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Exile (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 4)
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Release Date: 2007-02-27 |
Book Description
In the Stars Wars galaxy, evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war.
With each victory against the Corellian rebels, Jacen Solo becomes more admired, more powerful, and more certain of achieving galactic peace. But that peace may come with a price. Despite strained relationships caused by opposing sympathies in the war, Han and Leia Solo and Luke and Mara Skywalker remain united by one frightening suspicion: Someone insidious is manipulating this war, and if he or she isn’t stopped, all efforts at reconciliation may be for naught. And as sinister visions lead Luke to believe that the source of the evil is none other than Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith, the greatest peril revolves around Jacen himself. . . .
Customer Reviews:
breath of fresh air.......2007-08-23
I was begining to feel depressed about this series because of how dark the themes are, not that this book makes the story bright and happy but I was begining to find the series less fun to read. I picked this book up as a last chance for the series and read it cover to cover in a couple days. I loved it, it really brings the story back to the fun adventureous plot without losing the more sinister undertones that make it exciting.
Star wars: Legacy of the Force book 4.......2007-06-27
Gripping story, I'm a little uncomfortable with Jacen being turned to the dark side, but am hoping it turns out to be a tempory aberation.
Its not great .......2007-06-20
I really can sum up this novel in two words.....Love Commander.I really wish the Star Wars EU guys would STOP makeing up profanity like stang,rodder and kriffing it sounds so stupid use the real deal if you must use it or better yet language has many derogitory terms that arent vulgar use those you may actually educate someone.
Three Stars.......2007-06-13
There were only two real noteworthy things that happened in Exile, Ben being sent unknown to him on a Sith test and the Skywalker-Solo (minus Jacen of course) clan coming to realize that their family being split may be exactly what the enemy is wanting. I liked Ben's test being him alone on a Sith planet where he and only he can choice which path he'll follow and struggling to survive. The second part it was nice to see the Skywalkers-Solos come to the realization. I had hoped with this being the fourth book we would have more answers about the war, the reasons behind it, about Lumyia or something instead the rest was nothing more then Jacen still deciding who his Sacrifice would be and setting up for his plan at the end of the story at painstaking slowness that by the time the it got to the point I was asleep. I hope the next book will better. More answers, more things happening and less endless slowness.
The Dark Side Keeps Coming.......2007-05-22
Another Splendid addition to the Legacy of the Force series. Basically, the story continues with Jason getting deeper into the dark side. Young Ben however is starting to find out that it's not all that good to be bad.
More interesting stories all evolving around different caracters and the War, including one where Ben is tested to see if he really is dark side material. While entertaining, remember the book is still just a segue to the next book. But that is expected in such a long series.
Book Description
Tensions remain high as the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire attempt to maintain their fragile post-Dominion War peace in the wake of the brutal attack by the mysterious Watraii, which ended with the loss of Admiral Pavel Chekov. When Admiral Uhura receives intelligence regarding a Watraii base that may contain more than one surprise, she sends Ambassador Spock, Captain Saavik, Ruanek, Captain Montgomery Scott, and Lieutenant Commander Data on a covert mission to learn its secrets....
But the truth of the Watraii has its basis millennia in the past. In the time of Surak, Vulcans were at a crossroads, on the cusp of either embracing logic or succumbing to their passions and thereby destroying themselves. With Surak's blessing, a group of Vulcans left their turbulent homeworld to find their destiny in the unknown reaches of space. But the stars prove even more unforgiving than the desert sands of Vulcan, as Karatek, the reluctant leader of the exiles, struggles to hold his people together.
Customer Reviews:
Long Slow Emotional Road Trip.......2007-10-07
I listened to the audio book. This was two stories. The modern story was kind of a waste of time. But I liked the 'Memory' time line. I thought it was a slow moving story while I was listening to it. I was a bit frustrated. But When it was over I thought about it a bit and I realized that this book moved me. I recognized at least one connection to the original Star Trek series and this book made me view that episode in a new more sinister light. There was another random planetary encounter that really upset me. By the end I was very angry at some of the characters and I realized that means it was a good story. I actually cared about what happened. Even though we know how it will end in a big picture sense, the details are a welcome bit of texture. I really enjoyed it which surprised this action fan. I can't wait for the next book.
