Saga of Seven Suns: Hidden Empire (Series #1) (Paperback)

from publiusdb

Man has reached the stars, spreading out and colonizing them, but not without help. The Ildirans have given man the stardrive, an inexpensive way to cross the vast distances of space in a fraction of the time that it takes light to travel. Other than the Klikiss, an extinct race whose archaeologi...

from Karlstar

This is a rather mediocre sci-fi 'epic'. Humanity has reached the stars with the help of the Ildirans, who have a functioning FTL drive that relies on an 'allotrope of hydrogen' that somehow reduces the distance between points to near zero. Humanity is ruled by the Hanseatic League with a complet...

from kmv

A thoroughly enjoyable start to what promises to be an awesomely cliched space opera. The characters and storyline are promising, which makes up for some (but not all) of the lack of sophistication in the story telling. It's a fun read if you enjoy epic space battles, romance, and adventure (and ...

from Darrell.Newton

I enjoyed this story. It stands out as a good example of "space opera": an epic tale in the future, with an interplanetary setting, wide in scope as told by a web of personal relationships. Anytime I put the book down for a while and picked it back up, I found the opera part a bit of a drag and o...

from crazybatcow

This novel is way too descriptive and doesn't have nearly enough action. The concepts are interesting, but there's not much engagement with the story or the characters - i.e. a space station blows up and everyone dies, but you won't really "feel" anything about this event because it was only desc...