Hidden Empire Hidden Empire

Publisher Description

Having colonized other worlds, humans are certain the galaxy is theirs for the taking. But they soon discover the horrifying price of their arrogance when a scientific experiment awakens the wrath of the previously unknown Hydrogues and begins a war.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2002
July 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
464
Pages
PUBLISHER
Grand Central Publishing
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

HeroicHolmes ,

Remarkable!

This book was absolutely amazing! This was an amazing opener to fantastic storyline. If you want to read a series that will keep you on the edge of your seat then this is it. It's a big story, but once you start it you will not want to stop. It does have a lot of characters, but if you truly like and understand the story you will have no problem with it. You do not want to miss out on this epic series(btw it is 7 books in all). Get your hands on this saga!

apptuner ,

Turbotastic!

This is a fantasy novel set in space. This isn't science fiction. This is a novel in which the faster spaceships have "turbochargers" as if they were 1990s era Toyota Supras. With the total absence of credible technology, goes its consistency. Three alien war machines turn four moons into rubble in a matter of hours, destroy giant floating factories instantaneously, but a in a battle with 11 such machines an earth battleship takes a direct hit but manages to escape. Do earth ships have amazing shielding? Nope. Just metal. And hen there are "jazers". "Jacketed lasers". Interesting concept: lasers jacketed with magnetic sleeves for a "double whammy". Metal can suddenly travel at he speed of light now. And ships, spread out through a solar system can communicate instantaneously even though a major plot device is that hey don't have faster than light communications (they need special trees for that). It's almost as if the author has absolutely no familiarity with the enormity of space or any of the science or science fiction that might circumvent this issue. Rubbish science used as deus ex machina.
So. It's fantasy with rubbish science. Is the story any good? Star crossed lovers, her engaged to his brother and full of duty. An ancient race, advanced yet ossified. Ragamuffin made prince. Ancient robots with no memory (they lied! They're just very naughty.) And in contrast to the ossified race, we plucky humans are full of inventions! Surprise! Well actually turns out the author may be an alien as he fails to imagine any improvements in our space craft other than "they go faster now". Same ships. Same names. Just "improved". Sigh.

Aeryke ,

AMAZING READ

An epic story on a grand scale. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these kind of stories. If you are truly a scifi lover, read this you will not be disappointed. You will be hooked. THANK YOU KEVIN J ANDERSON ... U rock!!!

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