Vulcan's Soul Trilogy.......2007-05-13
Sherman is an excellent writer. It is too bad that she tried to fit the last movie into the ST Universe - we all know the movie was an abomination and the director should be taken out and shot - but she is actually successful at explaining all of the details. If only she had read the rest of the series before writing these books! While the trilogy is engrossing, and well worth reading, you will probably find yourself annoyed at the sharp differences between this work and all the rest of the histories and stories of Star Trek.
It might be best for the reader to believe that all of the action takes place in an alternate universe, that way the inaccuracies can be overlooked. She does have the political and social messages for which ST is famous, and she is dead on accurate with these.
While her characters and story are not as deeply insighful as Diane Duane's, they are certainly deeper and more detailed than most. Her works are highly recommended. Now, if only she would read the rest of the books in the ST series, she could inherit position of favored story-teller in the ST universe.
Exciting! Surpise after surprise!.......2007-05-10
Wow! Twists, turns, surprises and excitement! No plot spoilers, but I love origin stories and this is one of the best! A great followup to #1 but alas #3 can be guessed at and appears to be an attempt by the publisher to stretch a two book story into three for the sake of profits. That being said, this book is a must!
vulcan snoring.......2006-08-14
these writers have done so much better than this. granted this was a book that had to tie together two spots in vulcan/romulan history, but it was so dull, it was hard to keep reading until the end.
If you read the first , you'll read this.......2006-08-04
Chekov's rescue (of course you knew he isn't dead!) is too easy. The backstory of the long trek across space of the exiles is tedious. I did like the explanation that surfaces as to how some exiles end up on Remus instead of Romulus, but that's about the best thing in this story. Still, it is new Trek lore, and it's nice new stories continue to be written.
Book Description
At last -- the untold chapter in the history of Star Trek's most notorious villain, KHAN. Searing and powerful, To Reign in Hell masterfully bridges the time period between Khan Noonien Singh's twenty-third-century revival in the Original Series classic episode "Space Seed" and his unforgettable return in the acclaimed feature film Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan.
What truly transpired during Khan's long years of exile on the forbidding world of Ceti Alpha V, before the tyrant escaped to embark on a murderous campaign of vengeance against Admiral James T. Kirk? What horrific trials spawned Khan's insane lust for revenge?
Haunted by the memory of Khan's bitter accusations, Kirk now revisits Ceti Alpha V to discover for himself what ultimately drove Khan to madness. There, buried beneath the desolate surface of a dying planet, Kirk and his allies find the untold story of their greatest foe -- and of the woman who loved him: Lieutenant Marla McIvers of Starfleet¿.
Along with Khan's genetically engineered followers from the twentieth century, Khan and Marla are left on Ceti Alpha V with the hopes of building a new life together. Although the planet is savage and untamed, full of deadly predators and unexpected hazards, Khan dreams of carving out an empire even greater than the one he once ruled on Earth.
But when catastrophe strikes, laying waste to the entire world, Khan and the others find themselves trapped in a desperate struggle for survival. Now Khan must use every ounce of his superhuman strength and intellect to wage a fearsome battle against the planet, his people...and the growing darkness in his own soul.
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Excellent story........2007-03-24
This third book filling in the missing years of the life of Khan Noonien Singh is by far the best of the three, in spite of the fact that the first two were themselves pretty good. It is a telling of the events between the original series "Space Seed" episode and the "Wrath of Khan" movie, and in addition to filling in a lot of blanks, it does a fair to middling job of rationalizing some slight plot-holes in the movie. Not perfect, mind you; in spite of Cox's extremely good best efforts, I still can't entirely accept that Chekov was as oblivious as he was in the movie: Here you are, in the same solar system with the planet where Khan was marooned around two decades ago; you are investigating what seems to be the very next planet over from his, which is supposed to be virtually uninhabited, and your instruments find only traces of possible lower life forms. (Cox's efforts have convinced me that, to this point, it is reasonable to say nothing.) You go down to the planet, and find a Starfleet-Issue cargo container like the ones left with Khan; there is absolutely NO other viable explanation of where it came from. Yet you enter the structure, and only realize what's happened when you see the "Botany Bay" nameplate? You'd have to be mostly brain-dead. Chekov wasn't always the cleverest character on the show, but he wasn't THAT dense. Still, the explanations given were always the best we've gotten so far, and in most cases were actually quite plausible. For Star Trek fans who enjoyed the episode and movie that this book is based on, it's a must-read. For others, it still might be worth a look. It's smoothly written, with excellent characterization and pacing and a quite plausible plot.
