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Empire of Light (The Shoal Sequence #3)

Gary Gibson

Hardcover | Pages: 393 pages

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ISBN:	0230706819 (ISBN13: 9780230706811)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Shoal Sequence #3

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The third novel in the Shoal space opera series featuring Dakota Merrick continuing from Stealing Light and Nova War

The nova war has begun to spread as the Emissaries wage a fierce and reckless campaign, encroaching on the area of space occupied by humanity and forcing the Shoal into a desperate retreat. While Dakota goes in search of the entity responsible for creating the Maker caches, Corso, left in charge of a fleet of human-piloted Magi ships, finds his authority crumbling in the face of assassination attempts and politically-motivated sabotage. If any hope exists at all, it lies in an abandoned asteroid a thousand light-years beyond the Consortium's borders, and with Ty Whitecloud, the only man alive with the skill to decipher the messages left behind by an ancient race of star travellers. Unfortunately Whitecloud is locked in a prison cell aboard a dying coreship adrift in space, awaiting execution for war crimes against Corso's own people. But if humanity has any hope of survival, Corso is going to have to find some way to keep him alive - and that's only if Dakota doesn't kill him first ...

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Title	:	Empire of Light (The Shoal Sequence #3)
Author	:	Gary Gibson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 393 pages
Published	:	July 14th 2010 by Pan Macmillan (first published June 24th 2010)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera

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Dakota and a small crew find and deliver to a certain well defended locale an ancient superweapon that just might stop the Emissaries from destroying much of the galaxy. I found myself skipping and skimming, because everything here is so predictable, and the characters seem to have done all their developing in previous episodes. Also, in grand cheating comic book tradition, Gibson keeps killing Dakota off and then miraculously reviving her. This volume finishes the sequence, and though there's a

There were some unexpected plot turns in the final part of the shoal trilogy. Just when you think you're getting the hang of where things are going, Gary Gibson isn't afraid to turn everything on its head.This has payoffs and downsides. The unpredictability is welcome, and I enjoyed the sense of characters reacting to forces and events at, and sometimes beyond, the limits of their control. The main downside is a certain loss of momentum: I missed the godlike Dakota Merrick the story seemed to be

Loved this series. Although I hope the author does not continue as the last book started to use the same situations from the first book. Whereas you do not know what is happening in the first book, you do in the last. But really enjoyed it!

Like a lot of threequels, this read isnt for those who havent already digested the previous installment novels. Not only do many of the background conflicts and events rely on an understanding of those books, but the history between the major characters is found there, too. This is no criticism, however. A lot of series these days try too hard to be a big tent for an expanding readership, that early chapters drag with exposition and catch-me-up material. If Tolkien felt compelled to do this, he

The last installment of the Shoal series is as gripping as the second part. It's full with intrigue. The plot lines are not entirely unpredictable, but Gibson pulls it off decently enough. However, it does feel rushed. The ending is just too quick. It needs a few hundred pages extra. The attack on the Emissaries goes too well. I'd like to see a bit more struggle here.

Having bought the trilogy on a whim, I really enjoyed the first two books, but the final one, Empire, let the trilogy down massively. The ending felt disjointed, there was no sense of urgency towards the end, unlike the previous two novels, and the fact that Dakota died repeatedly kind of cheapened her death, for lack of a better term.Also, the fact that Corso seems to have gone a complete 180 in terms of personality and then laments it for a few sentences destroyed his character development. He

I enjoyed it - finished off the trilogy nicely.