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The Risen Empire

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Posted by Summer Brooks on Saturday, 4 Oct 2008

Book One of Succession
by Scott Westerfield


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2 Responses to “The Risen Empire”
  1. raul says on :

    this book is excellent space opera/military scifi. its epic and the setting creation is something you can sink your teeth into.

    its almost shame that the uglies/pretties books have sold so well, he might never return to this again. I dont have anything against them…but i wish he would tell more stories in this setting.

  2. John says on :

    I’ve not read the other books since space opera is my thing.

    But when it comes to space opera, this is a fine example, a real non-stop page turner. What really makes it stand out for me is the attention to detail in the battle scenes - the technology is believable, detailed enough to be interesting and cool without being boring, while the trickery the crew of the Lynx must use to survive in a hopelessly one-sided battle is amazing.

    I hope we see more of this kind of thing from Scott.

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