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The king is dead! Long live the king!
David Birkenhead never expected that his adopted brother James would have the throne handed to him on a silver platter. But even David, veteran of some of the most brutal and merciless battles ever fought, is shocked at the layers upon layers of intrigue and double-dealing that he finds upon his return to the capital world. Warfare, David has learned, is a despicable waste of lives and resources. Yet… Might politics be even worse?
James must be crowned, or all the progress that has recently been made towards a peaceful, just universe will be cast away and lost forever. In warfare, the ends can and quite often do justify the means. Can the same be said of politics?
And when it's all over and done, will David ever be able to look himself in the mirror again?
David Birkenhead never expected that his adopted brother James would have the throne handed to him on a silver platter. But even David, veteran of some of the most brutal and merciless battles ever fought, is shocked at the layers upon layers of intrigue and double-dealing that he finds upon his return to the capital world. Warfare, David has learned, is a despicable waste of lives and resources. Yet… Might politics be even worse?
James must be crowned, or all the progress that has recently been made towards a peaceful, just universe will be cast away and lost forever. In warfare, the ends can and quite often do justify the means. Can the same be said of politics?
And when it's all over and done, will David ever be able to look himself in the mirror again?
133 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2012
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December 16, 2012
This book was quite a downturn from the other books in this series.The book blurb of course hinted that I would not be so happy with this one and it was at least as bad as I suspected. The reason for me being unhappy with this book is that the entire book is devoted to politics of the worst kind. It’s all talk talk, deception, treason, backstabbing and general political bullshit. If I wanted that crap I could just read an excerpt from one of the European Community meetings or something. The only positive bit was that the schemers and plotters didn’t get what they wanted in the end unlike the European Community assholes who gets to drone on and on spending our tax-money and making our lives expensive and miserable.
If you like the political stuff you’ll probably find this book to be a good one. It’s written in the same style as the others and there’s nothing really wrong about it except the choice of subject matter for the story. Me, well as you might have noticed from the somewhat rude choice of words above I distinctly dislike politics, both the imagined and the real one.
Well, at least there was a hint at the end that things would make a turn for the better at the end of the book, which is more than one can say about the European Union but that’s why I read books anyway, to escape reality for a few hours.
If you like the political stuff you’ll probably find this book to be a good one. It’s written in the same style as the others and there’s nothing really wrong about it except the choice of subject matter for the story. Me, well as you might have noticed from the somewhat rude choice of words above I distinctly dislike politics, both the imagined and the real one.
Well, at least there was a hint at the end that things would make a turn for the better at the end of the book, which is more than one can say about the European Union but that’s why I read books anyway, to escape reality for a few hours.
August 29, 2013
Book 5, Captain, moves David Birkenhead from the space fighting arena to the political arena. I don't think he went into space once during this book, and the lack of on-the-edge zing reflects the change. Yes, the military strategy needed to pull off the change in King comes REALLY CLOSE, but isn't quite there.
Political belief discussion between characters at the beginning - I do not assume it is the author's beliefs, but does reflect the beliefs of those growing up in the Monarchy system. According to the studies done in this Democratic/Republic system, the information the characters understand is wrong - but we may be bias as well. Could lead to interesting discussions on best government forms for a book club. For slaves, a monarch system would be comfortable.
Political belief discussion between characters at the beginning - I do not assume it is the author's beliefs, but does reflect the beliefs of those growing up in the Monarchy system. According to the studies done in this Democratic/Republic system, the information the characters understand is wrong - but we may be bias as well. Could lead to interesting discussions on best government forms for a book club. For slaves, a monarch system would be comfortable.
November 17, 2015
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Politics and palace intrigue make for a slower paced book with less daring-do, compared to the previous in the series.
And still no direct interactions with the slave Horses. I am keeping the faith, however. Someday, maybe.
Bunnies are good enough and Phil Guesz continues to entertain.
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/13368059
Politics and palace intrigue make for a slower paced book with less daring-do, compared to the previous in the series.
And still no direct interactions with the slave Horses. I am keeping the faith, however. Someday, maybe.
Bunnies are good enough and Phil Guesz continues to entertain.
December 11, 2012
Nice for travelling.
if you follow the serie, you will find book interesting as the main character is still growing and the story has some timeline.
This part was not that action, but still interesting though. Its more and more about politics rather then space.
if you follow the serie, you will find book interesting as the main character is still growing and the story has some timeline.
This part was not that action, but still interesting though. Its more and more about politics rather then space.
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