Alliance Rising

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SFWA Grand Master Cherryh returns to the Hugo award winning Alliance Union Universe with a thrilling entry in her far reaching sci fi saga.Years after Sol has lagged behind other great megastations like Pell and Cyteen, Alpha station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news on the outsiders, each with their own suspicions.Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe the ship belongs to Pell, which has an interest in The Rights of Man, another massive ship docked at Alpha It is under the command of the Earth Company, but it is not quite ready, and its true purpose is shrouded in mystery.James Robert Neihart is captain of Finity s End, a Pell ship flown by one of the Families He has heard whispers of The Rights of Man, and wonders at its design and purpose, especially as Sol struggles to rival the progress of the Farther Stars Now stationed on Alpha, he must convince the crews thatis happening with the megastations than meets the eye.For the reasons behind the creation of The Rights of Man, and its true plans, could change everything not just for Sol, but for the First Stars and the Beyond itself. 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Cherryh – kino-fada.fr Remember when Star Wars The Phantom Menace first came out, and the opening crawl started out by talking about trade routes and tax policy and everybody went, Hur, hur, hur, trade routes because that couldn t possibly be the start of an exciting adventure in space Well this is a book that consists almost entirely of discussions and reflections about trade policy and the inner workings of bureaucracies, and that takes place almost entirely on the dockside of a single, past its prime station, an Remember when Star Wars The Phantom Menace first came out, and the opening crawl started out by talking about trade routes and tax policy and everybody went, Hur, hur, hur, trade routes because that couldn t possibly be the start of an exciting adventure in space Well this is a book that consists almost entirely of discussions and reflections about trade policy and the inner workings of bureaucracies, and that takes place almost entirely on the dockside of a single, past its prime station, and which is utterly compelling and maintains an almost white knuckle tension throughout.The time Well, based on previously published timelines, I d estimate somewhere in the mid to late 23rd century these are the earliest published events in any of Cherryh s Alliance Union novels, predating Devil to the Belt and Downbelow Station and the ...Trade route politics has never been so gripping Seriously I need the sequel.Political intrigue and clashing mindsets at the beginning of the Alliance from Cherryh s mammoth future history.Alpha Station is the closest jump point to Earth and something of a backwater It s under a lot of stress because for decades all its resources have gone into a bold Earth Company plan a gigantic ship built from blueprints stolen from Pell Station, a powerful political center of human space It appears to be built as a military ship with a mission to enforce Earth Company will on the Political intrigue and clashing mindsets at the beginning of the Alliance from Cherryh s mammoth future history.Alpha Station is the closest jump point to Earth and something of a backwater It s under a lot of stress because for decades all its resources have gone into a bold Earth Company plan a gigantic ship built from blueprints stolen from Pell Station, a powerful political center of human space It appears to be built as a military ship with a mission to enforce Earth Company will on the Beyond After the giant ship Rights of Man performs poorly in testing the whole station is shocked when Finity s End, the giant ship who s plans Rights was built from, arrives spectacularly in system in a show of maneuvering that terrifies everyone But what is one of the largest ships in human space doing in a backwater like Alpha I...Beguiled once again by Cherryh Starting off I found this a dense read Having been a Cherryh reader for years I was scrambling to recall the earlier novels I d read eons ago and to have those line up with the present happenings Not that it s necessary to read these before Alliance Rising but as I am an avid fan I was busy sorting through what I already knew to meld this current offering of the Alliance Union saga with what has gone before As it happens I was sorting my hard copy Sci fi collec Beguiled once again by Cherryh Starting off I found this a dense read Having been a Cherryh reader for years I was scrambling to recall the earlier novels I d read eons ago and to have those line up with the present happenings Not that it s necessary to read these before Alliance Rising but as I am an avid fan I was busy sorting through what I already knew to meld this current offering of the Alliance Union saga with what has gone before As it happens I was sorting my hard copy Sci fi collection and one of the first books I picked up was a 1988 copy of Cyteen I feel a re read coming on What a solid return Alliance Rising is to a cosmos I have freely rummaged through over the years, compliments of the masterful Cherryh Alpha Station, part of the Hinder Stars, unusually receives recent visitations from a number of ships It turns out to be a consortium led by James Robert Neihart, captain of a massive space ship, Finity s End This puts some stress on...There s a whole lot of rehash here.And that s about it I was fooled, when I ought to know better, but if I hear that C J s got a new book about the Company Wars era, I start to pant a bit Silly me The amount of recapitulation over a single concept in this novel is staggering Out of 345 pages, I think the same conversation is held between different sets of characters at least half a dozen times We get it Neihart wants to unionize the Family ships We get it We got it Move on Please, pl There s a whole lot of rehash here.And that s about it I was fooled, when I ought to know better, but if I hear that C J s got a new book about the Company Wars era, I start to pant a bit Silly me The amount of recapitulation over a single concept in this novel is staggering Out of 345 pages, I think the same conversation is held between different sets of characters at least half a dozen times We get it Neihart wants to unionize the Family ships We get it We got it Move on Please, please, move on.Added to that is a really flat cast of characters that offer exactly nothing new to the universe Obligatory young man buried in seniority in his Family, obligatory young woman dangled to him as bait from a different Family There is absolutely no feeling of chemistry between them, nor any sense that they would actually sleep with each other the dialogue is just flat Which leads me to a larger concern spacer culture...I m super biased because C.J Cherryh s particular form of introspective, nuanced, dense political drama is my happy place Seriously, sitting down and reading one of her books feels like drinking hot tea in front of a fire wrapped in a blanket to me Gimme every single detail of a character s decision making process Make me understand in detail the political ramifications of every option that