's SF Magazine between May 2003 and December 2004. These stories are arranged in chronological order, with each depicting a scenario in the evolution of the Coyote Federation. The next volume in this trilogy is Coyote Frontier.
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Nov 02, 2011 Andreas rated it 2 of 5 stars

The sequel to Coyote, picks up where the previous one left off, thus mitigating some of my annoyance with the ending of the previous book. Coyote has been invaded by the Western Hemisphere Union, a major power on Earth, and the original colonists have to fight a guerilla war against an increasingly despotic post-socialist regime. As before, the story is episodic in nature, with the whole derived from eight short stories. This has both advantages and disadvantages. While the thing feels cobbled t...more

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Nov 13, 2011 Patrick rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Review of Coyote Rising, by Allen Steele.
Normally, I wouldn't read a sequel before the original, but I had read some of Steele's work before, specifically Clarke County, Space and Labyrinth of Night and found them interesting, if excessively snarky in the Larry Niven and worst of Robert Heinlein (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls) tradition. Coyote Rising, the sequel to Coyote, fortunately has virtually none of his previous smartassery as it tells the story of the inevitable conflict between the r...more Review of Coyote Rising, by Allen Steele.
Normally, I wouldn't read a sequel before the original, but I had read some of Steele's work before, specifically Clarke County, Space and Labyrinth of Night and found them interesting, if excessively snarky in the Larry Niven and worst of Robert Heinlein (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls) tradition. Coyote Rising, the sequel to Coyote, fortunately has virtually none of his previous smartassery as it tells the story of the inevitable conflict between the rebel crew of the URSS Alabama (refugees from a theo-fascist America) and the next wave of colonists from the successor-state Western Hemisphere Union on the title planet, a moon orbiting a gas giant of 47 Ursae Majoris. The first half to two-thirds of the book goes well, alternating between straight narration and first person diary accounts from assorted colonists. The final third, however, seems rushed, with a Pollyanna ending that undercuts the drama of the climax, as though the author suddenly realized he was up to 300 pages with no denoument in sight. There were several other things that annoyed me: first, not enough information about the planet (despite several maps and even a calendar). I wasn't expecting an Encyclopedia entry, but for all the bare descriptions of the geology, flora and fauna, Coyote seemed about as alien as Southern California in a TOS episode. Second, we learn virtually nothing about the guiding principle of the Western Hemisphere Union, social collectivism, even though it is mentioned nearly every chapter and is given as a reason for the colony's failure. If it's not important enough to flesh out, why even mention it? Third, the bad guys are mostly cardboard cutouts, from the honorable bad guy who does the right thing to the chief bad guy who can be counted upon to go berserk at the most dramatic moment. Fourth, the sentient aliens seemed to serve no purpose (except maybe for a sequel) and smacked of The Man Who Would Be King paternalism. Fifth, Steele seems to lack the chops to handle technological change. The second wave arrives 250 years after the Alabama, but their technology may as well be identical and is pretty primitive to begin with; log cabins? Hide coats? Is this the twenty-second century or the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Overall, a promising start despite the flaws, but an annoying ending. I still may be interested enough to read Coyote and the final installment Coyote Frontier, but they won't be high on my list.
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Dec 03, 2009 Jay Daze rated it 3 of 5 stars

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A fairly solid follow up to Coyote with the same enjoyable bouncing around between characters, again Steele has written interconnected stories that add up to an enjoyable novel. This book was much more conscious of its links to American history, though shouldn't it have been the war of American Independence, rather than the American Civil War? Sometimes these historical underpinnings seemed more of a crutch rather than a way to deepen the story. With the move away from settlers versus nature, th...more

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Jul 30, 2009 Ben Babcock rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I'd like to love Coyote Rising more; Allen Steele has created a very original tale of interstellar colonization. Unfortunately, I found the plot and the characters lacking the substance required to truly distinguish a novel, no matter how original its premise.

