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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780671318505
ISBN number: 0671318500
Label: Baen
Manufacturer: Baen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 544
Printing Date: October 30, 2001
Publishing house: Baen
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The worst has happened: Fleet is tearing Itself apart. Some of the mutineers see injustice in the unequal spread of the rejuvenation drugs that offer virtual immortality to the rich; others are simply thirsty for power, or for blood. The Loyalists, meanwhile, fight desperately to preserve the rule of law In Familias Regnant space. But when Esmay Suiza-Serrano Is unceremoniously booted out of Fleet, the apparent victim of Family politics, she has no Idea of the whirlwind of conflict Into which she is about to be drawn. As the noose tightens on galactic civilization, great battles will be fought and greater loves affirmed ... and old friends will meet their destinies.
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Against the Odds is the final book in the Seranno Legacy series. It's a space drama involving several families over several years. You get a little bit of action, a little bit of romance, planetside shooting, space ships, and military strategy. The series features strong female lead roles. The cover art for the books is very silly. But don't let that turn you off.
Here's the book order if you are intersted: Hunting Party, Sporting Chance, Winning Colors, Once a Hero, Rules of Engagement, Change of Command, and Against the Odds.
I started reading in the middle of the series. But, after reading that book, I went to the library and started at the beginning. I wish E.Moon would write more books about the Heris Serrano character.
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I always look for uninterrupted time to read Elizabeth Moon and this was no exception. The story moved quickly in comfortable yet umpredictable patterns. The ideas may not be entirely new but the characters made me feel 'at home'. The action was mature, adult adventure with satisfactory outcomes.I look forward to another of hers.
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Having just finished the last book of the series, I can't help but paraphrase that old TS Eliot quote "This is the way the series ends - not with a bang but a whimper". On the whole, I enjoyed the series very much. The Heris Serrano trilogy was well written and (despite a strange preoccupation with the minutia of breeding horses) contained many memorable sequences. Esmay Suiza was, to my mind, an even better heroine than Heris and her very first two books are in my opinion the strongest in the series. But then it comes to the last two books, and it just seems to be a mad rush to get to the last page. Elizabeth Moon has lots of good plot ideas throughout the series - The Benignity, the Bloodhorde, the mutineers, the problems on Altiplano, Sirialis and Copperwalls, the Rejuvenant vs, Aegist problem, the NewTex Militia etc., but she seems to have tried to cram in as much as she possibly could, and the effect is to leave far too much up in the air. What happened to the fugitive confessor? Why DID Arash Livadhi do what he did? What happened on Sirialis? All these questions (and many more) go unanswered.
In my opinion, Elizabeth had enough plot ideas to fill twelve books, not just seven. And if she didn't want to write so many, one can't help but feel she should have left half of her ideas out in the interest of streamlining the story.
Having said all that, I enjoyed the series and will adding her, alongside David Weber and John Ringo, on my list of American authors who deserve more UK recognition.
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This is the latest book in the Heris Serrano series, though Heris is not the main character. The book stands on its own, but the previous volumes would help fill in the background of the story. The heroine is Esmay Suiza, a Fleet officer who is not Fleet by birth, coming from an agricultural planet with a rather stuffy governmental system. (There has been only one previous Fleet member from that planet in the history of the Fleet.) There is a mutiny in the Fleet to fight, as well as incursions from the Bloodhorde (a particularly nasty group of pirates) and the Benignancy, a religion-based culture which is based on True Belief. The action is non-stop, and fascinating, but the characters are the element in which Elizabeth Moon excels. There are no stereotypes here: all the characters are living, breathing humans. Some you will love, others you will like, still others you will hate, and others you will pity. Altogether this book is one it is hard to put down!
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Esmay Suiza knows that marrying Barin Serrano against the wishes of both their families will have consequences, but she doesn't anticipate being dismissed from the Fleet on the orders of a Serrano admiral. As Esmay makes her way to Castle Rock, in hopes that her friend Brun Meager-Thornbuckle (of the Familias Regnant) may help, she has no idea that Barin has come close to dying in battle. Traveling aboard a trade-ship that doesn't normally carry passengers keeps her insulated from much of what's happening in the rest of Familias space, as the Fleet is torn apart by mutiny and Brun's family finds itself under attack from within.
This seventh volume brings the Heris Serrano/Esmay Suiza series to a rousing conclusion, as the characters we've come to love find their places in the universe and their meticulously drawn society meets its greatest crisis. I'm disappointed that the author leaves several plot threads unresolved (or at least not clearly so), but it's an excellent read just the same. Especially the last poignant, downright haunting chapter.
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