great read.......2007-03-10
This takes the story of Khan up to just before Space Seed from the original Star Trek.
Good story, but flawed..........2006-11-06
A nicely done finale, but I felt that while the plot was good, it had a few weak points.
The dialogue. Usually not bad, but... "No! Not that! Anything but that!" Twice. Once was too many. Granted, it didn't start with "I was a dark and stormy night..." but still....
The bits with Kirk & co were mainly there to explain away most of the larger plot questions.
Even wild stretches of science couldn't provide a plausible explanation for how Khan's movie crew ended up all blonde when the original crew was from all over, so the best was a vague "for some strange reason..." - which I have to admit is probably the best you could hope for.
It was interesting, but I felt the first two books were much better. In some ways, the third book feels kind of like Boston's third album. Like he would have been happy with the first two, but just couldn't get out of doing a third.
Best of the series!.......2006-10-06
This is a great adventure chronicling the events of Khan's exile on Ceti Alpha V. The writing is superb and imaginative. For those who want to know what really happened in the years after Kirk's first encounter with Khan, this story by Greg Cox fills in all the gaps. From the establishment of the first settlement on the planet, to the destruction of Ceti Alpha VI that led to the demise of Ceti Alpha V, to the discovery of the nature of the dreaded "Ceti eels," to the death of Khan's ex-starfleet wife, Cox paints a complete and vivid picture of this great tragedy in the history of Star Trek. The first two books in Cox's Khan series do a great injustice to this superb ending novel, but this one more than makes up for the loss. If you haven't read any books in the series (The Eugenics Wars) by Cox, you might skip to this one so that you won't be disappointed.
Khan deserves a better story.......2006-08-23
I've read the author's Gary Seven novel and found it very enjoyable, unlike this book. This book disappoints on many points.
First, science fiction writers should have no problem with the metric system. His descriptions of wildlife are ridiculous. A one meter (approx. 3 ft.) long sabertooth tiger that weighs 200 hundred kilograms (440 lbs) is no predator; it is an exceedingly fat cat. A supercroc with jaws nearly two meters long and weighs nearly 80 kilograms (176 lbs) is a large suitcase with an overbite.
Second, the author seems overly fascinated with words like "wrath", "superhuman", etc. I got the point in the movie "Star Trek: Wrath of Khan", lets not over do it here.
Also, superhumans with superintellect that walk in dry riverbeds or gullys during monsoons should have their enhanced genetics removed from the gene pool. It's polluted enough as is. Superhumans shouldn't be improbably stupid or so transparently readable. Being an egotist doesn't mean you're so stupidly transparent, either.
And, if you don't think things can get worse for Khan then wait for the lava bombs. This book contains way too much melodrama for one book. The book should have started out with "It was a dark and stormy night, ...".
I also wonder how much time the author has spent outdoors. Why put Khan in "The Land that Time Forgot". Where are the cavemen, dinosaurs, Noah and the ark?
I love the Khan character but this book is just wrong.
Book Description
A new era for Exiles begins here! Legend Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men) starts a run that will have Exiles fans talking for years to come. And he's not the only one joining up, as X-Woman Psylocke joins the team, as well. What is she doing there? How will the team deal with her arrival? And what new villains plan on destroying every world in existence?! Collects Exiles #90-94
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Dominating Forerunners.......2006-05-08
Exiles of the Stars (1971) is the second novel in the Moonsinger series, following Moon of Three Rings. In the previous volume, Krip Vorlund, a minor esper and Free Trader crewmember, was entangled in a conspiracy by offworld powers and kidnapped from the fairgrounds by a young native lord. Maelen, a Moonsinger of the Thassa, facilitated his escape from prison and then exchanged his body with that of a mindless barsk just before the searchers caught up with them.
