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Raising Caine (Tales of the Terran Republic, #3)

by Charles E. Gannon (Goodreads Author)

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Steve Everett said: " Raising Caine is book three in a wonderfully developed series. Created by Charless, it does more than explore what it means to be an hero in an universe filled with several unique aliens. It is also an illumination of human struggles, duty to others, Raising Caine is book three in a wonderfully developed series. Created by Charless, it does more than explore what it means to be an hero in an universe filled with several unique aliens. It is also an illumination of human struggles, duty to others, responsibilities not just to his characters ‘self’ but also to the aliens which Caine Riordan comes in contact with. This is not an easy fictional universe to step in to. It is a very dense read, rewarding but the reader comes out knowing more than when they became in such a well thought out story. Mr Gannon reminds me of Thomas Clancy, with his knowledge and experience with the military machine yet he is one strength better – the reader isn’t lost in such a large forest of acronyms so this story becomes easier to follow. There is a deft skill in creating believable villains, some attempt for villains simply make them eviil because it is the easiest route. Mr Gannon deliberately chose the harder and higher route by giving the alien Ktor viable reasons for the way they are, almost reminiscent of the Reengineered ‘ created by Charles Stross and in their house structure such as might be found in Star Trek’s Klingons or in Game of Thrones. I did find at moments, too much minutiae about weaponry or in the description of alien vehicles which is great for the more military minded but for the straight action-shoot ‘em up crowd it might be a bit slow. For the number of supporting characters in ‘Raising Caine’ this is one more strength – control. Charles kept both the place and pace of the story continuous by limiting the number of characters he was using, so there was very little lost in keeping track of each person – where they were, who they were and what the hell they were doing. I had trouble figuring out who the two spies were, which is the mark of a devious mind, but Charles managed a tight control on the issue of clues. No one wants to solve either the mystery or the secret or the murder halfway through a book, so there was a great wealth of skills in keeping the final person under the viewers radar. Finally the resolution – it covered everything from how Caine gets better after the major battle in the third-quarter of the book as well as preparing the reader for his upcoming assignment. It did feel perhaps ten pages too long, some of this might have been condensed except for the fact we are being prepared for the next installment – ‘Caine’s Mutiny’. My only regret is the fact that the planet Disparity doesn’t yet exist but with Charles efforts hopefully we’ll find one nearby in the next hundred years. ...more "

Feb 21, 2017 06:27PM · see review