dbozjak's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved this book, as well as Robert's other work - I'm a long time fan and I love seeing him grow as an author.
Beginning of Iron Dragon is really the part that deserves the most praise. Without hesitation I can claim that the book does the best job with the setup I've had the pleasure of reading. The reader is thrown straight in, no boring descriptions or staging. Loved it!
I strongly recommend this book.
Beginning of Iron Dragon is really the part that deserves the most praise. Without hesitation I can claim that the book does the best job with the setup I've had the pleasure of reading. The reader is thrown straight in, no boring descriptions or staging. Loved it!
I strongly recommend this book.
meissa's review
5.0
I had been wondering which book would be my first 5-star read of 2019... well, that question has now been answered!
Do you like epic science-fiction? time travel stories? vikings? this book has it all!
The story starts some 200 years in the future, at a time when humanity stands on the brink of being destroyed by an alien race with which they are at war. We follow the crew (or part thereof) of an exploratory spaceship sent to look for habitable planets in which the remnants of mankind could hide, at least for a while, and recuperate. After a series of happenings, they end up accidentally back in our solar system, but in the 9th century AD.
The action was enough to keep me turning the pages, but the characters are what made me like this book so much. Not only the spacemen, but also the vikings. I really felt like I was in medieval Europe, among the vikings. The author truly did his research, and incorporates a lot of information about people and events of that time, but without bogging the story down with it.
The next volume is already in the reading queue!
Do you like epic science-fiction? time travel stories? vikings? this book has it all!
The story starts some 200 years in the future, at a time when humanity stands on the brink of being destroyed by an alien race with which they are at war. We follow the crew (or part thereof) of an exploratory spaceship sent to look for habitable planets in which the remnants of mankind could hide, at least for a while, and recuperate. After a series of happenings, they end up accidentally back in our solar system, but in the 9th century AD.
The action was enough to keep me turning the pages, but the characters are what made me like this book so much. Not only the spacemen, but also the vikings. I really felt like I was in medieval Europe, among the vikings. The author truly did his research, and incorporates a lot of information about people and events of that time, but without bogging the story down with it.
The next volume is already in the reading queue!
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