Dragon Sun

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri #2

by Michael Ely

Years after the war that threatened the last remnants of humanity, the divided colonists of the planet Chiron become immersed in new crises as the secrets of their world begin to emerge....

Beneath the surface of the planet, a growing rebellion threatens Sheng-ji Yang's dreams of immortality, as the former executive officer of the "Unity finds his carefully controlled world unraveling. Across the ocean, Lady Deirdre Skye's very life is in jeopardy as the Planetary Council withholds vital supplies, demanding that she turn over her research concerning the mysterious life force that is awakening on Chiron.

Though an ocean apart, Yang and Skye seek an alliance to overcome the forces arrayed against them. The stakes are high: power, survival, and the future of human life on Chiron. And in the end, only one of them will survive Yang's "Dragon Sun.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

277 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Goran · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall not bad, but I didn't like the view of Lady Deirdre Skye and Chairman Yang as being driven by search for immortality over focus on their ideals.

And I felt Yang was made too much of a monster without balance. Still, interesting.

[Koen Crolla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book 2 of 3. Review of the first one here.

If you're writing about a character that happens to be Chinese, maybe don't use the expression ``chinks in his armor'' in your opening paragraph. Along similar lines, there's no reason ever to describe a female character as ``firm''.
Other than those and a few similar instances adequate, considering; no better or worse than you can expect from a video game novel. Ely moves further away from the actual game's mechanics than he did in the first one, but the setting is still more or less set in stone to a significant level of detail, so there's no real sophomore slump.