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Dark Wing #4
The Dark Crusade
The Dark Path introduced a new alien force into the delicate balance of power. This force was the actual puppetmaster of the human-zor war and now wishes to bring both worlds under its madness inducing shadow. The Dark Ascent brought into focus a secret conspiracy that is disrupting the balance of power on both a military and metaphysical level.
But the same ancient philosophy of the zor race that prophesized "the Dark Wing" has also foreseen a hero that will meet the new menace--a hero now mystically embodied in a rebellious space commodore by the name of Jackie Lappierre.
Now in The Dark Crusade as armadas clash and outposts fall, the overly confident alien menace is forced to confront a zor human alliance that has been warned, their covert and insidious plans of infiltration now exposed...but all is not as it seems to be. The "vuhl menace" may not be the ultimate enemy, and the all-powerful puppetmasters that have lurked in the shadows have entered the endgame where the mysteries of alien prophecies may have already determined the outcome.
Though victory is hardly attained by either side in The Dark Crusade, the page turning and thought provoking climax will forever alter the fate of sentient life in the galaxy.
But the same ancient philosophy of the zor race that prophesized "the Dark Wing" has also foreseen a hero that will meet the new menace--a hero now mystically embodied in a rebellious space commodore by the name of Jackie Lappierre.
Now in The Dark Crusade as armadas clash and outposts fall, the overly confident alien menace is forced to confront a zor human alliance that has been warned, their covert and insidious plans of infiltration now exposed...but all is not as it seems to be. The "vuhl menace" may not be the ultimate enemy, and the all-powerful puppetmasters that have lurked in the shadows have entered the endgame where the mysteries of alien prophecies may have already determined the outcome.
Though victory is hardly attained by either side in The Dark Crusade, the page turning and thought provoking climax will forever alter the fate of sentient life in the galaxy.
544 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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July 8, 2012
For the previous couple of books in the series it has been a question as to whether I should give 3 or 4 stars. I would have liked to give 3 ½ actually. For this one it was more a question of 2 or 3 stars. In the end I gave 3 since it’s clear that some of my gripes about this book is personal preference and perhaps not so much that the book is bad in itself.
The blurb for the book states things like “Armadas clash and outposts fall…” which lead me to believe that the book was finally going to be about the humans and the Zor going on the offensive, learning the technology behind the Vuhl and that we were going to see some nice space battles.
However, that was not to be. The first battle in the book is recited as a debriefing after it happened. The rest of the actual battles and technological advancements are quickly skipped over in the book with only very brief descriptions, if any at all.
During the course of the first half there's more and more scheming and plotting between factions of humans with different views on how to conduct the war. Half way through the author starts to involve AI’s going sentient and start their own schemes. Most of the book is spent talking about mythology, hidden plans and the latest schemes.
I’m afraid I feel this book is turning more and more into a science fiction/fantasy soap opera. It ends in a cliffhanger that, to me, is constructed only to permit more installments to be written as well. The author claims that the publisher do not want to invest in more books being written though and, given how this book developed, I’m not sure I would pick any of them up if more was written.
The blurb for the book states things like “Armadas clash and outposts fall…” which lead me to believe that the book was finally going to be about the humans and the Zor going on the offensive, learning the technology behind the Vuhl and that we were going to see some nice space battles.
However, that was not to be. The first battle in the book is recited as a debriefing after it happened. The rest of the actual battles and technological advancements are quickly skipped over in the book with only very brief descriptions, if any at all.
During the course of the first half there's more and more scheming and plotting between factions of humans with different views on how to conduct the war. Half way through the author starts to involve AI’s going sentient and start their own schemes. Most of the book is spent talking about mythology, hidden plans and the latest schemes.
I’m afraid I feel this book is turning more and more into a science fiction/fantasy soap opera. It ends in a cliffhanger that, to me, is constructed only to permit more installments to be written as well. The author claims that the publisher do not want to invest in more books being written though and, given how this book developed, I’m not sure I would pick any of them up if more was written.
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