Helpful Score: 3
I just finished this old (1988 - wait -that's not old is it?) space opera and I really found it enjoyable. Yes, its space opera. No brain bending ideas presented here.
But, if you like the idea of events on the interstellar scale also having a personal touch, then well, this book is for you. It all starts when a guard ship (one of the massive ships that safeguard Canon space) intercepts a freighter with an alien aboard that is supposed to be extinct... From there, it gets into the intrigues of the Great Houses (and I believe this bunch could teach the Harkonnen and Atreides lessons), the Guardships and its living and deified (recorded) crew members, survivors of conflicts with the guardships and living artifacts. Its wild, its twisted and I wish I'd read it earlier.
But, if you like the idea of events on the interstellar scale also having a personal touch, then well, this book is for you. It all starts when a guard ship (one of the massive ships that safeguard Canon space) intercepts a freighter with an alien aboard that is supposed to be extinct... From there, it gets into the intrigues of the Great Houses (and I believe this bunch could teach the Harkonnen and Atreides lessons), the Guardships and its living and deified (recorded) crew members, survivors of conflicts with the guardships and living artifacts. Its wild, its twisted and I wish I'd read it earlier.
