S.M. Stirling

Advantages: Entertaining Military fantasy
Disadvantages: Some will be put off by the Military aspects

...does make for a very good read. The story line and plot supplied by David Drake and the writing done by S M Stirling. This is a totally different story line to the other Belisarius collaboration by Mr Drake. This type of book would not appeal to all being what I would term slightly more military science fiction, but for all that it does make for a very interesting read. Copies of this book may still be found in the larger book shops and specialist shops priced £5.99 It is listed on Amazon.co.uk Paperback 336 pages (January 1991) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc ISBN: 0671720376 Priced at £3.13 There is also a book containing this story and the subsequent story, The Hammer, called Warlord. Hardcover 576 pages (February 2003) Publisher: Bean Books ISBN: 0743435877 Priced £17.99 on amazon.co.uk... Read review

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Advantages: Exceptional writing and research. Very challenging and difficult decisions to make that will stretch your morals to the brink
Disadvantages: The third book is not a patch on the first

...of humanity in chains and for the Draka to become the supreme race. However, if you were to think that they were basically Nazis or Confederates you would be wrong. Stirling has done a first class job of mixing and moulding hese people into somthing more than simply Nazi carbon copies, there is somthing different about them. Somthing unsettling that tells you that they are Human, but are somehow different. They are Humans who know what unbridled power feels like and have swerved away from the corruption that usually follows. They are unique. The three books which are encapsulated into this one 'The Domination' start at the begining of WWII. The Germans are rampaging through Europe and have completly crushed the Soviet Union, the Draka come on the side of the Allies, because they know that afterwards all of Europe will be theirs... Read review

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Advantages: Exceptional writing and research. Very challenging and difficult decisions to make that will stretch your morals to the brink
Disadvantages: The third book is not a patch on the first

...of humanity in chains and for the Draka to become the supreme race. However, if you were to think that they were basically Nazis or Confederates you would be wrong. Stirling has done a first class job of mixing and moulding hese people into somthing more than simply Nazi carbon copies, there is somthing different about them. Somthing unsettling that tells you that they are Human, but are somehow different. They are Humans who know what unbridled power feels like and have swerved away from the corruption that usually follows. They are unique. The three books which are encapsulated into this one 'The Domination' start at the begining of WWII. The Germans are rampaging through Europe and have completly crushed the Soviet Union, the Draka come on the side of the Allies, because they know that afterwards all of Europe will be theirs... Read review

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Advantages: Quality, different, yet familiar.
Disadvantages: Too short?

...Oh.My.God. This book has got to be one of my favourites ever! I know it might sound weird that a modern feminist of 25 yrs would find anything L.M. Montgomery wrote of any interest, but to me she is a true idol. Fair enough, the TV series of Anne of Greengables was touching and well-made, yet disappointing to the devoted reader of the series of books. But Blue Castle is simply devine. Valancy Stirling - the main character in the book - is a pitied spinster who never really had a chance to be anything else. She might be under thirty, but during the turn of 19th and 20th century EVERYONE was married by then. Shame on her. Valancy's family that consists of her mother and her aunt is a sad company of unhappy women who hold their heads up high and make each others lives a misery. Valancy has always been in the shadow of her... Read review

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Advantages: Entertaining Military fantasy
Disadvantages: Some will be put off by the Military aspects

...does make for a very good read. The story line and plot supplied by David Drake and the writing done by S M Stirling. This is a totally different story line to the other Belisarius collaboration by Mr Drake. This type of book would not appeal to all being what I would term slightly more military science fiction, but for all that it does make for a very interesting read. Copies of this book may still be found in the larger book shops and specialist shops priced £5.99 It is listed on Amazon.co.uk Paperback 336 pages (January 1991) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc ISBN: 0671720376 Priced at £3.13 There is also a book containing this story and the subsequent story, The Hammer, called Warlord. Hardcover 576 pages (February 2003) Publisher: Bean Books ISBN: 0743435877 Priced £17.99 on amazon.co.uk... Read review

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