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Title: Hand of Mars
Title: Hand of Mars
Series:
Starship's Mage #2
Author:
Glynn Stewart
Rating:
4 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SFF
Pages:
279
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: |
Damien is sent to a planet, as an Envoy under the tutelage of a full Hand. They are ostensibly looking into terrorist activity but in reality are on planet to arrest the governor who is corrupt as they come. What the Hand nor Damien realize is that the Martian Navy personnel have been co-opted by the governor as well.
This all leads to the death of the
Hand, the destruction of her ship and crew and Damien on the run in a
hostile world where his only allies are the “terrorists” he was
publicly investigating. He has to survive the governer and his
forces, the Martian navy and it's corrupt Captain and the rebels.
Making an alliance with the rebels,
Damien gets off a message to the King, who sends out a force of
sufficient size to handle the rogue Navy. Damien must take care of
the governer and his forces so that the arriving Navy, with its
marines, don't have to invade the planet. Things get complicated when
one of the governer's loyal generals has nukes planted under 7 of the
major cities and threatens to blow them all up if the Martian Navy
doesn't leave.
Damien “does magic” and things get
all straightened out.
Dang. I was hoping to “play a game of
Thermonuclear War”. That Broderick was a pansy and I would have
shown him up by WINNING the game I played!
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My Thoughts: |
I actually enjoyed this more than the first book, mainly because this was one single novel instead of 4-6 “episodes”. However, I kept it at the same rating because Damien has power jumped so high, so fast that the suspense wasn't really there.
I am
really enjoying this mix of magic and technology. Stewart has
combined them in a way that doesn't annoy me or set my teeth on edge.
It is also just fun. The story is full of fighting and trials and
battles.
There
really isn't much else to say. I enjoyed this, it was fun and Damien
is a bit too powerful.
And
speaking of too powerful, now I'm off to read some Eyeshield
21 manga, ha!
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| I could have totally won that game! |
★★★★☆
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