they consider Make it take forever to get anywhere so I can just sort of wallow in C.J Cherryh s lov I m super biased because C.J Cherryh s particular form of introspective, nuanced, dense political drama is my happy place Seriously, sitting down and reading one of her books feels like drinking hot tea in front of a fire wrapped in a blanket to me Gimme every single detail of a character s decision making process Make me understand in detail the political ramifications o...I had to give this a four because it is very slow reading You have to read a lot of backstory and world building before you really get to the characters and the meat of the story Once there it gets really interesting with an very unexpected twist near the end There are many different groups, each with their own agenda, in the plot That kept the action moving The book set up the beginning of the Alliance but it ending with a lot up in the air I was glad to see it is a series as I am quite i I had to give this a four because it is very slow reading You have to read a lot of backstory and world building before you really get to the characters and the meat of the story Once there it gets really interesting with an very unexpected twist near the end There are many different groups, each with their own agenda, in the plot That kept the action moving The book set up the beginning of the Alliance but it ending wit...The Union Alliance universe is very spread out, with many books written over many years This is the first new story in over 10 years, and I didn t go back to re read the others.This has the classic CJ voice, with sharp subtleties and understated drama, which still remains compelling There weretwists in this story than I expected, and yet I was never confused The characters were varied and the segments of the space bound societies were described in detail.Not quite a 5 star read for me, The Union Alliance universe is very spread out, with many books written over many years This is the first new story in over 10 years, and I didn t go back to re read the others.This has the classic CJ voice, with sharp subtleties and understated drama, which still remains compelling There weretwists in this story than I expected, and yet I was never confused The characters were varied and the segments of the space b...So good to get back into the Alliance Union universe With this one we go back before the Company Wars, to when the Merchanter Alliance is forming, getting names signed to a formal alliance It centers around Alpha Station, the first station established from Earth, but things are in a mess, with Earth Company trying to assert itself from ten years away, by building a new ship to supposedly rival the big FTL ships, like Finity s End The station and the ships that support it have been neglected f So good to get back into the Alliance Union universe With this one we go back before the Company Wars, to when the Merchanter Alliance is forming, getting names signed to a formal alliance It centers around Alpha Station, the first station established from Earth, but things are in a mess, with Earth Company trying to assert itself from ten years away, by building a new ship to supposedly rival the big FTL ships, like Finity s End The station and the ships that support...This is the newest title in the Company Wars series after Finity s End I am used to picking up books in this series and being pulled immediately into the story and then racing to the very end Unfortunately that was not possible with this title It starts out setting the scene about stations and merchant ships, about Alpha station, about the families, about the economics, political infighting, loyalties, possibilities and fears on and on explaining, explaining, explaining The old adage Do This is the newest title in the Company Wars series after Finity s End I am used to picking up books in this series and being pulled immediately into the story and then racing to the very end Unfortunately that was not possible with this title It starts out setting the scene about stations and merchant ships, about Alpha station, about the families, about the economics, political infighting, loyalties, possibilities and fears on and on explainin...Perhaps the second half of this book is exciting perhaps it even delivers on the inferno promised by the cover illustration I ll never know, because I am giving up after 175 pages of tedious exposition I have read a lot of Cherryh novels, and I thought I had a high tolerance for her repetitive prose it sometimes bogs down even the Foreigner series, which I love but here she has defeated me Maybe I m just not in the mood, but I can t stand onepage of rehashing.This book seems to be ab Perhaps the second half of this book is exciting perhaps it even delivers on the inferno promised by the cover illustration I ll never know, because I am giving up after 175 pages of tedious exposition I have read a lot of Cherryh novels, and I thought I had a high tolerance for her repetitive prose it sometimes bogs down even the Foreigner series, which I love but here ...Disappointing This was definitely not as good as the books I remember from the series Mostly due to the pacing It was just too torturously slow It did speed up for the ending and it was a good ending And it was basically a prequel and prequels have their own difficulty Still it was fun to revisit the world and might encourage some re reading After all I have 2 shelves of Cherryh s books, I might as well re read some of them 3.5 out of 5 with that extra.5 coming with the last tenth of th Disappointing This was definitely not as good as the books I remember from the series Mostly due to the pacing It was just too torturously slow It did speed up for...Same as her last twenty books I had hopes, y know tiny bit of plot buried in tens of thousands of words of explication Life is just too short to spend it reading about fictional characters in a fictional universe fretting at immense, repetitive length overramifications DNFCherryh, C J., and Jane S Fancher Alliance Rising The Hinder Stars No 1 Daw, 2019.Fans of C J Cherryh s early work have been waiting a long time to her to return to world of Finity s End, Merchanter s Luck, and Downbelow Station The new Hinder Stars trilogy is set at a very early period when the Alliance that will become a major player in the Company Wars is just being formed We get the back story on the first great merchant ships and the conflict between Earth Company and earth s firs Cherryh, C J., and Jane S Fancher Alliance Rising The Hinder Stars No 1 Daw, 2019.Fans of C J Cherryh s early work have been waiting a long time to her to return to world of Finity s End, Merchanter s Luck, and Downbelow Station The new Hinder Stars trilogy is set at a very early period when the Alliance that will become a major player in the Company Wars is just being formed We get the back story on the first great merchant ships and the conflict between Earth Company and earth s first interstellar stations There is a little adventure, a moderate amount of romance, and a lot of talk about economics I know how that sounds, but the dram...

Alliance Rising
  • 25 March 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 352 pages
  • C.J. Cherryh
  • Alliance Rising