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| | Description | War is forever The people on Earth no longer remember how the human race was nearly obliterated centuries earlier during the terror visited upon them by the merciless Xul. But the Star Marines, thirty thousand light years from home, know all too well the horror that still lives.
In the year 2886, in the midst of the intergalactic war that has been raging nonstop for nearly a decade, the unthinkable has occurred. Intelligence has located the gargantuan hidden homeworld of humankind's dedicated foe, the brutal, unstoppable Xul. The time has come for the courageous men and women of the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Force to strike the killing blow. But misguided politics on an Earth that no longer supports their mission could prove the Marine's greatest enemy—as they plunge bravely into the maelstrom of conflict . . . and into the heart of a million-year-old mystery. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Ian Douglas | | Mass Market Paperback: | 416 pages | | Publisher: | Harper Voyager | | Publication Date: | October 28, 2008 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0061238627 | | Product Length: | 6.8 inches | | Product Width: | 4.2 inches | | Product Height: | 1.16 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.43 pounds | | Package Length: | 6.7 inches | | Package Width: | 4.1 inches | | Package Height: | 1.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 17 reviews |
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
In which our heroes go to the center of the galaxy, see new and interesting enemies, and blow things up Oct 31, 2008
By Brad Smith
This series is, by the way, the second-best thing to come out of Ancient Astronauts (the first being the Stargate series).
Galactic Corps is the second novel of the Inheritance trilogy, featuring the continued struggle of humanity, spearheaded by the Marine Corps, against the Xul, incredibly ancient aliens that slaughter any emerging sentients to avoid competition. This trilogy follows the exploits of the First Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Force (1MIEF) as it takes the fight to the Xul in a desperate attempt to keep them from attacking human worlds. This installment sees the 1MIEF and its allies (the mathematical octopi Eulers, primarily) fighting the Xul and hatching a daring plan to hit the Xul in the very center of their strength.
The fights are very vividly portrayed, and are quite enjoyable. Also enjoyable is the author's use of known astronomical phenomena into the plot, such as why the suspected supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy still can't be detected. The author includes a brief timeline at the start of this novel, to help the reader.
Some areas were problematic, though. Once again, we have more political maneuvering that seems set to destroy the Corps. This gets old after a while, and really should be left out for the next book. Also, the Xul are portrayed as a bit more hapless than you'd think they'd be. Granted, the portrayal has stayed roughly the same for the last three novels, and the humans really need to have a fighting chance...but you'd think a thousand mile-long warships would be more than able to deal with a human task force before it could run.
All in all, though, a quite enjoyable read for any mil-SF fan. If you haven't read the previous seven novels, you'll want to read those first.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Getting Repetitive Nov 29, 2008
By Scott P. Weiner
I've read all the books up to and including this latest. While I like the alien encounters and technology advancements they take too much of a backseat to a few things that take up nearly every book.
1) Training of Marines. I don't want to hear about it and read it for the 8th time.
2) Fighting on the ground - Boring and the same in every book. The fighting decisions from the ships are more interesting.
3) XUL - Why just focus on them. We've met other races ... took their technology and now we don't include them? Boring. And the XUL are just too easy considering their technology.
These could be all great books but he puts too much repetitive filler in each one of them.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 High noise-to-signal ratio May 27, 2010
By Peter Hansen
At this point I'm deep into this book after having completed all its predecessors. I'm beginning to get space-combat fatigue. Here's why:
1) Character development. There ain't a whole lot of it. Some 800 years into the extended story (going back the first book set on Mars), all of the characters are virtual clones of their ancestors. Nothing changes, not their feelings, not their expressions, not their relationships. Yeah, we get that the Marines are dedicated. But would it be too much to ask to have some conflict between the various Marines? And, for once, would it be too much to ask for human villains who aren't French/Quebecoise/Chinese/Muslim? I thinks the author's prejudices are a little too obvious here.
2) It's getting harder and harder to believe that the Xul haven't just wiped out the humans once and for all. The "the Xul are conservative" argument is wearing a bit thin.
3) Conversely, it's 800 years on and we haven't yet engineered a computer virus to take down the whole Xul empire? Doesn't the author know any Bulgarian programmers?
4) I realize that in a series, the author needs to address the needs of those readers who have not read the previous series. However, the author demonstrates a total lack of finesse in doing so. There's way too much cut-and-paste here from previous books and even from previous chapters. This might be the single most annoying characteristic of this series. The best science fiction respects the reader's memory and intellect and doesn't beat the reader over the head with the same declarative explanations.
My bottom line? I'm losing interest. If nothing different happens by the end of this novel, I seriously doubt I'll be reading the next one.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
More of the same but very entertaining Nov 14, 2008
By A. Romero
"sci fi zen master"
The second in the Ian Douglas's Inheritance trilogy is well written and quite enjoyable. As in his previous novels he continues to write very detailed battles while introducing advances in miltary technology that he weaves throughout the story. He gives very detailed descriptions of astronomical phenomana relevant to the plot though at times it seemed to slow the the pace of the book. He introduces a new view of the Xul which seems like a nice segway into the next book. The development of the main characters has given more depth to the series and helps to propel the story. Overall, a solid piece of military sc-fi.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Really 2.5 Stars--too much back story May 11, 2010
By amnightus
"amnightus"
The first book was more or less okay so I decided to get the next book in the series.
unforunately, it read like a second draft. There is way way wayyyy too much backstory in this book about the great Marine Corps. Seriously, we are a thousand years into the future and it felt like 20% of the darn book was an ode to the 20th century Marine corps. So much so, that I started just flipping through all of that back story which he brings up about every 15 or so pages like clockwork.
This book should have been better. He had all the ingredients for a decent Space Opera: Super powerful galactic aliens, out numbered Earth space force, political intrigue, decent characters...
But somehow, the soup didn't mix together right. Too much backstory in the broth. Also, there seems to be a lack of focus and the story meanders in places.
Overall, I just can't help but think that the story should have been better than it was. Again, all the ingredients are there, begging to be used together to produce a great story, but it just feels like the author undercooked this a bit. I think the editor rushed this one through and that it should have had another revision.
Remove about 80% of the Marine Corp back story (didn't you cover that in the first book), focus more on the main characters (perhaps pick a main character to focus on), and keep the reader more in the here and now and I think this would have been much better.
Anyways, I did like the story and I managed to finish the book. I'd recommend book 1 but I can't recommend book 2 as I think it needed another revision.
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