Annihilation

Transformers #2

by David Cian

The world is at war-and the Transformers are at the forefront of the battle And yet, even though the nations of Earth face their greatest threat, the issues that have divided mankind for centuries destroy any true hope of global unity against the invaders. Cities and governments fall, and the giant titans of Cybertron fight one another as often as they clash with the attacking aliens-a race of techno-organic giants that not even the heroic Optimus Prime or the villainous Megatron can hope to defeat

Genres: Science Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Pseudonym of Russell Davis.

Reviews

[Alexander Draganov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Романът е динамичен, вълнуващ и непрекъснато качва залозите между героите, като постоянно има обрати и не е толкова лесно да се предвиди какво следва нататък. Битките са все така мащабни, а атмосферата напрегната, като финалът отново е оставен отворен за заключителен том, който едва ли ще бавя много. Книгите за “Трансформърс” не са толкова много, колкото тези за “Междузвездни войни” например, но тази трилогия за мен показва, че сагата на “Хасбро” има потенциал да се развива и на литературния фронт.
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[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this was better than the first novel of the series, I'm just having trouble getting into this. The first novel seemed to use graphic violence to make sure everyone knew this wasn't a kid's novel. This wasn't quite as violent, but it never came across as a children's book either.

Overall it seemed to wrap up the story, but there is a cliffhanger ending that leads into the final volume of the trilogy.

This series was based on the continuity of the Dreamwave comic series, but I would have preferred more of a fresh start for the novel series.

[Avaris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was several times better than book 1. If you are a Transformers fan, I recommend slogging through the first just so you can enjoy this one. 4.5/5

[Dan Look · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for Transformers fans. This book picks up where 1 left off; a powerful race known as the Keepers are now on Earth and Starscream has taken Las Vegas for the Decepticons who he now leads. The Transformers and humans surviving the Keepers imprisonment have returned to Earth. In this book the humans and Cybertronians struggle against the vastly more powerful Keepers and eventually kick their asses. The book ends with Megatron asking to be named Prime as a return on a favor given to Optimus in the first of this series. Here is where it gets a little more ridiculous. Optimus is "honor-bound" to repay his favor. The book ends with the possibility that Optimus may name Megatron as Prime and hence hand over the Matrix.

[Chris Hawks · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of all things Transformers, but even I can't really recommend this series. At least this book is a marked improvement over the first; David Cian does an admirable job of salvaging what he can from Scott Ciencin's earlier hackjob.