The first book in the series, Coyote, depicted a fantastic new world, Earth-like in so many ways yet also devastatingly alien. Even as the original colonists began to settle the planet, more ships from Earth arrived, bringing with them a so...more I'd like to love Coyote Rising more; Allen Steele has created a very original tale of interstellar colonization. Unfortunately, I found the plot and the characters lacking the substance required to truly distinguish a novel, no matter how original its premise.

The first book in the series, Coyote, depicted a fantastic new world, Earth-like in so many ways yet also devastatingly alien. Even as the original colonists began to settle the planet, more ships from Earth arrived, bringing with them a social collectivist philosophy that threatened to undermine the existing colony's stability. Thus, Steele sets the stage for Coyote Rising, tagged as "a novel of interstellar revolution."

Therein lies the problem: Coyote was interesting by virtue of the world the colonists were exploring and the challenges they had to face; Coyote Rising is almost purely driven by plot, and I enjoyed that far less. There are still some environmental elements to the conflicts faced by our protagonists, most notably a volcanic eruption that cools Coyote's climate, but they seem secondary to Steele's need for the original colonists to revolt against the tyrannical administration of the "Western Hemisphere Union," personified by the irrational Luisa Hernandez.

In the first book, we meet Hernandez only briefly toward the end. As the leader of the second wave of colonists, she seems to honestly believe that social collectivism is the best form of government, and Robert Lee's decision to abandon the original colony and take the original colonists into hiding is prudent. Yet in Coyote Rising, any hint of depth in Hernandez's character is gone. She's a scheming, shallow antagonist whose only desire is total oppression and control. Where's my complex villain who agonizes over her actions, questions whether her morals are correct, then decides her course of action is the only just one?

The antagonists also suffer from an unfortunate tendency to go rogue. Over the course of Coyote Rising, a significant number of people in positions of power with the WHU colony switch sides and join the original colonists (this doesn't count the droves of people fleeing to the original colony because the new colony is a slum). On the surface, this makes sense. Steele's emphasizing how collectivism has failed the colony in the face of the challenges of settling Coyote. Yet the very fact that the collectivist stance seems so indefensible has two unfortunate consequences: firstly, it makes the actions of die-hard antagonists, like Hernandez, even more unconvincing; secondly, it undermines the threat of the antagonists. Steele's trying to make a big point about how humans will fight for freedom, even if it means death, but his protagonist's easy philosophical success undermines his efforts to advance this theme.

If I seem overly negative, it's only because Coyote Rising was so good that it could have been so much better. The book isn't beyond redemption: it has great action scenes, as well as truly moving ones. My favourite scene, the most touching one, occurs near the end of the book, as Robert Lee confronts Luisa Hernandez. I read it as if it were in slow motion, knowing what would happen, and it still moved me. That's why I'm critical of this book: it had potential. Here's hoping Coyote Frontier improves my opinion of this series' literary merits.(less)

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Aug 14, 2009 Broodingferret rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I'm really liking this trilogy. Formatted as a collection of pseudo-short stories (written in fairly stand-alone chunks and from different points of view, but with enough continuity to make it a novel rather than an anthology or a collection), the Coyote trilogy is the story of the colonization of a moon in the 47 Ursa Majoris system (located in the Big Dipper). Steele does an excellent job of creating a sci-fi setting with well-developed characters and realistic limitations on technology, allow...more

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Aug 26, 2012 Jeremy rated it 3 of 5 stars

It really should be three and a half stars.

This series has still got a hold on me, but I am still a bit disappointed by the lack of depth to these books when it comes to its politics and some of the characters. The "collectivism" of the Western Hemisphere Union (the bad guys in this book) is barely discussed. Luisa Hernandez, the leader of the WHU is little more than a stock villain, obsessed with defeating our heroes even if it means making a series of really bad judgment calls.

I guess the reas...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Patrick rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I liked this book, better that the first of Steele's Coyote trilogy, aptly named, "Coyote." Steele continues in his description of characters that are flawed in a far away setting, as a habitable planet becaomes the source of tentions between two groups, both claiming stewardship of Coyote. This book also introduces the unforgettable Zoltan to us, the leader of a religious cult who has fangs and wings, as well as a grand sense of destiny.

