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This is a stand-alone novel by the author of the Honor Harrington series. Alicia DeVries is a heroine in the tradition of Honor, self-reliant, strong and capable. She needs those qualities, as she will have to deal with frightening losses, but she has help from some surprising allies . . .
IN FURY BORN is a re-written and much expanded version of Weber's earlier novel, THE FURY.
IN FURY BORN is a re-written and much expanded version of Weber's earlier novel, THE FURY.
Wierd book! At the outset, it's all about a young girl's impressions of the world and her feelings. (I thought, "Oh brother -- chick-lit in space!") Then she enters the imperial military academy and becomes a space marine, learning to take care of herself and her people in dicey situations. Picked to become an elite imperial cadre (sort of a modern-day Seal or Green Beret, squared), she becomes a killing machine -- though with a heart!
Suddenly, she resigns and goes with her extended family to homestead a frontier planet, where everyone is massacred by space pirates except her. Wanna know how she survives despite extensive wounds? A Fury possesses her and protects her until medical help arrives. That's right, one of the implacable Furies from ancient Greek literature!! Now she's talking to herself (actually to the Fury inside) and they put her into protective custody. The Fury can read and manipulate minds and computers, however, so they escape, steal the most advanced warship in the galaxy and meld with the AI who controls it.
This bickering, lethal triad then fly off to avenge the deaths of the woman's family (and millions of other innocents), evading pursuers and beating the imperial intelligence service to the solution of the pirates' identity. Now she really goes mad with pent-up rage, and it's all the Fury can do to keep her on-task. Will she boil over and become a mass murderer? Come on, would the marketing department allow an ending like that?
Mostly great military sci-fi, with good character development. Too bad it goes off the rails and tries to out-Heinlein Heinlein with six impossible things before breakfast. Still, all in all it's a good read.
Suddenly, she resigns and goes with her extended family to homestead a frontier planet, where everyone is massacred by space pirates except her. Wanna know how she survives despite extensive wounds? A Fury possesses her and protects her until medical help arrives. That's right, one of the implacable Furies from ancient Greek literature!! Now she's talking to herself (actually to the Fury inside) and they put her into protective custody. The Fury can read and manipulate minds and computers, however, so they escape, steal the most advanced warship in the galaxy and meld with the AI who controls it.
This bickering, lethal triad then fly off to avenge the deaths of the woman's family (and millions of other innocents), evading pursuers and beating the imperial intelligence service to the solution of the pirates' identity. Now she really goes mad with pent-up rage, and it's all the Fury can do to keep her on-task. Will she boil over and become a mass murderer? Come on, would the marketing department allow an ending like that?
Mostly great military sci-fi, with good character development. Too bad it goes off the rails and tries to out-Heinlein Heinlein with six impossible things before breakfast. Still, all in all it's a good read.
