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Accipiter War #2
Stealing Fire: Accipiter War # 2
In Accipiter War #1, John Austin, Gail Finley, and the citizens of New London and Fort Brazos were shocked to find themselves abducted and placed inside a 4000-mile-long hollow alien world. Now, in Accipiter War #2: Stealing Fire, they must unite and begin to fight a generations-long war against an immense, galaxy-spanning empire. In a test of will, John and Gail must lead and drive the survivors in an impossible cobble together a makeshift hybrid starship and launch a desperate mission that could deliver a devastating blow to their enemy.
But with the clock ticking and a treacherous conspiracy in the works, the Gardeners, the enigmatic race responsible for “saving” Fort Brazos and New London in the first place, may decide humanity isn’t worth saving after all — and finish the job the Accipiters started by snuffing out the last embers of humankind forever.
Will the people set aside their differences long enough for a chance at survival? The stakes are high, for the struggle for freedom and survival is only beginning.
But with the clock ticking and a treacherous conspiracy in the works, the Gardeners, the enigmatic race responsible for “saving” Fort Brazos and New London in the first place, may decide humanity isn’t worth saving after all — and finish the job the Accipiters started by snuffing out the last embers of humankind forever.
Will the people set aside their differences long enough for a chance at survival? The stakes are high, for the struggle for freedom and survival is only beginning.
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Published June 28, 2020
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About the author
Patrick Seaman
6 books5 followersPatrick Seaman is the principal author of Accipiter War. He is an entrepreneur, consultant, Internet pioneer, and former Publisher, editor and voice-over actor.
In 1995, Patrick helped Mark Cuban launch what later became AudioNet / broadcast.com, which was later acquired by Yahoo for $5.4b. He published the first audiobook on the Internet (Jim Cline's "A Small Percentage"), and serialized it as what we believe was the first-ever podcast. After broadcast.com, Patrick continued to push content boundaries as the publisher of Timberwolf Press, which published the first known MP3CD/ebooks, and pioneered digital downloads of ebooks and episodic audiobooks.
Patrick has consulted with and helped launch multiple startups at the intersection of media and technology. He is currently the porfolio CTO at GrowCo Capital.
Patrick's co-author, in the Accipiter War series is his son Blake Seaman, also an IT professional, in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.
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June 15, 2024
The second book is not as strong as the first one.
The first one has a shocking factor that hides much of the weaknesses. Without as big a shocking factor, the shortcoming of character development sticks out like a sore thumb. For one, there are too many names to keep track of. For another, every name, regardless of its importance to the plot, appears to have jumped out of the same mold: competent, responsible, and overall perfect. If you cover the names in a dialogue, you would have no idea who is talking to whom. The story becomes dull when every character can have his/her portrait hung on the wall.
Cringe is another issue. When characters are too perfect, their thoughts and behaviors detach from reality and enter the land of cringe. One example is the bizarre segment of forcing a soldier to follow up on his interest in poetry. There is nothing wrong with a gun-slinging, hardcore soldier to indulge in poetry, but the way this segment is presented is way too heavy-handed (I hacked into your computer to know you were interested in poetry), unconvincing (I will give you a reading list of curated poems), and comical (I will check with you regularly to see your progress while we are sailing towards a battle).
Stealing Fire is not without interesting concept. In fact, one of them, , is so shocking that I am dumbfounded that so little effort is devoted to exploring this concept and its implication. To skim over such an astronomical finding is a big disappointment. And this is where I realize that this series is more military glorification than though-provoking science fiction.
There are also some unsatisfactory leaps in the plot (e.g. ), but they become minor complaints compared to the glaring holes mentioned above.
I am in a state where I really want to know how the story goes from here (kudos to the authors of creating a fascinating plot), yet I don't know if I can suffer through another 500+ pages of mediocre writing.
The first one has a shocking factor that hides much of the weaknesses. Without as big a shocking factor, the shortcoming of character development sticks out like a sore thumb. For one, there are too many names to keep track of. For another, every name, regardless of its importance to the plot, appears to have jumped out of the same mold: competent, responsible, and overall perfect. If you cover the names in a dialogue, you would have no idea who is talking to whom. The story becomes dull when every character can have his/her portrait hung on the wall.
Cringe is another issue. When characters are too perfect, their thoughts and behaviors detach from reality and enter the land of cringe. One example is the bizarre segment of forcing a soldier to follow up on his interest in poetry. There is nothing wrong with a gun-slinging, hardcore soldier to indulge in poetry, but the way this segment is presented is way too heavy-handed (I hacked into your computer to know you were interested in poetry), unconvincing (I will give you a reading list of curated poems), and comical (I will check with you regularly to see your progress while we are sailing towards a battle).
Stealing Fire is not without interesting concept. In fact, one of them, , is so shocking that I am dumbfounded that so little effort is devoted to exploring this concept and its implication. To skim over such an astronomical finding is a big disappointment. And this is where I realize that this series is more military glorification than though-provoking science fiction.
There are also some unsatisfactory leaps in the plot (e.g. ), but they become minor complaints compared to the glaring holes mentioned above.
I am in a state where I really want to know how the story goes from here (kudos to the authors of creating a fascinating plot), yet I don't know if I can suffer through another 500+ pages of mediocre writing.
July 2, 2020
Great addition
Great addition to the story. Threads wove together well and the action flowed well. Suspenseful and militarily accurate. Can't wait for the next one.
Great addition to the story. Threads wove together well and the action flowed well. Suspenseful and militarily accurate. Can't wait for the next one.
December 1, 2023
Did not finish. See review of book one. 🤢
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