You don't have to read the 1st installment, "Coyote," but...more

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Aug 18, 2010 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The second book of the Coyote series continues the meditations begun in the first on freedom, responsibility, and community life. The "free" people aren't all nobility and hard work; they are scarred, sometimes violent, and must cope with the ramifications of the actions they take in order to secure the liberty they prize so highly. The story thread of Zoltan Shirow adds thrills and poignancy, a touch of the bizarre, and a hint of the possibilities of religion that might develop in a new world....more

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Dec 19, 2012 Kara Jorges rated it 4 of 5 stars

Some time has passed since we were last on Coyote, in the constellation 47 Ursae Majoris, with the original colonists who were suddenly descended upon by thousands of immigrants from a new and oppressive government on Earth. The original colonists fled their settlement of Liberty on the New Florida continent to cross the Great Equatorial River to another continent called Midland, where they started a hidden new settlement named Defiance. Meanwhile, Liberty has been taken over by the newly-arrive...more Some time has passed since we were last on Coyote, in the constellation 47 Ursae Majoris, with the original colonists who were suddenly descended upon by thousands of immigrants from a new and oppressive government on Earth. The original colonists fled their settlement of Liberty on the New Florida continent to cross the Great Equatorial River to another continent called Midland, where they started a hidden new settlement named Defiance. Meanwhile, Liberty has been taken over by the newly-arrived government spouting the empty promises of social collectivism, headed by the heartless Matriarch Luisa Hernandez. Under the Matriarch’s iron fist, Liberty remains a pleasant frontier town, while on the outskirts, near the shuttle landing field, a tent slum named Shuttlefield springs up.

Shuttlefield is where the story, which is actually a series of short stories, begins. Recent arrival Allegra DiSilvio just wants to find a speck of land to park her secondhand tent and winds up making new friends and reawakening her talent. Ben, a man who’s been content to drift along doing odd jobs, finds himself in a nightmare when he agrees to guide a religious cult from Shuttlefield to Midland. During these stories, the original colonists seem mostly like a myth, a dream of freedom removed from the squalor of Shuttlefield, with their own Robin Hood-type character in the form of Rigil Kent, a shadowy figure who conducts raids on the government in Liberty and Shuttlefield. When Ben finally manages to reach the original colonists, the story then opens up to include adventures with the first settlers of Coyote. Underlying it all is the foreboding presence of Matriarch Luisa Hernandez, who ruthlessly uses her political power to build a bridge from New Florida to Midland in an effort to exploit its resources, and to oust the original colonists from their freedom and return them to social collectivism, an ugly blend of imperialism and communism. She does not count on the resourcefulness of those who oppose her, or on the forces of nature, and it isn’t long before Coyote faces full-scale war.

Allen Steele’s best writing has been on his Coyote novels, proving he earned those Hugos. He manages to smoothly interconnect a series of stories from different points of view into one cohesive story with rich texture. We have small personal dramas playing out against a backdrop of an entire foundling society’s biggest dilemma that affects them all. Though not as tense and gripping as the first “Coyote,” this book is an excellent follow-up that put me right back on that planet so many light years away. I don’t read a lot of sci fi, but I will always read Allen Steele.
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Sep 12, 2011 Steve Walker rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a great continuation from Steele's Coyote series. Great science fiction mixed with survival in a primitive environment with few resources. Reminiscent of the writing and stories of Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. The story flows as a great adventure but at the same time introduces the age old struggles mankind has with power and discrimination, and the battle of the haves against the have-nots. And especially the focus of attempting to force ideology and control over a group that i...more This is a great continuation from Steele's Coyote series. Great science fiction mixed with survival in a primitive environment with few resources. Reminiscent of the writing and stories of Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. The story flows as a great adventure but at the same time introduces the age old struggles mankind has with power and discrimination, and the battle of the haves against the have-nots. And especially the focus of attempting to force ideology and control over a group that is happy with their society and willing to live apart if necessary.

