THE CULMINATION OF A SAGA
TWENTY-TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING.
They call themselves "Rihannsu" -- the Declared. To the Federation, they are the ... read full description
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Jul 28, 2011
rivka
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4.5 stars
When this first came out in 2006, I bought the ebook -- one of the only ebooks I ever bought, and certainly the first I paid for. Unfortunately, I had the same issue then that I still have with ebooks. Most of my reading is done on Shabbos, when I can't do ebooks. So I was making very slow (although fairly steady) progress through it when my purse was stolen. In it were the Palm which was my ebook reader, and my credit cards. Both were replaced in short order, and I was able More...
When this first came out in 2006, I bought the ebook -- one of the only ebooks I ever bought, and certainly the first I paid for. Unfortunately, I had the same issue then that I still have with ebooks. Most of my reading is done on Shabbos, when I can't do ebooks. So I was making very slow (although fairly steady) progress through it when my purse was stolen. In it were the Palm which was my ebook reader, and my credit cards. Both were replaced in short order, and I was able More...
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Jul 26, 2011
Chris
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The final book in the Rihannsu (Romulans) series of Star Trek tie-in books. The series is in general good, but this book was not as satisfying as I was hoping it would be. Many of the elements that contributed to the ending seemed haphazardly thought up, such as the stunning success of the rebel forces. This was the shortest rebellion in sci-fi history, and also the most successful since it seems to start and end in at most a week, with the rebels never losing a single battle and having access t
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Jan 08, 2012
Dan
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Reading the Rihannsu saga has been a special treat. Diane Duane shows herself to be a master of "world building," and the Rihannsu culture is very well fleshed-out, much moreso than the Romulans of televised Star Trek. Of course, much of this is due to the freedom that the medium of novels allows. Putting together an hour-long program doesn't allow a writer to delve into the culture of a race of aliens quite as deeply as a novel hundreds of pages long does. For creating such an int
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Oct 24, 2008
Anna
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"This is the fifth book in Diane Duane's twenty-two year long tale of the Romulans. The first four books (<a href=""http://www.librarything.com/title/my+enemy+my+ally"">My Enemy, My Ally, <a href=""http://www.librarything.com/title/the+romulan+way"">The Romulan Way, <a href=""http://www.librarything.com/title/swordhunt"">Swordhunt, and <a href=""http://www.librarything.com/title/honor+blade""
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Sep 11, 2008
Laura
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The very first time I read this I was so excited to see how the story ended that I went through it in half a day and concluded it was utterly brilliant. I still found it to be thoroughly enjoyable a second time through, but a few faults showed up much more clearly upon closer examination.
I think the problem lies mainly with the presentation and not the story itself; had the story told in Swordhunt, Honor Blade, and The Empty Chair been heavily edited and revised into a single novel, More...
I think the problem lies mainly with the presentation and not the story itself; had the story told in Swordhunt, Honor Blade, and The Empty Chair been heavily edited and revised into a single novel, More...
Apr 30, 2008
Lee
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Pre-reading: I'd been waiting for this one for years. I loved the first two of this series, awaaay back when I was in college (or high school?) The second two were a pleasant surprise a few years back, and they definitely left it open for a 5th. As a Star Fleet Battles player, Romulan fiction is a welcome change of pace. I've kind of fallen away from reading all of the Trek that comes out, but I will continue to make exceptions for this series and maybe this author.
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Mar 04, 2011
Elaine
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actually rereading this one - I always like Diane Duane's work; it usually doesn't even matter what 'universe' it's in. Love her ST books; this one is well-written, with well-drawn original characters to care about while she doesn't at all neglect the characters we already know and love. Very satisfying ending, too.
Jul 30, 2011
Benjamin
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I enjoyed this series in some ways, but in others it was a slog. I find it interesting that it mentioned the Remans as early as the 1980s; I'd thought they were farcically added for Nemesis.
Mar 31, 2011
Helen
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bailed 1/3 in. Too much battle scene, too like coming into the middle of a bad movie
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