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Change of Command (The Serrano Legacy #6)
THEIR UNIVERSE IS FALLING APART!
Rejuvenants fear the backlash caused by bad drugs; they want to ensure that nothing interferes with their pursuit of long life -- or the profit that comes from promising it to others. Neighbor states fear the aggressive expansion of the Familias Regnant, fuelled by population growth and extended lifespan. Within the Regular Space Service, th
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Published
December 1st 2000
by baen
(first published 1999)
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This is the sixth book in the space opera Serrano Legacy, or can be regarded as the third book that focuses on Esmay Suiza. Sort of.[return][return]The Familias Regnant is in tatters after the Speaker is assassinated. The entire political system hinges on the rivalry between the wealthy Rejuvenants--the ones who could afford the treatment to become endlessly young--and the lower classes who cannot rise higher since the older generation isn't dying off or retiring. Immediate suspicion is laid on...more
It's impossible to discuss "Change in Command" by itself, because the book really doesn't stand by itself. It's not just that it continues the story of many of the characters from its predecessor Heris Serrano and Esmay Suiza novels (including Cecillia, Esmay, Barin, Brun, Vida, and even Heris et al), plus a handfull of new characters. Of the newcomers, Kate the Ranger from the Lone Star Confederation is the most entertaining - perhaps the only character in the book who isn't grieving, moping, s...more
I don't think this book is quite up to 4 stars, but it's definitely not down to 3 stars either. It's another really good story, but also feels like a middle book. Which it is, but I thought Rules of Engagement did a better job of being part of a series but still having its own contained story arc. This one follows a bunch of people, and all their stories are interesting, but it doesn't make quite as neat of a package as the other books. It does, however, do an excellent job of setting things up...more
Lord, I'm annoyed that the library didn't have the fifth book in this series, because jumping from the fourth book to this, the sixth, made things very difficult indeed. There were some dramatic things that occurred in book five, and it's a little difficult to catch up with everything that's happened in the character's lives. However, people discuss this often enough that it soon falls into place.
Esmay Suiza's relationship with Barin Serrano has progessed to the point where they're discussing m...more
Esmay Suiza's relationship with Barin Serrano has progessed to the point where they're discussing m...more
Okay. It's been pointed out by numerous people that villains think of themselves as the heroes of their own story. But the main villain here has no redeeming qualities at all. That's a little tough to take. Power-hungry, controlling, no sense of humor, sees women as objects and men as tools ... yeah.
Also, it seems like this book and its sequel, Against the Odds, should have been one book but were split in half for logistical reasons.
Also also, sometimes it seems like Esmay is kind of the univers...more
Also, it seems like this book and its sequel, Against the Odds, should have been one book but were split in half for logistical reasons.
Also also, sometimes it seems like Esmay is kind of the univers...more
Ok, so, this book didn't keep me up the way the other ones in the series have. In fact, I put it down and read several things in the middle. But the second part picked back up.
The problem with this book is that it's *very much* a middle book - pretty much nothing gets resolved. A bunch of stuff happens, but it definitely isn't a stand alone volume. Having said that, it had some moments. I loved the Texan Ranger character in this book - I lived in Texas for a while and I knew a couple of women t...more
The problem with this book is that it's *very much* a middle book - pretty much nothing gets resolved. A bunch of stuff happens, but it definitely isn't a stand alone volume. Having said that, it had some moments. I loved the Texan Ranger character in this book - I lived in Texas for a while and I knew a couple of women t...more
Think of this as a placeholder book. If you are curious about how the mystery is going to be solved, want to know how the characters stories are going to end, and have some time to kill, read it. But don't pick this one up first -- this is the kind of series you need to read in order.
Not up to Moon's standard. She's got too many plots going in one book. Read if you've read the earlier ones in the series, which are much better (for example: Hunting Party, Winning Colors, and her tour-de-force in this series, Once a Hero).
From the cover, you'd assume that this series is mostly about guns and weird-looking women. But it's really about the politics of a society where people can extend their lives indefinitely.
A nice, amusing bit of space opera from Elizabeth Moon. I would recommend starting from the beginning of the series, as this book builds quite a lot on previous books.
Entertaining, fast, light read with strong female characters. I read this series straight through and enjoyed the the last book in the series as much as the first.
This book wasn't very well constructed. I didn't feel the various plots and characters came together very well. One of my least favorites in the series.
This book felt like a lead-up, filler part of the story. I was disappointed it didn't have much about the heroine of the story and ended with more questions than answers. I still enjoyed the book but it felt like there was a lot of set up stuffed into one book.
Please see my review of Hunting Party. Great series.
Quite exciting. Interesting to see how she ratchets up the complicated plots as elements get more and more entangled. (view spoiler)
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Multi-threaded plot that is way too complicated. Ended with a whole bunch of loose ends.
Rather than being a single storyline, this book hopped around in a way that I didn't particularly like. It still followed characters introduced earlier in the series and furthered the series plot, but it didn't have the same continuity that the other books had. It wasn't as tightly focused, and came through as a bit of a "tying up the loose ends" sort of book.
Book six of a series and it suffers from an attempt to get all the plot threads resolved and braided together before the end. In hindsight, it might have been better to do two trilogies, even if set in the same or similar universes, because the different points of view have an air of being written at different times and cobbled together for a book.
These books were fun to read, but I much prefer Paks, Remnant Population and Speed of Dark (though that one made me mad at the end)
Moon continues to deliver on the fast-paced, engaging, well-plotted military sf. I love her world and I love her characters.
Sequel to Once a Hero and Rules of Engagement. Military SF with a female lead.
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Elizabeth Moon was born March 7, 1945, and grew up in McAllen, Texas, graduating from McAllen High School in 1963. She has a B.A. in History from Rice University (1968) and another in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin (1975) with graduate work in Biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio.
She served in the USMC from 1968 to 1971, first at MCB Quantico and then at HQMC. She marrie...more
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