David Weber

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...Hell's Gate. Author - David Weber. This will be a short and sweet, or should that be "bitter" sweet review. Synopsis: The basic story line is a universe where Magic actually works, meets universe where technology is supreme The Union of Arcana has journeyed through portals linking parallel universes. In that time its soldiers and Sorcerers have laid claim to one uninhabited planet after another but all of that is about to come to an explosive halt. The Union's scouts have just discovered a new portal, and on its far side lies a shattering revelation. There is another human society, Sharona, which has also been exploring the Multiverse. The first contact between them did not go well. Arcana is horrified by the alien weapons of its sudden opponents, weapons its sorcerers cannot explain or duplicate. Weapons based upon science... Read review

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...This is actually my first book op. However as I put this on dooyoo it hasn’t actually been seen over here before. So have a browse see what ya think and let me know. As with any tale there is always a beginning and the beginning of the Honor Harrington Saga is a stunning example of how to begin. It is a an excellent start to a series (He is, I believe, writing the ninth at the moment) that has given me a great amount of joy over the last year since I discovered the wonders of David Weber’s heroine and it has been, to me, a travesty that the series has not caught on over here in Britain. THE PLOT The heroine of the piece is Commander Honor Harrington an officer serving with the Royal Manticoran Navy and the epitome of what an officer should be and has achieved her rank for dedication and hard work, unlike other officers within... Read review

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...Off Armageddon Reef. David Weber. Synopsis: It is the twenty-fifth century and the Gbaba have almost succeeded in making humanity extinct. Had they known that even one human being remained alive then they would have hunted them down and finished the task. Admiral Pei and his crew desperately give up their lives to insure that a few human beings get away in secret from the Gbaba. It was called operation Ark and created a refuge for humanity without the betraying high-tech spoor which, if detected, would bring the deadly Gbaba scout ships to them. It was decided that the sleeping colonists would have false memories implanted. But the colony's administrator, Langhorne, and the colony's psychologist, Bedard, programmed them into believing that operation ark's command staff were Gods!! There were many among the command staff who where... Read review

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