Horizon Storms
Kevin J. Anderson
(Reviewer - D. H. BROWN)
2004 Aspect Books
ISBN: 0446528722

The Saga of Seven Suns: the titanic war between the hydrogues & faeros sweeps across the Spiral Arm, extinguishing suns & destroying planets.

Chairman Wenceslas & King Peter must now unify the human race with ironfisted policies to stand together. However, disparate civilizations are forging new alliances threaten the old order. The Roamer clans & Theroc will not yield their independence, & the alien leader Jora'h faces a civil war that may break apart the entire Empire.

Sr. Staff Reviewer D. H. BROWN writes:

The Saga of Seven Suns is aptly named for it is truly a saga that now after Book 3, one begins to wonder when it will ever end.

A space opera written from a grand vantage point that though you look for a completion, you're dragged only mildly complaining, through its future.

This is not a saga that I believe will rival Foundation or Second Foundation, but rather a really big story that has everything a sci-fi fan could ask for, with humans at their best & worst & stupidest, & aliens all falling within the same categories, with grandly hidden twists & turns of a thriller that jerks your chain with the start of each new chapter, leading you inexorably to the next surprise & tidbit that makes up what can only be described as a visionary's imagination with both dreams & nightmares galore.

I like it! I like the span, the space & the thinking BIG that Kevin J. Anderson has so ably penned & brings to this whole body of The Saga of Seven Suns.

I will have to admit to having a personal foible & that being I seldom read series until I know the writer has writ himself out, with any given series. However, a smart editor at Aspect Warner not only sent me the ARC for review, but tucked into the package was Books 1 & 2 making it absolutely, tantalizingly impossible to ignore.

So sitting down with Book 1, having passed it over 4-5 years ago, I began to read. There is nothing quite like having to read three books to review one, to make one appreciate the depth of the author's vision! I quickly found myself deeply biased with the Roamers & all my prejudices coming to the fore against the Terran Hansa.

My advice is to go out to Amazon without delay, pick up Books 1 & 2 & order Book 3 & sit down for a virtual feast of reading. Any hard science fiction fan will not be disappointed.

More from Kevin J. Anderson:
Hidden Empire
A Forest of Stars
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

(08/01/04)

D. H. BROWN
A RebeccasReads.Com Sr. Staff Reviewer

Reviewer's Bio:
D. H. BROWN is the author of the critically acclaimed HONOR DUE and the Citizens Warrior Series. The son of missionary parents and with the help his Uncle Sam, he has touched base in more than 40 countries.  In 1986 he produced the independent children's film Lessie's Rainbow.  During the late 80s and early 90s, he wrote the book Common Sense and delivered the seminars of the same name for the Community Action Network of Seattle (CAN).  While doing his early Vietnam recovery work, he counseled Veterans and spoke widely to men's groups in Washington state, and was a founder of The Lodge of the Wolf.

D. H. BROWN has worked as a Logistics and Weapons Specialist in Viet Nam; day laborer; Director of Security; Armored Car Driver; Police Officer; Professional Hunting Guide; Trapper; Dog Sledder; Homesteader; Truck Driver; General Contractor; Minister; Editor; Writer; Speaker; Restaurateur; Movie Producer; Antique Restoration Specialist; Personal Care Worker; PC Repair Specialist; Computer Instructor; Webmaster and Web Designer. "I write about what I know."

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