Scan barcode
A review by wyntrchylde
Hellhole by Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert
1.0
Hellhole
By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher: Tor
Published In: New York, NY
Date: 2011
Pgs: 532
Summary:
Hellhole, the last stop for those trying to make a new start. A shattered world subjected to an asteroid impact in the recent geologic past. The end of the line in the Deep Zone, the recently colonized part of The Constellation. Here the rebel General Adolphus is exiled. Expected to fail and die on the hellish planet, the General makes a go of it. Abiding by his terms of surrender…until he is ready to again try to free the people from the feudal, tyrannical Constellation. Finding survivors of the alien species who made Hellhole home in the pre-apocalypse, the General plots. And the Diadem suspects. And the turmoil ensues. The Constellation’s 2nd Civil War is coming. Aliens exist. Mankind is at a crossroads.
Genre:
Militaria, science fiction, epic scope
Main Character:
General Tiber Adolphus
Favorite Character:
Vincent. He resists the peer pressure to jump into the slickwater and accept a half-alien life. He stays true to himself.
Least Favorite Character:
Diadem Michella Ducenet. She’s a bit of a one note villain who gets a lot of screen time. Would have been better served with making the Black Lord Selik Riomini a bigger villain. While Michella was shrewish, her daughter Keana comes across as a flighty, spoiled child of privilege with no concept of the “real” world.
Favorite Scene:
When Adolphus stands on his principles early in the book and acting morally surrenders his fleet rather than fire on the Constellation ships filled with human shields.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
The fate of Fernando and the delegation to Sonjerra. Seems like more was intended by the way they met their end and what happened immediately afterward.
Last Page Sound:
Where’s the climax? I read this whole thing and the story doesn’t end. It just sets up for the next book in the series. This sucks.
Author Assessment:
This may be the last book I read by these two gentlemen.
Disposition of Book:
Half Price Book it…if I don’t burn it.
By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher: Tor
Published In: New York, NY
Date: 2011
Pgs: 532
Summary:
Hellhole, the last stop for those trying to make a new start. A shattered world subjected to an asteroid impact in the recent geologic past. The end of the line in the Deep Zone, the recently colonized part of The Constellation. Here the rebel General Adolphus is exiled. Expected to fail and die on the hellish planet, the General makes a go of it. Abiding by his terms of surrender…until he is ready to again try to free the people from the feudal, tyrannical Constellation. Finding survivors of the alien species who made Hellhole home in the pre-apocalypse, the General plots. And the Diadem suspects. And the turmoil ensues. The Constellation’s 2nd Civil War is coming. Aliens exist. Mankind is at a crossroads.
Genre:
Militaria, science fiction, epic scope
Main Character:
General Tiber Adolphus
Favorite Character:
Vincent. He resists the peer pressure to jump into the slickwater and accept a half-alien life. He stays true to himself.
Least Favorite Character:
Diadem Michella Ducenet. She’s a bit of a one note villain who gets a lot of screen time. Would have been better served with making the Black Lord Selik Riomini a bigger villain. While Michella was shrewish, her daughter Keana comes across as a flighty, spoiled child of privilege with no concept of the “real” world.
Favorite Scene:
When Adolphus stands on his principles early in the book and acting morally surrenders his fleet rather than fire on the Constellation ships filled with human shields.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
The fate of Fernando and the delegation to Sonjerra. Seems like more was intended by the way they met their end and what happened immediately afterward.
Last Page Sound:
Where’s the climax? I read this whole thing and the story doesn’t end. It just sets up for the next book in the series. This sucks.
Author Assessment:
This may be the last book I read by these two gentlemen.
Disposition of Book:
Half Price Book it…if I don’t burn it.