Maelen was later mortally injured and exchanged bodies with the faithful Vors, one of her "little people". Thereafter, the Thassa assembly condemned Maelen for the misuse of her powers and took away her Moonsinger wand. She was also rejected from Thassa society for an unspecified period.
In this novel, Krip and Maelen are aboard the Free Trader ship Lydis as crewmembers. Krip is now wearing the body of a Thassa and Maelen is still encased in the body of Vors. Krip retains his position as assistant cargomaster and Maelen is valued for her powerful esper talents.
The ship has brought a cargo of pulmn to the priesthood on Thoth, only to find that the church and state are threatened by a religious insurrection. A new prophet has arisen in the mountain country east of Kartum after a virulent plague had spread from a new Forerunner cache. This prophet preachs that all Forerunner artifacts collected by the church are evil and should be destroyed.
The priests are very frightened and are negotiating a new contract with the Lydis crew to take at least one load of precious Forerunner relics to safety on Ptah, another planet in the system. After the contract is confirmed, the Lydis crew dumps the worthless pulmn and takes on the first load of Forerunner treasures. The loading is opposed by rebel sympathizers, but government troops clear them off the landing pad.
The shipment of these relics offplanet is also opposed by some within the temple hierarchy. A fanatic priest from a lesser temple comes to the landing pad with his entourage to curse the ship. He vows to stay there until the treasures are returned.
Another priest brings the take-off authorization and remains aboard to escort the relics to Ptah. However, this priest uses a strange device within one of the artifacts to sabotage the ship engines, throwing it off-course. The Lydis crew manages to land safely, but not on Ptah. Instead, they are grounded on Sekhmet, an uninhabited planet in the same system.
Maelen soon discovers that they are being watched. Krip warns the Lydis crew, but Maelen doesn't have any certain information on the watchers. The crew establishes communications with a passing Patrol ship, which lands and surveys the situation. The patrolmen decide to take the captain and engineer of the Lydis back to their base to obtain necessary repair parts for the ship engines.
Three patrolmen are left behind to help discover some missing crewmembers. Krip and Maelen go with the patrolmen on the search. They find the missing flitter and signs of the missing crew. They also find indications that another flitter had taken away the crewmembers.
Maelen and Krip discover that jacks have been looting a repository of functional relics and that a few living Forerunners have preempted the jack operation. These Forerunners have powerful esper powers that allow them to control other people or to force an exchange of bodies. The only female Forerunner has been trying to take control of Maelen, who successfully resists the takeover.
Like many works by this author, this novel has fantastic elements in its plot. Body exchange is strange enough, but dead men in stasis who still have psionic powers is way out. However, this work illustrates Clarke's Third Law that any sufficiently advanced science appears to be magic to the uninitiated.
Highly recommended for Norton fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of psionics and other advanced sciences.
-Arthur W. Jordin
One of Norton's Best.......2003-10-23
This follow up to "Moon of Three Rings" is one of my favorite Andre Norton books. If you liked "Moon of Three Rings", you should certainly read this book which brings a sense of completion to the story of Krip and Maelen. The next book "Flight in Yiktor" is completely different and essentially abandons these characters. I didn't care for it, as I believe it is an indication that she no longer writes her books.
Second novel of Norton's SF Moon Singer series.......2002-11-11
Andre Norton published four books in her Moon Singer series: "Moon of Three Rings (1966); "Exiles of the Stars (1971); Flight in Yiktor (1986); and "Dare to Go A-Hunting (1989).
