• Nova War

  • Shoal, Book 2
  • By: Gary Gibson
  • Narrated by: Charlie Norfolk
  • Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (108 ratings)

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Nova War

By: Gary Gibson
Narrated by: Charlie Norfolk
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Publisher's summary

Dakota and Corso discover not only that the Shoal are caught in an aeons-long conflict with a rival star-faring species, but that the Bandati have resolved to make an alliance with this race by giving them deadly knowledge acquired from the Magi starship; forging an unholy alliance with the Shoal-member Trader. Dakota is determined to stop them - but the destruction of millions of inhabited worlds appears inevitable.

©2012 Gary Gibson (P)2012 Audible Ltd

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Slow start, strong finish

Gibson’s second book in the Shoal Sequence continues following its two protagonists from “Stealing Light”, Dakota Merrick and Lucas Corso, largely in two separate narratives. Having concluded their previous story in possession of the ultimate prize, a superluminal and ultra powerful starship full of technologies denied to humanity, Gibson promptly removes that advantage from them in order to ratchet up the stakes. While a good part of the first half of the book is a snail-pace chronicle of their imprisonment, it also introduced some additional characters from other species, and these were both imaginative and helpful in stretching both the perspective and focal length on the plot. The action-packed climax has a satisfying number of moving parts, although I was surprised at the amount of epilog following, which I imagine will make for a much smoother transition into the third volume.

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Starts slow, then more goodness.

Listened to the book on Audible. Still love this series. First half of this book was a bit slow due to the introduction of new aliens that played a pivotal part in the story. But at the half way point, it takes off!! On to book 3!

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Another fun romp

This is a good continuation fron Stealing Light. A few good twists and turns keeps you going.

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