Cobra Alliance

Cobra War, Book 1

De: Timothy Zahn

Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki

When the colony worlds Adirondack and Silvern fell to the Troft forces almost without a struggle. Outnumbered and on the defensive, Earth made a desperate decision. It would attack the aliens not from space, but on the ground with forces the Trofts did not even suspect. Thus were created the Cobras, a guerilla force whose weapons were surgically implanted, invisible to the unsuspecting eye, yet undeniably deadly. And the Moreau family were the most famous of the Cobra warriors.

Long after victory over the Troft was achieved, the Cobras made common cause against their former adversaries against a new enemy. Their reward was three planets that would be a home for the Cobras, whose deadly powers made them too dangerous to feel at home on Earth. Now, years had passed and not everyone on the Cobra worlds thought that the Cobras were worth the high cost of providing their training and maintaining their existing built-in weaponry, let alone supporting research to improve the Cobra weapons, and possibly even put an end to the negative effects of that built-in weaponry, which caused Cobras to die much too young. Many who had never known interplanetary war were convinced that the Cobras were not needed at all. That was a grave miscalculation, because a new menace was approaching, one that even the formidable Cobra warriors might not be able to defeat.

©2009 Timothy Zahn (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Zahn emphasizes the stern values of duty, honor, planetary group, and suggests that peace comes only through oft-displayed strength. The rough-and-tumble combat crackles like fingertip laser implants...." ( Publishers Weekly)

I love this whole series.

I am so enjoying the story, I just can't stop listening. Timothy Zahn keeps the story so interesting, that you can hardly wait for the next book. I find that Stefan Rudnicki voice to be one of the best I have ever listened to, that I just look for books that he has narrated and I know that is will be a awesome book. You can't miss with these two gentlemen.

Zahn writes a good audiobook.

Some fiction books work really well as audiobooks. This series by Timothy Zahn is very good as an audiobook for several reasons. First, the plot is engaging without being overly complicated. That means you don't get lost in dozens of characters or multiple intertwining subplots. I do like that kind of book when I'm reading -- I read in a quiet room with few distractions. But I tend to listen to audiobooks when I'm also doing other things, like driving or jogging, so I want it to be exciting, unpredictable, and fun, with a few characters I get to know very, very well. This series fits that bill just fine.

The performance was good, too. I found the multiple accents to be a bit distracting, but they seem to fit the story. And he does a good job of making the action scenes excting.

Best one yet!

Very intriguing plot line. Looking forward to the next in series! I can see the growth in Zahn, as a writer, between the gap years of the first three and this book! Still... the back story of the first trilogy really brought depth to this book.

At Last Some Action!

The first Cobra trilogy was OK but realy didn't have much action. It was good to listen to but lacked real action. This trilogy has a very easy to listen to format with action and drama. Very Good It keeps your attention for hours.

Fast excellent read

Timothy Zahn didn't explore any new real territory in this novel about an aging "space marine" (basically) and her son answering a summons to a potentially (probably) hostile planet.

As always, a good amount of action and enough drama to move the storyline ahead.

Plenty of unanswered questions to make you want to read the next book in the series.