What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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In Death Ground
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SOLVED. Military? SciFi. Multi-system space war w alien race that eats other races. Systems have 1 or more fixed/hidden points where ships can travel FTL faster-than-light bet. them. Allied hi-tech race (humanoid cat?) past enemy to humans. Mid 2000s. [s]
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some of it reminds me of David Weber, but with out the eating part
Thanks, but it's not one of Weber's unfortunately ( I've read all of his stuff )
I know you indicated you have read all David Weber's items. However, does that include his collaboration with Steve White on the Starfire series? The reason I ask is that Steve White wrote novels based on the Starfire series which match many of the points you raised. E.g. In Death Ground. It is military SF. Has an alien race that eats other races. Has an avian species (Ophiuchi), etc. If not that series the other series you might check out that has an avian race, military SF, etc. is 'The Damned' by Alan Dean Foster. The first book being A Call to Arms.
Yes! I'm almost certain the starfire series was it! I looked over some of the blurbs and they match up. Re-buying them on a kindle now.Brad, Terry, thanks to both of you.
Sorry I dismissed Weber before. I somehow had no idea he wrote that series despite reading everything from his honorverse and safehold series.
Thank you for confirming this was it. Very glad to hear we we were able to help you find it.
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
In Death Ground (other topics)A Call to Arms (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Steve White (other topics)Alan Dean Foster (other topics)
At least 1 other allied hi-tech race (humanoid cat I think - humans fought war with them in the past?).
systems have one or more fixed (hidden) points where ships can travel ftl between them.
Read paperback in mid 2000s.
***potential mild spoilers below ( don't remember details very well...)
It had a Subplot about survey ship finding hidden route between systems with military implications.
Survey ship Encountered another alien race (avian I think?) also fighting same enemy.
The survey ship captain pretended to have authority to act as a diplomat or something to try and get an alliance with this new race as humanity needed help fighting these aliens
I've been trying to remember/find this book again for years now, so any help would be appreciated.