"Exiles of the Stars" combines Norton's SF Free Trader and Forerunner themes, with some magic mixed in to add weird undertones. These aren't the stodgy (but wonderful) free traders of her 'Solar Queen' series. The crewmates of the starship 'Lydis' are edgy, shape-shifted mutants with extra-sensory powers. Krip Vorlund, one of the first-person narrators was once human, but got relocated into an alien Thassa body in "Moon of Three Rings." He couldn't go home again, so to speak, because his original body was spaced. The second narrator, the Moon Singer herself (who switched Krip then got switched herself) inhabits a sort of large-clawed, dog shape in 'Exiles,' but retains her intelligence and at least some of her esper powers.
The Forerunner theme weaves into the mix when the 'Lydis' sets down on the planet, Thoth in the Amen-Re system, which happens to be particularly rich in Forerunner artifacts. 'Lydis's officers seal a bargain with Thothian priests to transport some of the alien treasure to the planet Ptah for safekeeping (Thoth is in the midst of a nasty civil war). So far so good. But shortly after lift-off from Thoth, the 'Lydis' has to make an emergency landing on the uninhabited planet, Sekhmet.
Almost as soon as she touches down, the 'Lydis' comes under attack.
Krip Vorlund and the former Moon Singer, Maelen set out on a rescue mission through the ancient, underground ways of Sekhmet, where they encounter jackers (space pirates), Patrolmen, ghosts from their own past, and yet more Forerunner super-technology.
The Moon Singer books are not my favorite Nortons. They are a thematic hodge-podge, and it's hard to love a hero and heroine who inhabit non-cuddly alien bodies with super-human powers. However, if you are already a Norton fan and are particularly fond of her Forerunner novels (I think the very first one was the 'Solar Queen' adventure, "Sargasso of Space"), read "Exiles of the Stars"--but only after you've finished "Moon of Three Rings."
Book Description
For three centuries the people of Alaj and the people of Etolos have been bitter enemies. However, when crippling disasters strike both worlds, each planet becomes the other's hope for survival.
With time running out, Captain Picard and his crew are called to negotiate a peaceful settlement and begin rescue efforts. But some factions would rather see both planets perish and will stop at nothing to prevent peace.
Soon the U.S.S. Enterprise™ crew is caught up in a web of intrigue and terrorism that culminates with an act of ultimate revenge against bother peoples -- revenge that will meant he destruction of two worlds and the U.S.S. Enterprise.
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For three centuries the people of Alaj and the people of Etolos have been bitter enemies. However, when crippling disasters strike both worlds, each planet becomes the other's hope for survival.
With time running out, Captain Picard and his crew are called to negotiate a peaceful settlement and begin rescue efforts. But some factions would rather see both planets perish and will stop at nothing to prevent peace.
Soon the U.S.S. Enterprise crew is caught up in a web of intrigue and terrorism that culminates with an act of ultimate revenge against both peoples -- revenge that will mean the destruction of two worlds and the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Customer Reviews:
Not bad, but not really great.......2004-04-07
In Exiles, the Enterprise crew is faced with trying to rescue two worlds, Etolos, which is facing natural disaster through massive volcanic eruptions, and Alaj, which is facing problems from horrible pollution. The inhabitants of the first world were exiled from the second world centuries before because they tried to tell them to stop polluting(huh?) and now, of course, thier wise message is needed and the Enterprise is sent to negotiate between the two worlds. As others have noted, a very simple "Polloution is bad" message is in the forefront.
Meanwhile(insert dramatic organ chords here), an energy field is moving towards the pollution ravaged Alaj. On thier way to Alaj, Riker and a small crew for a shuttlecraft are captured and find themselves inside a massive ark of a ship. Ironically, this ship is on a path to destroy Alaj, as the culture which built it was exiled a few centuries before the Etolosians. See a patern here? Can we see where this is going?
When it comes to accurate portrayla of the charachters it's on target for the most part, with the exception of Data, who is thrown back to his inept social interactions of the first season or even sooner. Something interresting to read, but not one of the greats of the TNG series of books.
STNG #14 Exiles - True to Roddenberry's theme!.......2003-08-24
Howard Weinstein is one of Star Trek's early and better authors. In "Exiles" he sets up a plot that is in every way true to Roddenberry's theme behind Star Trek and its dealing with moral issues in the future. Unfortunately, in "Exiles" despite having a grand theme and plot, its execution is somewhat lacking. Had this story been written later in Star Trek The Next Generation's run on television, the author might've had a little more to work with in reference to character development and the overall "atmosphere" of the series.
