Texas Triumphant

Ayes of Texas Trilogy #3

by Daniel da Cruz

Texas Triumphant [Oct 14, 1989] Da Cruz, Daniel …

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

226 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 1987

About the author

US writer, formerly known for numerous men's action-adventure tales, who began publishing sf with The Grotto of the Formigans (1980), a novel about African grotto Monsters, and who came to more general notice with his Ayes of Texas sequence: The Ayes of Texas (1982), Texas on the Rocks (1986) and Texas Triumphant (1987). The political premises underlying the series – in the late 1990s the USSR, having hoodwinked the supinely liberal US media, has come to dominate the world – have dated, though the American assumption that its media are liberal is still conventional wisdom; the exuberance of the tales themselves remains winning. The protagonist, a triple-amputee World War Two veteran from the newly free Republic of Texas, arms an old battleship (itself called Texas), and sails off to fight the Russians. Much blood is spilt, and a good time is had by all; by the close of the third volume, however, a genuinely sophisticated dubiousness about the nature of the USSR/USA Cold War conflict complicates what might have seemed an unduly simplified picture: the sequence merits revisiting. F-Cubed (1989) is a less entrancing Technothriller; but Mixed Doubles (1989) enjoyably depicts the attempts of a contemporary failed composer who travels back in time to steal Music from those more talented than himself. [JC] - See more at: http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/...

Reviews

[Bryan457 · Rating 2 out of 5]

First, let me just say, "I'm easy." If an author wants to suspend my disbelief (Hereafter referred to as SOD) and show me a good time, I'm there. I cooperate fully. It doesn't take much. This book did not keep me SODed. There were parts I found to be ridiculous, and that's even with giving it a huge pass for being "near future" science fiction in which the time period for the events (2008-2009) has passed. Let me give you two glaring examples. First, the picture on the cover is of the American Vice President and the Russian Deputy Premier meeting on a space walk for a private conversation. My SOD just broke. This scene had maybe a couple of sentences to explain why this was rational, cost effective, needed; it failed to do so. Just a short paragraph to explain, rationalize and smooth my concerns would have done the job. Second, Ripley had a secret subway tunnel put in from Houston to Moscow Kiev. I'm not sure what would keep my SOD intact on that one.

So, not as good as book 2 Texas On the Rocks. It was more like book 1 The Ayes of Texas, in that it needed to be fleshed out a little more.

[Ronald Vasicek · Rating 2 out of 5]

All of Da Cruz books are a bit shallow

[Randy Benson · Rating 5 out of 5]

part 3 of the Texas Trilogy, the Republic of Texas deals with those pesky Americans and Soviets for the final time. They won't be a problem any more. . .

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ending for the trilogy. The entire series is a good read, the Tech is somewhat dated as they were written in the mid 80's. Good plot and characters. Recommended