Rebel
Ascent to Empire, Book 2
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Jonathan Davis
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He never wanted to be a rebel.
The Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation and control its political power and its wealth, have grown steadily wealthier and more powerful, thanks to the war against the Terran League. War may be hard on the people who get caught in its path, but it's very good for business in the short term, and the Five Hundred own the shipyards that build the Navy's ships. They own virtually all the industry that produces the weapons and material the war consumes so voraciously... and they've made damn sure someone else does the dying.
True, there are a few flies in the Five Hundred's ointment.
There's the growing hatred and resentment of the Fringe Worlds, whose children do eighty percent of the dying in the Five Hundred's war. But the Five Hundred have made sure the Fringe knows what will happen to any system that goes "out of compliance."
There are the lunatic conspiracy nuts who insist that the alien Rishathan Sphere is secretly aiding the League's military, but the Five Hundred have forced them to keep their mouths shut where it matters.
Then there's Terrence Murphy, a man of honor who loves the Federation, who springs from the Five Hundred, yet knows it for what it is and is determined to speak for its victims. But the Five Hundred have dispatched ample force to deal with him and his handful of lunatic followers.
Unfortunately, the Fringe has paid enough of its children's lives, and it no longer cares what may happen if it dares to defy the Five Hundred.
Worse, the lunatic conspiracy nuts were right, and the Rish have planned carefully for the Federation's destruction.
And, worst of all, the Five Hundred have fatally underestimated Terrence Murphy.
Rebel is book two in David Weber and Richard Fox's Ascent to Empire series.
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- kevin western
- 18-10-24
really good voice characterisation
there is a little too much background building tho it's well done. the battle scenes are very good.
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- blackcrow
- 07-10-24
Ruined by narrator
This, like the first book, was a very complex, multi story line book with a huge cast of characters.
I managed to 'ignore' my irritation with the narrator in the first book as it pulled me into the story quicker.
But this time I can't get past this 'readers' awful delivery. I say reader as he barely distinguishes between characters and seems to have only 3 settings... loud as if he is shouting his dissaproval in a meeting or scolding naughty grown ups, his normal 'narrator' voice, or quiet almost whisper. These three tones are meant to support me as the listener to be drawn in, differentiate characters, tones of voice, emotional situations/converstions and the myriad of other ways a half decent 'performance narrator' can.
So I may not even get to the end of this book and thats a shame as I did enjoy the story in the first book and would like to know how it turns out (I'm a big fan of David Weber so thank goodness his narrator for the honor books was outstanding).
I don't understand why authors don't consider how badly their books will be affected by a dull as ditchwater, sonorous and boring reader.
My advice... get it on kindle and read it yourself.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-09-24
Slower paced
Less interesting just overall slightly worse than the previous one. The slow pace is the biggest dissapointment
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