Now on to the better things: I have enormous respect for the author’s writing chops (based, in no small part, on how much I enjoyed The Madness Season), and In Conquest Born does not disappoint as far as the prose is concerned. I don’t have the greatest attention span to start with, which is no fault of any author, but it does mean that if I get bogged down in a book it tends to confound my expectations. I also found the way the story was told a bit disjointed (the literary device, or approach, not the actual prose) (a lot of the plot is drawn in broad strokes and the story jumps forward in fits and starts). Bit of a bummer, given the fact that this is character driven science fiction (despite what any of the blurbs might say there isn’t a lot of action here, and it is on the soapy side of opera as far as Space Opera is concerned). So let’s get the snarky bits out of the way first: I wasn’t particularly enamored with any of the characters, some of them just annoyed the crap out of me. My favourite part of In Conquest Born was, in fact, the 30-page glossary at the end of the book, which may sound harsh, but that isn’t really my intention (what I actually mean to say, is that if it weren’t for the inclusion of the glossary, the whole experience may have felt somewhat incomplete). The world building and future history that the author created resounded more with me than the actual story itself. Who can say what will happen when these ultimate warriors use every power of mind and body to claim the vengeance of total conquest? Now they seek to unlock the powers of the human mind, using telepathy to penetrate where mere weapons cannot.īut Zatar and Anzha - master Braxana and Azean generals - have exceeded all genetic expectations of their opposed cultures, and have made this endless war a personal vendetta. The Azeans - masters of genetic science - have redesigned their own race to reflect ancient ideals. The mysteries of their internal society are legendary even among the people they rule. They were bred by their primitive forebearers to be aggressive, competitive, and secretive beyond all prior human norms. The Braxana - dominant tribe of the fierce Braxin Holding - are brilliant, powerful, and aloof from the society they rule. Campbell Award.īraxi and Azea - two interstellar civilizations fighting an endless war over a long-forgotten cause two peoples descended from the human species and bred over countless generations to embody opposing ideals, seeking opposite paths to power. A sweeping story of two interstellar civilizations-locked in endless war, it was nominated for the John W. In Conquest Born is the monumental science fiction epic that received unprecedented acclaim-and launched C.S.
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