World Famous Comics: The Ashes of Worlds (Saga of Seven Suns)
The Ashes of Worlds (Saga of Seven Suns)
By: Kevin J. Anderson Publisher: Orbit Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Orbit Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 512 Publication Date: July 01, 2008
Product Description: The culminating volume in Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns weaves together the myriad storylines into a spectacular grand finale.
Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against each other. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale seven years in the making. The Saga of Seven Suns is one of the most colorful and spectacular science fiction epics of the last decade.
GREAT END TO THE SERIES! Kevin Anderson is a wonderful writer and continues to amaze with the end to this series.
Great space Opera I've given Kevin Anderson 5 stars for the series as opposed to this book - that's probably a 4 star effort.
Then again i think it must be incredibly hard to have a compelling - perfect ending to such a complex & imaginative series. Personally - i think he did a great job. & for me there's a lot to be said about tying all the ends up in a credible non-cataclysmic way. Ok, ok it was a little too rosy maybe, but hey who doesn't like a fairly happy ending :-)
new title: Ashes of Words gah, it was really bad. every bad thing that could possibly be in a bad novel was in here (well, almost everything). i used to really enjoy this series, but after the fifth book, it went downhill BIGTIME. there were entire chapters that had me huffing and eye-rolling because of horrible dialogue or stupid plot devices. one thing i've noticed--after reading Stephen King's book On Writing--is that he breaks the cardinal rule of an author: to tell the truth. while reading this book, i frequently couldnt believe in what he wrote. and, yes, i understand it's fiction, and that it's scifi, but it didnt seem TRUTHFUL. it seemed like a cheesy B movie. i ended up speed-reading the last half. and let me tell ya, there was nothing you'd miss in the "grand finale" of the ending.
i honestly with this were better than it actually was, but after reading the entire series, i think that Anderson wrote 7 books just because it was the "Saga of Seven Suns" and really milked the series. he couldve easily taken out 3 entire books and nothing would be missed. seriously. there are whole books where nothing happens except for mindless dialogue, and character threads moving ad nauseum.
but i think the most unbelievable part of this story is that the main enemy of the series, after being defeated a couple of books back allies themselves (briefly) with the good guys. and then, after five books of hating the bad guys, one of the ally alien species becomes "even worse of a threat." yeah right. that's not even a good plot twist. that's just a stupid decision.
Great Epic!!! This book truly ends the saga of the seven suns with twists and tales that will satisfy any space opera junkie!!!!
Excellent Conclusion to a great series This is the first Sci-Fi series that I have read, and it has set the bar tremendously high. Couldn't put it down, had it read in about 3 days. Excellent Conclusion to a great series.
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