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Review of Battlespace (The Legacy Trilogy, Book 2)
When called to do battle many light years from home, the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Unit rose to the challenge -- and now thousands of enslaved humans have been freed from the alien yoke. But Earth is twenty-one years older than the home planet they originally left, and the Marines need time to retrain and readjust -- time they do not have, due to the bizzare disappearance of a detachment of their brothers- and sisters-in-arms. It is a mystery, but there is a starting point: an ancient wormhole threading through the Sirius system. Whatever waits on the other side must be confronted, with stealth, with force, and without fear -- be it an ancient enemy or a devastating new threat.
The Marines are heading into the perilous unknown . . . and what transpires there could reshape the universe for millennia to come.
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Comments for Battlespace (The Legacy Trilogy | Book 2)
- Posted on 2008-09-22
Great SCI FI book
Another great SCI-FI book from Ian Douglas. You should read the books in order. If you like action this book is for you. Worth your money.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-08-15
Best Yet in the Series
BATTLESPACE(2006) is the second book of THE LEGACY TRILOGY. This trilogy is itself a follow-on to THE HERITAGE TRILOGY(1998-2001). This trilogy covers the exploits of space-faring Marines from the 22nd century, who fight strange aliens in remote locations in nearby star systems.
This book offered a good pace, with few dull moments.
There is always a sense of mystery surrounding the ultimate enemy in the series - "The Hunters of the Dawn", who actually first show up in force in this story... but still only play a background part in this book.
While many of the characters are still poorly developed (especially the higher-ranking officers), there is continued improvement in this area over the first 3 books in the overall series.
I found the book very entertaining, and a quick read... I give it 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5.
Oh, and the cover is the best yet, too... even though it doesn't actually depict a actual scene from the story (they never fought the enemy on an actual planet, but within the remote Stargate space structure).
Score: 5
- Posted on 2007-07-29
part of an excellent series
I've read all of this series and the previous "heritage" series and I find them all to be excellent... the author does tend to repeat background stories and references more often than is needed... (If he explaines Doolittles raid one more time, I'm going to scream)and his story lines build to a climax that then drops off a cliff that can leave you feeling a bit... cheated... that there aren't at least another few pages of epilogue... but with those two exceptions. These are ALL well done military sci-fi, especially if you like tood infrantry battle descriptions or just a fan of Marine Sci-Fi.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2007-05-12
How Would I Know?
Why are you asking me to review something you are not going to ship for 2 months?
Score: 1
- Posted on 2007-04-13
GREAT, must be seen in context.
You can not easily judge any of the books of the 2 trilogies by themselves, they have to be seen in context, since they really are meant to be part of the bigger story spanning (for now) 6 books. I am rating all 6 books that happen in this universe with 5 stars for addictive and fun writing style and the technology that makes part of everything but is not the lone focus. I actually started reading the legacy trology and then went back and read the heritage trilogy afterwards, does not take any of the fun out. Really enjoyed it. Fun, fun, fun!
Score: 5
