Duchess of Terra: The Duchy of Terra, Book 2
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073PGYRCJ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 157 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
To preserve humanity's survival and freedom in a hostile galaxy, Annette Bond tied her world to the A!Tol Imperium, taking on the mantle of Duchess of Terra to rule humanity in the Imperium's name. But as Bond's many enemies gather their forces, the clouds of war threaten not only the recovering Terra but the entire Imperium.. The A!Tol have provided technology, ships, and money to uplift the new Duchy of Terra, but those gifts come with strings attached. But now their enemies are coming for us. When Terra knelt to an alien Imperium, they guaranteed our safety and our future. With enough time, she can build Earth a place in the galaxy. The Imperium has their own plan for Terra - but Bond has tricks of her own
"Making Terra Indispensable -- If We Survive" according to E. Nolan. This is Stweart's second "Duchy of Terra" book. In book one,Earth was conquered by the squid-like A!Tol, and Annette Bondwas sent off by the falling government to privateer the A!Tolimperium, scavange their tech and try to come up with a way toliberate Earth. While she made some progress, she eventuallycame to the realization that it was an impossible task, andthe realization, after seeing the Galactic neighboorhood, thatEarth was going to be conquered by *someone* and if you weregoing to be someone's colony, you'd pick the British (A!Tol)rather than the Belgians (Kanzi). By the . J. Steehler said Excellent space adventure with solid characterizations and a broad interstellar setting.. Duchess of Terra is an exciting space adventure. It can be read as just that, a space adventure. Lots of action - both conflicts at a personal fighting level and fleet level space battles. The book is far better than just an adventure, however. It describes a new planetary government in crisis, interspecies interactions that are fleshed out and real, and a broad interstellar context that makes sense and seems realistic. The story has sufficient detail for each portion to feel complete, yet it doesn't fall into the trap of excessive detail and description. The plot is the primary . Awesome Start for a new series. We have a worthy successor to the Honor Harrington novels starting up here. The series will, hopefully, have as many novels as the Harrington series. While it is hard to describe much of the book without giving away plot (and I hate to to do that), I believe that if you like space opera and soldiers, then you will enjoy this book as much as I did. The biggest problem I now have is waiting for the next book in the series. Write faster, Mr. Stewart.I would suggest this book only for very mature teens and adults. It is about space war, and people (even known characters) don't always