The Alabama is still in orbit around the moon Coyote but has been joined by two other starships launched in the 75 years after Alabama left. They have improved the technology for interstellar and made larger starships that can carry upwards of 1,000 people. Steele introduces characters called Savants that have had their consciousness uploaded into a mechanical computerized artificial body. Almost like a new species, the Savants have potentially achieved immortality. During the 200 or so years the starships travel, these men stayed awake. They continue to learn and gain knowledge.

This is basically a political novel exploring what "freedom" means. Like the revolt of the Alabama crew in the first Coyote novel, this book continues the theme of American Revolution and Civil War with the original society lead by Robert E Lee clearly on the side of right, and the new arrivals from a vastly different, socialistic America clearly the evil party. The new party is lead by Matriarch Hernandez, they have superior technology and by all rights should have no problem quickly finding the "rebel" encampment and subduing them into submission. But of course, they can't pull it off. Despite the frustration that the new arrivals could not pull their resources together and subdue the rebels, it is fun to see how it all comes together.

There are several great stories going on here. The religious zealot Zolton, the continuing story of Carlos and Wendy, and perhaps the most human character Chris; Chris's mom Allegra and new character Sissy and Captain Baptiste from the new starship arrival. Interestingly he is to take the ship back so another group can be brought to Coyote.

A gripping page turner. This is a great series.

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Dec 19, 2011 Alex Telander rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Almost ten years ago, when I read Coyote by Allen Steele and hailed it as a great work of science fiction and hoped he would do a sequel, little did I know it would become an ongoing series! In the first sequel to Coyote, Coyote Rising, Steele continues with his parallelism of the settling of the New World, as things begin to heat up on the world of Coyote and revolution is afoot.

With the arrival of a whole host of new colonists from a very different Earth under a new doomed socialist dictatorsh...more Almost ten years ago, when I read Coyote by Allen Steele and hailed it as a great work of science fiction and hoped he would do a sequel, little did I know it would become an ongoing series! In the first sequel to Coyote, Coyote Rising, Steele continues with his parallelism of the settling of the New World, as things begin to heat up on the world of Coyote and revolution is afoot.

With the arrival of a whole host of new colonists from a very different Earth under a new doomed socialist dictatorship at the end of Coyote, the original colonists have fled their former cities, striking out for the jungles, forests and hinterlands, creating their own new hamlets and towns. Originally published as a series of stories in Asimov’s, each “part” of the book looks at a different viewpoint of this diverse world, as the original colonists plan raids and revolts against these new colonists who seek to subjugate and control them. But the original colonists have a strong leader in Rigil Kent, who is the familiar protagonist from Coyote, Carlos Montero: a great leader and an even better schemer at fighting back against these Social Collectivists.

Coyote Rising also focuses on the building of an important great bridge and its attempted detonation and destruction by the rebels. Steele has great fun researching the architectural fundamentals of building such a large bridge from the viewpoint of James Alonzo Garcia. In another story he focuses on the strange genetically engineered character of Reverend Zoltan Shirow, a cult leader who gives a whole new meaning to the term “batshit crazy.”

Reading this sequel is like delving through an important volume of history covering the beautiful but dangerous planet of Coyote, as Steele seeks to tell a wide variety of entertaining and captivating stories told by a host of interesting and at times fascinating characters.

Originally written on August 15, 2011 ©Alex C. Telander.

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Dec 27, 2011 Katie M. rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of character-driven sf

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Complex characters with their own agendas and flaws are a strength of this novel, which is less about colonizing an alien world and more about the tensions between different factions of the colonists. The worldbuilding is interesting, though less central than in Coyote the first book in this series. However, Coyote Rising's origins as a series of short stories make the novel rather disjointed. I also felt that the opposition between the two political systems is a bit too black and white. Still,...more

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Aug 08, 2011 Elgin rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Well, my four hour trip from Lexington Ky to Des Moines turned into a 12 hour trip thanks to weather delays and missed connections, so I easily got through this one in one day. Again, this is a collection of previously published stories, reworked and then woven into a very good novel. The story is a "David vs Goliath" story
in which a small group of under equipped rebels with a charismatic leader defeats a well armed totalitarian opponent. A tried and true theme but told very well.

