StarCraft: Flashpoint (Unabridged)
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $7.99
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Publisher Description
The explosive novel based on the eagerly anticipated StarCraft II video game expansion, Heart of the Swarm!
The sinister zerg leader no longer commands her legions of bloodthirsty aliens against the humans of the Koprulu sector, all thanks to the combined courage and tenacity of Jim Raynor, General Horace Warfield, and a mismatched team of Dominion soldiers and outlaw rebels.
Although the queen is no more, Sarah Kerrigan is very much alive. The woman who once controlled countless alien minds in a rampage across the stars has been spirited away by the man who dethroned her. Now Arcturus Mengsk’s Dominion armada is on her heels, roaring for blood. Jim Raynor will need to test his strength, his wit, and his loyalties against impossible odds to protect the woman he loves.
StarCraft II: Flashpoint bridges the events that take place in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and the upcoming StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Featuring never-before-seen glimpses into Jim Raynor and Sarah Kerrigan’s past, this novel opens a window into a world of passion, action, and adventure.
Customer Reviews
Phoned in
Christie Golden’s other StarCraft books were much better. This one feels phoned in, like writing it was an obligation as opposed to a desire.
There’s several instances of inserting Zerg names incorrectly (mutalisks with slashing arms, hydralisks flying, etc…) that isn’t typical of the authors style. The whole thing feels like she didn’t care or simply didn’t want to write this one.
The characters, Raynor in particular, act so completely counter to everything we’ve learned about them in other books that it makes reading / listening to the book an exercise in frustration.
There’s no plot or story progression. At the beginning of the novel; Mengsk is chasing the main characters trying to kill them. At the end, Mengsk is chasing the main characters trying to kill them. Nothing happened, except some extremely forced flash back scenes designed to fill pages; and the introduction and subsequent death of what are obviously cannon fodder characters. The only thing missing was their red shirts and signs that read, “New character that no one cares about, kill me.”
The authors other StarCraft stuff is great in my opinion; but this one was terrible. My recommendation is to skip this one entirely, you aren’t missing anything.
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