Earth Strike

Star Carrier, Book One

De: Ian Douglas

Narrado por: Nick Sullivan

The first book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence.

There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point.

But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary - by total annihilation if necessary.

To the Sh'daar, the driving technologies of transcendent change are anathema and must be obliterated from the universe - along with those who would employ them. As their great warships destroy everything in their path en route to the Sol system, the human Confederation government falls into dangerous disarray. There is but one hope, and it rests with a rogue Navy Admiral, commander of the kilometer-long star carrier America, as he leads his courageous fighters deep into enemy space towards humankind's greatest conflict - and quite possibly its last.

©2010 William H. Keith, Jr. (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

entertaining

The story starts out slow, but it finishes with a bang. Too much explanations like the author wad talking down to a child though.

Great Book!

The story is captivating though there is a lot of minor details (all the scientific measurements and stuff) that once you learn or learn to ignore make the book hard to put down.

Good book at times

The story and pacing are really good. The only thing I didn't like was that it was very science oriented so it Har to stay focused on the story

If you love hard sci this is the book for you

It has a good cast of characters, Nick Sullivan is a top flight narrator. It mixes politics, religion and military hard sci. And honestly I wish the White Covenant was a real thing.

It was ok...

Yes, my very lackluster headline reflects my experience with this book. The story is very heavy on the tech elements, and light on character, plot, and story. Douglas and Sullivan do a great job of explaining some very heady physics and military science concepts. These academic concepts seem to take priority over the narrative. It's unlikely I'll give the rest of the series space on my iPod.