ABEL DASHIAN'S WORLD DOESN'T NEED A HERO
Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism.
The people of Duisberg have a god: Zentrum, a supercomputer from the ancient past. Zentrum has decided avoid another collapse by preventing civilization from rising from where it is. And because even a supercomputer and the powerful religion which it founded cannot block all progress, Zentrum has another tool: every few centuries the barbarians sweep in from the desert, slaughtering the educated classes and cowing the peasants back into submission. These are the Blood Winds, and the Blood Winds are about to blow again.
This time, however, there's a difference: Abel Dashian, son of a military officer, has received into his mind the spirit of Raj Whitehall, the most successful general in the history of the planet Bellevue--and of Center, the supercomputer which enabled Raj to shatter his planet's barbarians and permit the return of civilization.
One hero can't stop the tide of barbarians unless he has his own culture supporting him. To save Duisberg, Abel must break the power of Zentrum.
With the help of Raj and Center, Abel Dashian must become . . . THE HERETIC!
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Product ReviewA fine continuation of the General series. Not as good as some but good. I am not sure I would pay the E-arc premium but definetely the regular ebook price.
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Product ReviewOk book, not the greatest in the series by a long shot. Probably not worth paying extra for e-arc.
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Product ReviewI enjoyed the book. In subsequent installments they need to explain why Center cannot just convince or hack Zentraub into changing his governing philosophy. If the entire justification for this water empire and stasis is the unfounded belief that this is the last planet with human civilization then why not just present the new data that Center and Raj are representatives of a new galactic civilization? I understand the appeal of an antagonist who is at least playing on something like the same level of Center. They need to establish why they couldn't just enlist Zentraub in the cause.
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Product ReviewI like the series, but the formula is becoming a bit...formulaic. Also: too many dream sequences. Also: dont call a horse a dont.
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Product Reviewnot a kids book. i have 2 issues with this book. 1 if center is so powerful why does he not just kill zentraub? A story where the priests hide the death of zentraub while a real redland invasion begins, would be just as exciting, and believable.
2 dont is a terrible name for anything. it causes a brain twitch every time you read it.Posted on
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Product ReviewNot bad, good idea but writing is not up to the level of Belisarius Saga, or Raj Whitehall series.
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