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Aug 04, 2011 JParsons1974 Parsons added it · review of another edition

382 pages Science fiction. This book is a good addition to the Coyote series. The story address the questionto what lenght will someone go to be free? Can social collectivism work on in a frontier society? These questions are addressed while not skimping on action and character development. I like this universe and cannot wait for the next work inthis series.

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Aug 13, 2009 Brenda rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have enjoyed this series of book so far. My husband recommended them to me. I don't like hard core science fiction but I have enjoyed them quite a bit. This book had only one thing I didn't really enjoy, and it only really concerned about a chaper and a half so it wasn't too big of a deal. It was just a really creepy weird character that I'm not really sure added too much to the book. Overall I liked it.

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Apr 05, 2010 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars

Book two! I like this one as well. What a great plot twist! The colonists too 230 years to get to the new planet, and while they were en route tecnology advanced, the world changed in massive ways, and there is a faster ship full of communists from the future right behind them. Even though it left 180 years later it will arrive only four years after...

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Nov 30, 2012 Max rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I think that coyote rising is a really good book. Like I said in my other review, this series is really cool because of the idea and that all this could possibly happen. I think coyote rising is cool because they used the newest technology to travel that far, and they now have to use very primitive ways to survive on a new planet like coyote. I personally think that the war was a waste of resources, including when the Alabama blew up fort Lopez, killing thousands of people and many new technolog...more

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Jan 07, 2011 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Loved the first book and tore right through this one, impatient to see what would happen next. Total escapist reading - my fav! Rushed out to 4 different bookstores to find the third installment (Frontier) and also bought the one after that (Horizon) as well. Am thoroughly enjoying this series and wondering how I can get on the next shuttle out to Coyote!

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Feb 18, 2010 Terry rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was a good story , but dragged out way too long. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if it was divided into two books. I would like to listen to the sequel but not for at least a year--I need a break after that long space war.

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Sep 22, 2012 Mark rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Excited to find a new-to-me sci-fi author that I love! This was excellent future history, with well rounded characters, good pacing and plenty of pioneering adventure thrown in. I really enjoyed it!

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Apr 07, 2011 Lily rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I loved reading this second Allen Steele book. It is number 2 in the series and I loved it. Great pace, well written and feeds the science fiction soul. Onto book #3.

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Jul 02, 2011 Collin rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Coyote Rising is great continuation of a decent series. Steele's creativity is fantastic in his ability to meld sci-fi with a pioneer plotline. Overall, it's great, but on occasion, he makes plot turns and twists very obvious and evident so that readers can clue into why he's writing it. He could use some more subtlety in this way, but the plot doesn't suffer. It just makes me feel like a dumb reader.

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Feb 27, 2011 R. Michael Litchfield rated it 4 of 5 stars

More planet colonization stories, I'm a bit bugged by their failure to develop any industry but it is still early in the colonial history.

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Jul 07, 2012 Paul rated it 5 of 5 stars

Brilliant book and one of my favourites along with the series. An in depth story that had me captivated from beginning to end.

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Jul 20, 2011 Jeff rated it 4 of 5 stars

Coyote Rising is the second of the Coyote books. I really liked it, not quite as much as the first one as the book two was more about skirmishes as the two colonies fought over their little corner of the planet. Still, great sci-fi and I'm looking forward to the following books. It has been a long time since I read a really good sci-fi series and I'm looking forward to visiting my favorite science fiction book store to buy the next installment.

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Dec 09, 2010 Jason Brasier rated it 5 of 5 stars

A mesmerizing sequel. Steele continues on the same amazing path that the first one left us on.

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May 16, 2012 Matthew rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This is one of the books in the series of Coyote. This is the second book in the series and it is the best out of the three I have read. This book is about new civilization on a new planet. I think my favorite part would have to be when the original colonists take control of the planet again by defeating the new invading humans. My favorite character would have to be Carlos Montereo because he is the human leader and helps them take the planet back. I recommend this book to people who like actio...more

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Mar 20, 2009 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I enjoyed this book as a great sequel to "Coyote".

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May 01, 2013 Karl Ammerman rated it 5 of 5 stars

Almost as good as the first part of the Coyote Trilogy.

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