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Book Reviews of By Heresies Distressed (Safehold, Bk 3)

By Heresies Distressed (Safehold, Bk 3)
By Heresies Distressed - Safehold, Bk 3
Author: David Weber
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780765353993
ISBN-10: 0765353997
Publication Date: 3/2/2010
Pages: 640
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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SteveTheDM avatar reviewed By Heresies Distressed (Safehold, Bk 3) on + 204 more book reviews
Unlike most of Weber's books, this one *didn't* climax in a huge battle. And despite the fact that I *love* Weber's battles, this was still an wonderful book. It's book three of his Safehold series (don't read this without reading the prior two), and Weber is really hitting his stride with the characters, the world, and the situation that he's stuck them all in.

As a one-sentence summary, By Heresies Distressed is essentially the post-wedding consolidation of the new Empire of Charis, and the conquest of Corisande.

There are certainly *some* battle scenes, and *some* technological superiority going on, but this is primarily a book that tells a story of political drama. If you had told me that politics what what the book was about before I'd started, I would have had serious reservations about starting it. But the truth is that it was hard to put down. Weber did a fantastic job of connecting all the dots and making a real *story* about what was going on.

I was very impressed, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next in the series.

5 of 5 stars.
reviewed By Heresies Distressed (Safehold, Bk 3) on + 5 more book reviews
David Weber => good