The premise:
For three hundred years the people of Alaj and Etolos have been bitter enemies, wishing nothing to do with each other. Disasters strike both worlds leaving them both dependent upon each other in the hopes of survival and a future. Called in as a third party negotiator, Captain Picard and crew must find a way to peacefully settle the issues between these two worlds and rescue as many people as possible. They're soon plagued by terrorists who do not wish to change from the old ways.
What follows is an intriguing yet unfortunately not too entertaining early STNG story that despite high praise from Gene Roddenberry himself, doesn't live up to its potential.
I recommend this Star Trek tale as collector's addition to their Star Trek library! {ssintrepid}
An enjoyabe story and a reasonably good read........2003-01-02
But it's more than a bit preachy and overly simplistic.
The plot is good, (except for the deus ex machina toward the end) the characterizations well-handled, the dialogue good if unspectacular. But this is a book with a message, and its message is the same one as in Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax", and this book's presentation of that message ("pollution bad") is every bit as detailed and nuanced as the presentation was in that children's story. There is no discussion of HOW one would go about reducing the pollution and overuse of natural resources in a society, or what level is acceptable, or what sacrifices it might be appropriate to expect people to make to save the world, or any of the other difficult questions that such an issue deserves or any acknowledgement that the issue is a difficult one at all; as in Dr. Seuss, it is simply assumed that if people are poisoning their world, it is because they're too stupid to figure out that they need to stop, or to see the obvious things they need to do to stop. If they'd merely listen to wise people of good will, the problem would go away.
Now, obviously, I have nothing against "The Lorax". It's a marvellous children's story and conveys the danger of pollution very well for its intended target audience. As a children's story, it isn't EXPECTED to have nuance or balance. And while I'm sure that there are people out there saying, "This is a mass-market Star Trek novel; why would you hold it to a higher standard than you do Dr. Seuss?", my response is, that's true of Star Trek stories that are intended to be no more than entertaining action/adventure stories. This (again) is a book with a message. But its message conveys little or nothing; I'm reasonably sure that all us Star Trek fans are already well aware that pollution is bad. The question is, "what do we do about it?" That question isn't even addressed, much less answered, in this book.
An unremarkable issue-story.......2002-04-02
"Exiles" is based on a truly "Roddenberrian" concept. It deals with environmental issues and the preservation of animal species, both subjects still relevant.
Alaj is a Federation member world, that faces a disaster as it's overly industrial culture renderes the planet uninhabitable.
Etolos is a world populated by a people exiled from Etolos centuries earlier. They are the experts on the preservation of nature with high technology. It just happens that their planet faces it's natural end just as the situation on Alaj escalates beyond apparent savation.
The formerly bitter enemies must find a common tone as the people of Etolos offer to save Alaj in exhange of them getting to live there. The deal includes a few individuals of an animal species called Nefittifi, vich is a highly rare sacred animal to both the Alajians and Etolosians.
The result is an uneventfull and cliché filled story, with nothing new to offer.
Howard Weinstein starts off promisingly as he describes the diplomatic situation between the two worlds, but soon the story looses all originality and reverts into a predictable and badly paced sience fiction cliché.
There are only a few twist in the ploand they can be predicted from miles away. The situation is made worse by horrible scenes about Wesley Crusher and his discustingly cute Britney-Spears-clone girlfriend that make vomit crawl up the reader's throat. And it doesn't help one bit to have a bad sub-plot about Troi dealing with a Nefittifi expert in his twenties having a crush on her. A horrible waste of a character, say I.
The characterization is pretty accurate in most parts, though, exept for Data, who's been portrayed as he was in the beginning of the show: a truly failed attempt at forsfully writing an original character. At the point of the series "Exiles" takes place, it should no more be the case.
The ending of the book is as predictable as the rest of it and makes the reader want to finish reading as quickly as possible.
Not worth bying.
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