World Famous Comics: Saga of Seven Suns, The: Veiled Alliances (The Saga of Seven Suns)
Saga of Seven Suns, The: Veiled Alliances (The Saga of Seven Suns)
By: Kevin J. Anderson Publisher: Wildstorm Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Wildstorm Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: January 01, 2005 Release Date: January 01, 2005
Product Description: Based on the legendary science-fiction series by acclaimed novelist Kevin J. Anderson, THE SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS: VEILED ALLIANCES acts as a revelatory prequel to the Saga novels Hidden Empire and A Forest of Stars. In this fantastical volume, the human race begins its expansion into outer space only to discover that for centuries a multitude of other planets have been interacting on a cosmic scale. Now as Earth attempts to become a player in this new arena, her ambassadors are thrust into a foreign world of alien life forms, backstabbing politics, lustful relationships, bitter feuds, family rivalries, and a deadly quest to become the supreme force in the universe.
If you love Dune you'll probably love this series I started reading Kevin J Anderson's Saga of the seven suns series when i was waiting for some of the newer Dune books by Kevin J and Brian Herbert to be released. I LOVE this series. As usual, war and conflict have tied various worlds together in conflict. And there's that touch of love story that adds a special touch to sci-fi novels. You can see style similarities between this and the Machine Crusades books earlier in the Newer Dune series. The characters are always well written, and the story line engaging. Always entertaining, it's hard to put these books down.
4.5 Stars Anderson's Saga of the Seven Suns is a rich and sprawling science fiction epic. This gorgeously rendered graphic novel provides background information for the series - a prequel. Most of the story conatined here can be gleaned from the first two novels of the series. However, this is an alternative format, with beautiful and well drawn art work, that is a nice companion to the series. The plot is limited but clearly revealed and leads directly into the series. Full color throughout, glossy pages. A worthwhile addition to the "Saga," especially for fans of graphic novels.
Saga of Seven Suns minus Four The artwork was exceptional, but the story line didn't have the same detail that Anderson provides in his novels.
Failed Alliances This is a comic book. Unfortunately I did not discover this until after I had placed my order, for this product but thought "Hey it's still SoSS of it's bound to be good right?" Wrong. Or rather, it was OK but nothing more than that. The drawings are good, but the story is nowhere to be found. If this work is designed to draw readers into the series, I fear it has failed. Not only does it offer HUGE spoilers but it fails to bring out the most basic intrigues and plots that make the series great. Words cannot express my extreme dissapointment when I read a $12.00 comic book that offered me nothing that I hadn't alreadr read in the novels.
If you like pretty pictures this product is for you. To the rest of the SoSS fans, skip it. And to you who haven't read SoSS, go pick up a copy of Hidden Empire today!
Interesting, if short While I thought this should have shown more Ildiran kiths (I was really interested in the Singers), this is an interesting prequel, that gives alot of very interesting information. I hope KJA does more.
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